I agree. I found this article obnoxious and immature, just as I found his anti Why We Sleep tirade back when it was posted last year on HN.
My overriding thought is "why do I care what this random guy thinks about anything?"
My overriding thought is "why do I care what this random guy thinks about anything?"
I think I find these types of articles arrogant, or implying narcissism.
That he feels that anyone would find this tedium valuable is almost offensive to me lol. I'm just sick of seeing these kind of articles everywhere.
If there is something to be learned in your 20s, it's that you aren't special, your likely average, and your experiences aren't new or unique.
Live your life in your own way, but for YOURSELF, because no one gives a shit.
It helps to at least know the age of the author. There are many articles out there that make me shake my head, but if I knew the author was still relatively young, I’d at least understand the context something was written.
I'm coming off super cynical now, but this just feels like the product of the Twitter/everyone is a blogger mindset and I don't like where it's leading us.
These "conversations" used to happen in bars and the 60 year old regular would laugh this greenhorn out. Now, people just tell their stupid thoughts into the void and pat themselves on the back for expressing their feelings like their therapist told them to.
End rant.