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by wskish 1300 days ago
>> shared suffering cements lifelong bonds. > I'm sorry, is this a cult or a workplace? Why is this a good thing?

There are many contexts where some amount of suffering is a prerequisite for achieving great things. For example, from personal experience, both startups and mountaineering require some amount of suffering to achieve great things. The bonds formed from shared suffering are like top 25th percentile.