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Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by jrs235 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:36AM (#21271527)
I recommend the following book under a few caveats the first one being no one without their highschool diploma or G.E.D. (General Education Diploma) should read it.

The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great (Funny Self-Help Book, Guide to Lowering Stress and Dealing with Perfectionism)

https://amzn.to/2pvYI6b

It will surely pierce a lot of people's beliefs.

Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by blotter_paper on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:44PM (#21272425)
> the first one being no one without their highschool diploma or G.E.D. (General Education Diploma) should read it.

Could you unpack this for me?

Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by p10_user on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @01:41PM (#21273086)
I suppose parent poster means that people who haven’t finished high school may take it too much at face value, and not take education seriously.
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by jrs235 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:43PM (#21276173)
Correct. My concern is if young folks, such as when I was in middle or high school, read this they might become too underachieving.
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by blotter_paper on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:15PM (#21276566)
Okay, the age at which somebody is exposed to certain media seems like a potentially valid concern. I thought you were making a statement about adults who hadn't obtained those credentials, which would be a whole other bag of worms; it's possible to attend college without a highschool diploma or equivalent, and it's also possible to achieve difficult things without either of those pieces of paper in hand.
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by buckminster on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:16PM (#21272050)
On Amazon UK the book has three ratings, a four star, a three star and a one star. Which are labelled 28%, 45% and 27% respectively. Wtf?
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by jrs235 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:20PM (#21272114)
Interesting and WTF for sure. Must have rubbed some people the wrong way...

Reading it can be frightening for overachievers and people whose world view and beliefs (the upper class who need servants) requires we have people working for them otherwise their materialist and GDP/economy driven world views might cease to exist...

Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:45PM (#21273917)
It's more that the percentages, whilst adding up, don't match.
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by jrs235 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @05:44PM (#21276199)
What if it's an easter egg / joke facilitated by Amazon employees... making their calculator [perhaps only for this book] perform incorrectly... hence underachieving?
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by dredmorbius on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:59AM (#21283405)
Maybe it's an easter egg yolk.
Re:Depressed People See the World More Realistically (2017) by rovolo on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:02PM (#21295745)
Amazon weights reviews based on the reviewer:

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-stars-ratings-calculated/