I noticed a pattern of people incapable of altruism - and apparently can't imagine it exists - weirdly call it "virtue signalling" as that's the best-fitting motivation that exists in their worldview.
replyYour comment says a lot about how you view things that don't affect you personally, in the vein of "Après moi, le déluge."
What an unnecessarily privileged take. We have an entire class of people for whom homeownership is not even a dream. We have a fertility crisis. We have a loneliness crisis. Have you been paying attention to anything outside of yourself for the last ten years? Because that's the only way I can imagine someone would make a statement like this.
reply> Have you been paying attention to anything outside of yourself for the last ten years?
replyThat's the average HNer. Academic smart but devoid of empathy or awareness of the world outside their socioeconomic circles.
> described by an author that doesn't appear to have a wife, children or any attachment to a permanent home
replyNo shit, entire generations have been complaining for a while now about how these things are getting harder to obtain.