I do understand that this gameification of breaking even that our capitalst world is enticing, but you need to be aware that at the end of the tunnel, you’ll just be left with pocket gravel of no real word value. Hobbies cost money, you need to accept it. Turning them into a net gain is a fools errand, there are magnitudes more effective ways to turn your time, effort and money into income.

Let our little corner of the internet, shaped by freedom and connections, be a place where we can forget the draining nature of capitalism.

Source: No, I Won’t Buy You A Coffee

While I don’t personally find it offensive for someone to ask me to pay for a coffee for them, I think the author’s point at least made me think. The act of passive income, the trial of combining what you love to do, and care to do into a self-sustaining project. These all have a tone behind them - one that our current society has revered and we’ve adopted - and so has the author.

I think I agree with the author that if the writer thinks of their writing as a product, it changes the relationship with the reader - even if - I sense it’s a frustration with the world that translated into that specific post.

I am not against anyone asking for help. I am also not against some people trying their own thing to push for help. I am certainly not against the author writing their own thoughts in their own words, in their own space.

The über point is: the world is complex, it’s big and everyone’s experiences of it are different, they are also colored by whatever is going on in their own mind. My only point is: be kind, be open that even what they write in one blog post - definitely doesn’t define them or me.

Life’s too complex for snap judgements. I am trying to unlearn that habit and I hope so can this world.

For example: here are some other takes:

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