[imtyler]

It's funny but my original post started with: "I know a lot of people are going to see this and react with an 'oh well'."

I'm an actual person, you know. I'm alive. I exit. My existence is not less important than yours... In my eyes.

[GoatOfAplomb]

"You matter" is distinct from "you deserve to have this job." I think you'll get a lot more support on the former than the latter.

[imtyler]

What? Are you implying I don't deserve my job or I shouldn't exist?

[GoatOfAplomb]

I meant that:

1) The statement "you matter" (call it X) is not the same as "you deserve a job in radio." (Y)

2) I expect (but do not have proof) that the readers of Hacker News, or a sample of western society generally, would more strongly support X statement than Y.

I did not say, but I will say now: I agree with X and not Y. I also don't believe that you deserve not to have a job in radio.

I initially wrote that out because it seemed to me that you were equating X and Y. You contested someone's apathy towards a threat to your job with a statement that you exist. Because I think that (1) and (2) are distinct, I didn't find your reply convincing. I hoped I would convince you of the same, or that you would respond with some insight I had yet to consider, which might change my own perspective.

[CamperBob2]

You should exist. But you are not your job.