• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Y’all are missing the forrest for the trees

    God forbid someone add a bit of literary sugar to their argument, else they be picked apart by pedants.

    Your company is successful, is that a problem? You’re getting paid too, right?

    Not getting paid commensurate to your contribution to the success of the company

    Who’s asking/telling you how to feel about it?

    The news, society at large, people like you online posting replies like this very one

    Dude needs therapy

    Too bad it’s unaffordable. Maybe you need to look at the state of society

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      4 hours ago

      Not getting paid commensurate to your contribution to the success of the company

      He doesn’t mention how much he is being paid. His complaint is that someone else is making lots of money.

      The news, society at large, people like you online posting replies like this very one

      I didn’t say he should be grateful, or how he should feel. I read the news, live in society, can’t recall ever hearing that I should be grateful for my job. You?

      Too bad it’s unaffordable. Maybe you need to look at the state of society

      You think that’s the problem here? He couldn’t afford some help for whatever is going on with him? Or (since you charged me with being part of the problem), could his problems be exacerbated by folks like you, commiserating, raging against the machine of such horrors as waking up, eating breakfast, having a job.

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        27 minutes ago

        I read the news, live in society, can’t recall ever hearing that I should be grateful for my job. You?

        Yes, very often actually. I live in the US. This is pretty much the attitude of all conservatives when talking about minorities making minimum wage or less. I’m a white male and have been told I should be grateful i have a job by my boss too. One of my friends I used to work with didn’t receive a raise when almost everyone else did. He is Latino, and our white boss told him he was privileged to be working there at all. I’m happy for you for never having to experience that, but it is unfortunately all too common.