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Started by LMNO, January 17, 2014, 04:07:21 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 27, 2014, 03:27:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 27, 2014, 05:41:44 AM
At the same time, I also agree with the article in the OP that there is a toxic element to the "DO Some Other Crap YOU LOVE" meme, because it implies that all you need for success is to do what you love, and is fundamentally Calvinist in nature.

Well, a Calvinist would say that you are doing what you are doing because God willed it to be that way, and that if you don't make shit doing it, then it's because you're not of The Elect, and God is giving all the money to people he likes better than you.

Right. In other words, if you're doing what you love and getting paid for it, then you're Doing It Right, and God is rewarding you for Doing It Right, and in fact God knew you were going to Do It Right even before you were born, while those schmucks struggling along in jobs they don't love or not getting paid for shit are just sinners who are going to Hell anyway.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."