▲ 990 ▼ China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 233 comments fedilink hide all child comments Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago (2 children) The problem with The Rat race is, even if you win, you’re still a rat. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'll say this some time and someone will tell me I'm an idiot for quoting some awful person, but right now - not knowing if it is a quote or not - I love this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've always thought the value of quotes (when they have any) is based entirely on their content rather than who spoke them. A smart quote from an awful person is still smart. And a dumb quote from a smart person is still dumb, like that definition of insanity one that often gets attributed to Einstein. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm sure there's some sort of logical fallacy to be said about negating the quality of a quote based on the person who said it. Like, if Einstein said it, then it must be smart. If Hitler said it, then it must be evil. Etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, it's an appeal to authority. permalink fedilink source parent [–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Well, you got me curious. Seems like the first use was in a life magazine article by someone who didn't want to take explicit credit, so chances are it was something thought of by his students. And then it was repeated by various comedians over the years. For what it's worth, my quick skim of the author, William Sloane Coffin's wiki makes him seem like a pretty great guy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] philthi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago This is a great quote, I also like to say (especially in places like airports or government buildings): It's not a rat race, it's a rat queue. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'll say this some time and someone will tell me I'm an idiot for quoting some awful person, but right now - not knowing if it is a quote or not - I love this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've always thought the value of quotes (when they have any) is based entirely on their content rather than who spoke them. A smart quote from an awful person is still smart. And a dumb quote from a smart person is still dumb, like that definition of insanity one that often gets attributed to Einstein. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm sure there's some sort of logical fallacy to be said about negating the quality of a quote based on the person who said it. Like, if Einstein said it, then it must be smart. If Hitler said it, then it must be evil. Etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, it's an appeal to authority. permalink fedilink source parent [–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Well, you got me curious. Seems like the first use was in a life magazine article by someone who didn't want to take explicit credit, so chances are it was something thought of by his students. And then it was repeated by various comedians over the years. For what it's worth, my quick skim of the author, William Sloane Coffin's wiki makes him seem like a pretty great guy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've always thought the value of quotes (when they have any) is based entirely on their content rather than who spoke them. A smart quote from an awful person is still smart. And a dumb quote from a smart person is still dumb, like that definition of insanity one that often gets attributed to Einstein. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm sure there's some sort of logical fallacy to be said about negating the quality of a quote based on the person who said it. Like, if Einstein said it, then it must be smart. If Hitler said it, then it must be evil. Etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, it's an appeal to authority. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm sure there's some sort of logical fallacy to be said about negating the quality of a quote based on the person who said it. Like, if Einstein said it, then it must be smart. If Hitler said it, then it must be evil. Etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, it's an appeal to authority. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, it's an appeal to authority. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Well, you got me curious. Seems like the first use was in a life magazine article by someone who didn't want to take explicit credit, so chances are it was something thought of by his students. And then it was repeated by various comedians over the years. For what it's worth, my quick skim of the author, William Sloane Coffin's wiki makes him seem like a pretty great guy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] philthi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago This is a great quote, I also like to say (especially in places like airports or government buildings): It's not a rat race, it's a rat queue. permalink fedilink source parent