[paddw]

> Now, you might be thinking: that’s all well and good, but I’ve got a full-time job, two kids and a mortgage. I’m happy to recycle and eat some tofu now and then, but a “fundamental transformation”? No thanks.

In that case, moral ambition may not be for you. I mean, once you have a labradoodle, a set of cheese knives or a robot mower, there’s generally no going back

[dreghgh]

Did you have parents who looked after you when you were a child? Did they try to provide a reasonable standard of living for you? If so, do you wish that they hadn't done so?

[bradly]

Oof. Okay. I've done a lot of what is talked about in this article and I have three children. Is the implication that I'm doing something wrong?

[ptero]

No. The implication is that not everyone who chose a different path is a useless labradoodle and cheese knives owner.

[toomuchtodo]

The ambitious, higher risk path for some, necessary, understandable obligation lower risk path for others. Life changes, and so too can these paths and risk tolerance for action.

[dingnuts]

I'm not immune to this kind of comment myself, but what is it about the comment section on this website that brings out these kinds of toxic comments? Like, this is just a cynical attack on anyone who succeeds in having a modestly comfortable life. What's the point? People don't like it when this website is compared to Reddit but honestly it's worse. You people are just mean.

[frostiness]

The entire comment is a direct quote from the article. I don't think it was meant as an insult, just a note that the author of the article already was exempting the top level poster from any of the suggestions the article was making.