Ever been to a small town? Everybody is related if you go back far enough.

Dude has a major chip on his shoulder, that’s for sure. Hopefully, he’ll realize that plenty of us without a privileged upbringing still went on to make something of ourselves. Also success and happiness looks different for everyone. Just because it was becoming a pilot for one guy doesn’t mean that’s the metric to hold everyone to.

No but being a baggage handler is, and then working your way forward towards other goals you set for yourself certainly is.

His point of OP becoming a pilot because he had a loving parent and a certain socioeconomic upbringing is dismissive of the time, effort, and sacrifice OP himself made for his accomplishment.

There we go. Thanks for coming clean with your agenda. Hopefully that homeless man gets the help he needs and is able to get his life into a healthier place. Rather than read your comment and say “fuck it, it’s not even worth trying cause I’ll probably fail.”

And statistically he probably will fail. Maybe a few times. But he also might catch a break and turn things around. He sure as hell won’t catch a break if he follows your advice and just makes excuses to not try.

I’ll keep pushing people to try and succeed. You go ahead and keep telling people they’re fucked from the start so just quit. I know which one sounds more clownish to me.

Whatever you say boss.

Yeah we all know the point you’re trying to make, but instead of making a point you’re making an excuse. Why try to down play this man’s, or anyone’s, awesome accomplishment?

Just because “the numbers” say you’re likely to not succeed because of your socioeconomic upbringing doesn’t mean that you can’t. That’s some copium bullshit to excuse giving up before you even start.

He looks pretty freakin excited in the first one too. I reckon this fella was walkin on clouds both days in his life.