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Veritas-Oliver t1_iu6v44u wrote

nobody likes hearing that their problems are invalid because someone else “has it worse;” comparing life struggles is a pointless, and admittedly unhealthy thing. oh, someone else is homeless? I suppose I shouldn’t have persistent depressive disorder and PTSD, at least I have a roof over my head.

someone else can have things better, or worse; but stating that to another person as a reason their problems don’t matter as much is damaging, especially if it comes to trauma, in psychology. of course people seem to hate hearing “your feelings don’t matter as much because someone else has it worse”— generally the way “others have it worse” is used/implied in conversation. what person wouldn’t be aggravated by that?

and yes, people are hypocritical, especially if the “better”/greener grass is being rich, or non-mentally-ill, or otherwise the other person in question is getting benefits/comforts in life that you wish you had. not healthy to minimize anybody’s issues, but it’s unsurprising.

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Left_Factor_3111 t1_iu7risu wrote

I only do it with rich people I will listen to anyone problem but rich people as far as I'm concerned they deserved it by being rich

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-TheDerpinator- t1_iu8armk wrote

So if you made money in any random way you deserve problems? What a shitty morals.

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Left_Factor_3111 t1_iu8bzkh wrote

No but if you are a millionaire and you're not actively working to make a better world then you're a trashbag who deserve nothing

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-TheDerpinator- t1_iu8djdo wrote

Money should not be a factor in that. If you are not actively working on being a nice human being then it does not matter if you are broke or a millionaire. Also, if you have earned your money in a fair way without leeching you have absolutely no added obligation to society.

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Left_Factor_3111 t1_iu8dnn2 wrote

1)You have moral obligation

2)no one become millionaire without being a leech

3)money is absolutely factor in that all my problem boils down to lack of money

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dwa542v41a5w64f5 t1_iuann2m wrote

don't you think their problems were also rooted from their money? like their business or employees? the same way like most of your problems are factored in by money. rich and poor may be just have the similar problems.

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closetohoya t1_iubhfmo wrote

i really hate in when people compare their struggles to other people. can't they just simply empathize and listen and just be one less problem to the world

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springn4spaniels t1_iubl3ds wrote

i also hate it when people say that "you are fortunate that you are not experiencing this or that that poor people experience" and it seems like you have to think like you are better than those people just because of social status

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