[HN Gopher] That Time I Told My Wife I Wanted to Quit My Job
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That Time I Told My Wife I Wanted to Quit My Job
Author : ezekg
Score : 42 points
Date : 2021-09-21 20:30 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| yuy910616 wrote:
| Having a supportive spouse is basically a superpower.
| ezekg wrote:
| Absolutely agree. Thanks for reading!
| hellisothers wrote:
| Was excited to read a feel good story about good relationships
| and the ability to strike out on one's own. Then got to the
| "~taxes~ theft" and it killed the buzz. Why even include that?
| Whole article built on the privilege of being able to build your
| own business but calling the thing that built the infrastructure
| to make it happen theft :\\.
| hauzjk wrote:
| I'm pretty sure its just a lil joke
| ezekg wrote:
| Can confirm, it was definitely in jest. But I am a
| libertarian, so I have to spread the good word through memes
| whenever I can.
| lolpython wrote:
| It takes some experience with writing to learn to remove asides
| like these that detract from the main point. It's extra weird
| that they did this on the company blog. Hopefully a couple
| extra editing passes are done in the future.
| lurker2093 wrote:
| majority of taxes aren't 'building the infrastructure' that
| enables one to start a SaaS.
| t0mbstone wrote:
| I took it as a jab against the idea that crypto should be
| taxed.
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| Many people feel that crypto should be treated like liquid
| money that can be bought or sold freely, and not like a taxable
| investment.
| smilekzs wrote:
| There are other ways to build the infrastructure without the
| current (IMHO exploitative) tax system in the US, especially
| given how both income and services are taxed. I find it unfair
| to discredit the authors based on essentially an lighthearted
| expression of sarcasm on their frustration with such a system.
| jonny383 wrote:
| Sounds like you're the wife, frankly.
| dqh wrote:
| What is that even supposed to mean. It's certainly not a
| comment that belongs here, or anywhere.
| macksd wrote:
| To the dead comment that wrote "If you're a man and don't
| understand what I'm talking about above, then expect to be
| blindsided by your family after career changes": as if this
| thread didn't start by implying a "real man" would blindside
| the mother of his child with startup plans without
| considering her input. You condescendingly refer to female
| psychology and a need for security, without stopping to look
| at your own selfish motives that started all this?
| snowwrestler wrote:
| Please don't quote dead comments to continue arguing with
| them.
| redis_mlc wrote:
| False, this is a very germane topic for a startup forum.
|
| Most wives WILL NOT go along with a plan to start an unfunded
| startup and WILL leave you if you quit your job and can't
| support them at the same level as before. In fact, most women
| have a "backup plan/husband" at all times.
|
| You can read about hypergamy and monkey-branching to
| understand female psychology and need for security. It's
| universal, so it doesn't matter what country you're in,
| although some religions suppress it in practice.
|
| I don't like the overwrought ("beta") presentation of the
| blog article, but the salient relationship points are very
| real. He's a lucky guy to have an understanding and agreable
| wife.
|
| If you're a man and don't understand what I'm talking about
| above, then expect to be blindsided by your family after
| career changes, since this happens every day around the
| world.
| happytoexplain wrote:
| This seems petty and meaningless.
| softwarebeware wrote:
| Cool read, always wanted to take my own idea to market and
| succeed with it, but never actually found that unique idea that
| someone wasn't already doing better, unfortunately. "The future
| is here, it's just not evenly distributed" -William Gibson
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