My experiences at Anime North and KinToki-Con 2011 are stil burning in my head, and I wanted to share a few interesting insights I had for progeeks and for conventions.
psychology
Frustration Friday: Another Reason People Hate The Unemployed
Yep, it's back to one of my Favorite Frustration Friday's (triple F) subjects – people who hate the unemployed. For those of you who haven't followed my previous rants, I'm very annoyed that some people are down on the unemployed. So now and then I take time to sound off on it for both personal reasons and to stimulate conversation.
It annoys me. It galls me. People need our help in these tough times, and yet many folks that are more mouth than brain seem to spend their time dissing them, not helping them. Having seen a lot of good people unemployed for bad reasons, this annoys me.
And this time I think I came up with another reason people seem to hate the unemployed – the unemployed are reminders that Things Are Not Well.
Weirdness Validates Itself
One of my favorites parts of the story of the Buddha is when, deep in meditation and approaching enlightenment, Mara, spirit of deception, who asks him simply:
“What gives you the right to do this?”
The Buddha then reached forth his hand, touched the earth, and the earth herself bore witness.