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"You matter" is distinct from "you deserve to have this job." I think you'll get a lot more support on the former than the latter.


What? Are you implying I don't deserve my job or I shouldn't exist?


I meant that:

1) The statement "you matter" (call it X) is not the same as "you deserve a job in radio." (Y)

2) I expect (but do not have proof) that the readers of Hacker News, or a sample of western society generally, would more strongly support X statement than Y.

I did not say, but I will say now: I agree with X and not Y. I also don't believe that you deserve not to have a job in radio.

I initially wrote that out because it seemed to me that you were equating X and Y. You contested someone's apathy towards a threat to your job with a statement that you exist. Because I think that (1) and (2) are distinct, I didn't find your reply convincing. I hoped I would convince you of the same, or that you would respond with some insight I had yet to consider, which might change my own perspective.


You should exist. But you are not your job.




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