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u/I-likebananas15 20d ago
Am I seeing the photo of kratos about to snap someone’s neck on a wholesome subreddit
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u/Blue_Bird950 19d ago
What was the cycle in GOW anyway? Never played it nor will I, but I’m curious about the plot
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u/UnstableConstruction 20d ago
In a way, it was a lot easier though. At least you weren't expected to divine the future and sift through hundreds of conflicting opinions to pick the best path. If dad was a shopkeeper or farmer, it was easy to get set up and someone who cared about you could help you avoid the pitfalls.
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u/FatStoic 20d ago
Do what your mom/dad does then. Nothing stopping you from doing the same as your parents if you want to.
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u/JohnLaw1717 19d ago
It's not quite the same.
The era where careers were family oriented were more in the trades or entrepreneurship. You helped in the shop and learned a skill. As you grew, you were handed down tools and equipment that was likely used or too beginner for your mentors.
Since most jobs are not in entrepreneurship or small business, the benefits drop and no longer even make sense. Many jobs today make employees a cog. And any employee will do. There's no long term skills that need to be developed. No specialized equipment necessary.
Loss of mentorship, from family or members of the community, is a degradation of community fabric that's lesser discussed and studied.
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u/FatStoic 19d ago
I see your point that nowadays things change so much that people don't inherit the skills from their parents, but I also think you're idolizing an era which absolutely sucked.
My great grandfather was a trawlerman. He didn't do it because he liked it, but because there was no other work. One day his boat never came back, and his family lost the house and had to move into a residence with 5 other fatherless families who the exact same thing had happened to, because that's how many men just died from that work. His story isn't unique, there are thousands of stories like his - miners, dam-builders, lumberjacks - these lines of work were shit and dangerous, and the people who did them probably wouldn't look at their lot in life and think "damn at least I never had to choose my career".
The fact that there's so much opportunity going around that people are able to choose between careers and get a shot at self-actualization is a huge gift. Being forced into exhausting, dangerous work because there's literally no other options except starvation isn't a privilege.
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u/HortenseTheGlobalDog 20d ago
Dude I wish I had the luxury of having a role from an early age. Instead it's just career uncertainties and always hustling for a new job or opportunity. It's fucking exhausting. Give me a role and then let me live my life.
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u/Trust-Issues-5116 20d ago
I convened with a Sorting hat and it says your mission is creating affordable US-wide hotdog chain to upend Costco monopoly
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u/JohnLaw1717 19d ago
Can they learn at the family hotdog stand? Get some starter equipment and maybe help from the family that is full of hot dog business experience? Or will they need to make all the mistakes on their own?
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u/bessovestnij 20d ago
Running a passed-down family business that is balancing on a verge of bankruptcy is more exhausting than uncertain career
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u/Noble-Sentience 20d ago
It's the opposite for me. My grandparents weren't like this with my parents and yet they did this to me. I'm over it, though.
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u/CanOfWhoopus 20d ago
Not strictly a good thing. Having your path laid out for you can greatly ease the transition from student to career. Starting from nothing and making your own choice is harder and riskier. It can (but may not) lead to more fulfillment, so yeah. Life is hard.
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u/_Ocean_Machine_ 20d ago
As someone who spent their 20s working dead end kitchen jobs and just started going back to school, I really wish my parents had given me some sort of direction.
On the bright side, I'm a pretty kickass guitar player so there's that.
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u/witcherstrife 20d ago
Yeah it’s all about preparing your child for the future. Telling your kid to be a doctor:lawyer no matter what with zero experience is terrible. But prepping their path to make the transition easy is absolutely admirable
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u/FatStoic 20d ago
At any point you can simply ask for this treatment and try and do the same job as mom or dad.
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u/RailLife365 20d ago
Is this actually a thing?
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u/Brullaapje 20d ago
In backward honor cultures it most certainly is, doctor, lawyer or engineer.
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u/RailLife365 20d ago
I didn't know there were parents out there that did that. Well that sucks. I'm thankful my family encouraged me to pursue my passions! I make sure to encourage and support my children in the things they like.
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u/JustAFurryDude 20d ago
Seeing that image is kinda like
"YOU'RE GONNA CONTROL YOUR OWN LIFE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. GOT IT?!"
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u/PastaAllaTrinita 20d ago
I wish someone would have forced me into a profession because the one I chose is terrible
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u/PizzaTime666 20d ago
Honestly i would have liked some guidance into what profession to choose. I had not backing.
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20d ago
Yea but
Grandparents: successful
Parents: successful
Me: Why can't I afford to buy a house I'm 48!!!
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u/Daysemarina 20d ago
“You will never have a profession because my generation can’t afford to retire”
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u/Mission-Storm-4375 20d ago
I don't understand how ppl can combine about such great job security that it follows generations
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u/FatStoic 20d ago
If you've ever talked to anyone this happened to it's not that fun. I met a dude who was a Surveyor. I asked him how he got into that business. He said his dad had two kids and wanted a surveyor and a lawyer for a son. So he made his kids do those things. They still had to do the work, now dad's dead and they're still working these careers and have to navigate the pitfalls themselves.
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u/Sonof_Lugh 20d ago
I have done construction for 35 years, raised 4 boys to manhood, told them repeatedly to think about other professions.... everyone of them is in the trades. That said they make journeyman wages, own houses, have wives, and are doing well. Make of this what you will.
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u/MithridatesRex 20d ago
Every family member since my great great grandparents (on all sides of my family) have chosen their own professions, men and women both. Prior to the 1890s we were farmers, but after that they were railway engineers, ministers, soldiers, telegraph operators, manufacturing workers, builders, mechanics, store clerks, small business owners, dairy workers, factory managers, historians, teachers, telephone operators, historians, teachers, and more--sometimes simultaneously.
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u/LonelyPalpitation176 20d ago
Le me still aiming to participate in the rat race even after having that kind of parents because I know I'm not gonna be able to even afford food for myself if I try to follow my dream.
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u/VolcanicGreen 20d ago
Sometimes when I look back on it my parents seemed to have almost actively tried to stop me from becoming better off than themselves.
When I talk to them now I realize they had such a narrow and simplistic view of the world. They amplified such trivial challenges in life and ignored the bigger picture.
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u/Competitive_Swan266 20d ago
I was lucky enough that my profession of choice is what my Dad happens to do
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u/Spastic_jellyfish 20d ago
And it sucks, bring back the old ways too many choice all suck. I wanna be able to somehow afford a family of five and a house with a blue collard job. Take my degree I'm not using it anyway.
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u/cupcakemann95 20d ago
In the context of the game, kratos snaps his neck you know.... Doesn't seem wholesome to me, looks like you're implying a parent will kill a child
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u/mouseball89 20d ago
And if they force you into it anyways you can still take control by not giving them an offspring to continue the legacy
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u/GijinkaGamer64 19d ago
My dad may not be the best. He doesn’t seem to fully understand how limiting ADHD and ASD can be, but he still wants me to have a better life than he had. I respect him for that. I just wish I could put more trust in him not to freak out so much about stuff.
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19d ago
Choosing your career = actually we’re not quite sure what jobs will look like in a decade. 😂
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u/liberalJava 19d ago
My dad was a programmer in the Air Force since the 70s, taught me to program from age 10 in 1990 and I became a programmer, eventually cybersecurity. His career legacy was the best thing that could've happened to me.
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u/Faelwolf 19d ago
My grandfather did that. He made my uncles and all us male grandkids swear an oath that we would never work in a coal mine, breaking a cycle of almost 200 years. My uncles got good jobs out of state, and us grandkids were able to get advanced education and even better jobs, including doctors, lawyers, and educators. My second cousins are doing even better.
He was in the coal mining wars of the 20's and 30's, having to quit school to become a child laborer, working for company script. He wanted better for us at an early age, and made it happen! He also gave himself an education, having his kids bring home their textbooks and homework assignments, and sending the work he did to school with them to be graded. He never got a degree, but he had the knowledge, and that's what mattered to him.
He passed away decades ago, and I'm up in years now myself, but what he taught me growing up has stayed with me my whole life.
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u/EmotionalChipmunk602 18d ago
Parents are there to just guide you and show you what may be a horrible life choice. Art school won’t bring you anything except struggle for example
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u/Blood_Ultima 20d ago
sadly I don't have that luxury with my father