Guardian1030 t1_jbcgaod wrote on March 8, 2023 at 1:12 AM

Inb4 Reddit jumps all over this to explain how this is wrong and the primary ingredient in the recipe for success is luck.

It’s totally not an effort to excuse mediocrity. Not at all. You can only be successful if you’re born into it or lucky.

That’s the only way. Reddit told me.

All those hard working people, lucky. They didn’t do anything extraordinary. All their efforts? Useless. It was just luck.

EDIT In case anyone didn’t grasp the sarcasm:

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Seneca

“Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

Specialist_Ad9073 t1_jbdzri0 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 10:53 AM

Thanks for letting me know that I became disabled and unemployed because I didn't work hard enough for 27 years.

EDIT in case you missed the sarcasm: