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by cpursley 1399 days ago
> why such a strong aversion to people improving themselves

crab bucket mentality
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rukuu001 1399 days ago
In case people aren’t familiar with crab bucket mentality (I wasn’t) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
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Apocryphon 1399 days ago
These trends shift back and forth. A few years ago, certainly a decade ago, everyone was into productivity porn and life hacks and optimizing one's lives. Right now people are just generally burned out after the last couple of years.
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