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Re:I may be beyond redemption by sinenomine on Saturday July 12, 2025 @11:07AM (#44542579)
Ah, you are adopted, so you simply did not inherit your parents' conscientiousness and other traits.

It's unfortunate. You have to analyze yourself (big-5 scores, iq), and consider the right path.

You might not have the heredity to pursue white collar track, and this shows.

Re:I may be beyond redemption by justanything on Saturday July 12, 2025 @11:14AM (#44542629)
That's fucked up for me, I would rather die

Although, my bio parents and grandparents were white-collar or white collar adjacent at least. And one of my bio grandpa was very conscientious and active well into old age

Re:I may be beyond redemption by sinenomine on Saturday July 12, 2025 @11:26AM (#44542730)
Then you should be OK.
Re:I may be beyond redemption by tomhow on Saturday July 12, 2025 @08:03PM (#44546310)
Comments that assert that genetic inheritance determines life outcomes are not what we want on HN. It has very ugly implications that I don't need to spell out. And it's personal for me because I, and others I know and love, have put a lot of work over many years into overcoming inner obstacles that were said by "experts" to be "hard-wired" traits.

We want HN to be a place for talking about expanding people's possibilities, not limiting them.

Re:I may be beyond redemption by justanything on Sunday July 13, 2025 @08:00AM (#44549709)
How did you do that? how did you overcome "hard-wired" traits?
Re:I may be beyond redemption by tomhow on Monday July 14, 2025 @12:51AM (#44556568)
The point is that much of what is generally considered to be "hard wired" is not as immutable as we think. There are many different ways to improve our circumstances and options. I've explored several with good results, and seen others apply different ones with good results.

Given my role here is a moderator, It's not appropriate for me to be giving out health/life advice, and it's always the case that professional mental health treatment should be sought if there's risk of self-harm. But you're welcome to email us at [email protected] if you think we may be able to help point you in the right direction.