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Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by imustbeevil on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:45AM (#19571546)
It doesn't require capital. You can do it without involving other people. You don't need profit motivation. You can complete projects without the requirement that they produce enough income for you to survive off of. No deadlines. Less responsibilities. Quitting doesn't hurt other people. If you enjoy writing poetry you're also saving the money you would have spent paying for dopamine.

Edit: It's very difficult to move ideas towards better ideas if the only feedback is silent negativity. Was the question I responded to supposed to be rhetorical?

Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by robenkleene on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:00AM (#19571719)
Heh, no it wasn’t. I’m honestly curious what people think, and your points seems like potential explanations to me, so I don’t know why you’re being downvoted,
Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by justin66 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:14AM (#19572535)
Nothing about your reply has anything to do with why a person might create poetry.
Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by imustbeevil on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:47PM (#19579221)
The person I responded to asked why someone would choose Poetry over Business.

Can you really, honestly, read what I wrote and say that I didn't try to come up with reasons why someone would choose Poetry over Business?

Re:Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are? by justin66 on Friday April 05, 2019 @01:55AM (#19580078)
When I read what you wrote, in conjunction with this defensive post asking me to speculate as to what you were trying to do, I think of the OP's question as a question on an exam and your reply as the work of a student familiar with the concept of "business" and utterly unaware of the concept of "poetry."