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0 pointsbeachstartup9y ago0 comments

uh, who are you trying to convince, him or yourself?

i think he's already made up his mind.

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I wasn't really trying to convince him, I just think making drastic life decisions based on what sounds in essence to me like "whining" is possibly less than ideal, he had many other choices available to him if simply paying a long mortgage was the prime motivating factor. I may also be showing an anti-millennial bias /sigh

I have also heard one too many stories of post-college kids doing cross-country bike rides for similar reasons and getting run over and killed, and that upsets me.

grecy9y ago

> I have also heard one too many stories of post-college kids doing cross-country bike rides for similar reasons and getting run over and killed, and that upsets me.

Do you propose they sit at a desk instead, and be scared to actually live?

pmarreck9y ago

It's cool to bash on desk jobs but for most it's low-risk high-income work, and there are surely plenty of guys doing very manual risky jobs who would be only so happy to trade up to a cushy air conditioned office job for the same or better pay.

But some folks will figure out what works for them eventually. And admittedly it's probably not for everyone.

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pmarreck9y ago

I have also heard one too many stories of post-college kids doing cross-country bike rides for similar reasons and getting run over and killed, and that upsets me.

grecy9y ago

> I have also heard one too many stories of post-college kids doing cross-country bike rides for similar reasons and getting run over and killed, and that upsets me.

Do you propose they sit at a desk instead, and be scared to actually live?

pmarreck9y ago

But some folks will figure out what works for them eventually. And admittedly it's probably not for everyone.

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