Extreme Saving: A Man, His Van and Five-Figure Debt

Re:Extreme Saving: A Man, His Van and Five-Figure Debt by nchuhoai on Thursday May 30, 2013 @05:12PM (#5795273)

I'm not disagreeing with you that at the margins, a liberal arts degree or the pursuit of knowledge at a college might not be "worth it". I just think, liberal arts people get a lot of shit for even wanting to do so.

Ultimately, it's about the second part of your comments. You clearly think they are doing something wrong with their lives, or they are not choosing the optimal route for their life.

While you are obviously entitled to your opinion, I do have some reservations about this kind of judgement. People have different views of what is a happy fulfilled life for them, so let it be.

(I know how ironic my "stop judging people" judgement on your judgement must sounds like, it's a fallacy I haven't been able to solve yet)

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Re:Extreme Saving: A Man, His Van and Five-Figure Debt by fein on Thursday May 30, 2013 @06:01PM (#5795530)

> I know how ironic my "stop judging people" judgement on your judgement must sounds like, it's a fallacy I haven't been able to solve yet

Sounds fine to me as long as we judge people based on their decisions and the impact those decisions have on a non consenting 3rd party.

I'm concerned with people choosing their preferred route for their own life, as long as its the preferred route with the minimal amount of negative consequences to the rest of society.

I think the concept of "stop judging people" is hugely misrepresented. It should be "stop judging people based on things that do not and will not affect others", because really, telling someone to not judge a rapist for being a rapist is pretty bad.

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