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Why, on this particular forum and its related threads, that folks who are working, successful, never been unemployed, or all of these, come to these particular threads and insert their .02, saying how great they have it, how awesome they are, how incredibly EASY it is to get a 6 figure job, or to start your own business. They constantly boast about how hard they work (because even now, we all know that UE folks have just GOT to be lazy, no other explanation) how off the charts their initiative and work ethic is, or how their hometown is just crawling with lucrative paying jobs everywhere. Sorry to ramble, but WHAT could they have to gain by doing this? Nothing wrong with helpful advice, (it helped me get back to work) pep talk, or an example of how they were down, but came back. These are the good posts, but the others? Not sure about those. As Colin Cowherd says about message boards: Don't let people with no life, ruin yours.
Flame away all you conquerers of the universe, I bow in reverence to your awesomeness
I can't honestly say that many posts such as you describe have popped out at me apart from those by a very few regular posters who seem to have major insecurity issues. Because their own positions are really quite tenuous I suppose it makes them feel better to gloat while they can but such is the diversity of a forum and I don't think it's worth losing any sleep over.
Why, on this particular forum and its related threads, that folks who are working, successful, never been unemployed, or all of these, come to these particular threads and insert their .02, saying how great they have it, how awesome they are, how incredibly EASY it is to get a 6 figure job, or to start your own business. They constantly boast about how hard they work (because even now, we all know that UE folks have just GOT to be lazy, no other explanation) how off the charts their initiative and work ethic is, or how their hometown is just crawling with lucrative paying jobs everywhere. Sorry to ramble, but WHAT could they have to gain by doing this? Nothing wrong with helpful advice, (it helped me get back to work) pep talk, or an example of how they were down, but came back. These are the good posts, but the others? Not sure about those. As Colin Cowherd says about message boards: Don't let people with no life, ruin yours.
Flame away all you conquerers of the universe, I bow in reverence to your awesomeness
I don't think anyone is losing sleep over posters like you mentioned........
However just as they have a right to gloat, you have a right to call them out. But of course as usual they won't respond. I think I have a pretty good idea of at least one poster you are referring to.
How do we know they are earning 6 figures or have such a wonderful, problem free life? They could just be blowing smoke. Sometimes people lie about things just to save face because they are afraid they will be the next one in the unemployment line.
Why, on this particular forum and its related threads, that folks who are working, successful, never been unemployed, or all of these, come to these particular threads and insert their .02, saying how great they have it, how awesome they are, how incredibly EASY it is to get a 6 figure job, or to start your own business.
Why do you start threads that are baseless? I read these threads all the time and I never read those kinds of attitudes.
People who respond generally are offering good advice, or rounding out existing advice or providing real life examples.
Hey Charles-This is NOT a baseless thread. Open your eyes and read a lot of these posts, a lot of them DO NOT offer help or advice, just a lot of bragging, smug,judgemental replies, so I think it's a fair question. Instead of answering the question, you attack the questioner, Ann Coulter would be proud.
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