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rv-de | 5 years ago

Shouldn't you rather continue working to make sure that if such a destiny awaits you, you have enough money to at least buy yourself some comfort? If he wasn't a former successful actor, he couldn't afford "to move around" in his condition.

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itsoktocry|5 years ago

>Shouldn't you rather continue working to make sure that if such a destiny awaits you, you have enough money to at least buy yourself some comfort?

Until when? How much is "enough"? Life is uncertain. Take Michael J. Fox, for instance.

I mean, this is the plan for a ton of people who go to California, particularly in the software world: "I'll work really hard for <major company> and put away a lot of money, then I'll move to a small place and work on what I really want to do, and live happily ever after."

How many people actually achieve this? It's harder than you think.

rv-de|5 years ago

my comment is obviously tongue in cheek. I'm leading the conclusion of OP ad absurdum. maybe I expect too much from the HN crowd.

sokoloff|5 years ago

Instead of calling their parents now? That seems a priority inversion to me.

rv-de|5 years ago

Isn't that more of a metaphor? I mean how long does it take to call parents? 5 to 10 minutes? You can do it in the lunch break if you have to.

Cthulhu_|5 years ago

That's more a problem with the society you live in than your own personal priorities. Nobody should be left behind if they haven't got the means.