Who makes "The Rules"

[Sabre]

I came across some blog post where a guy is all "Boo hoo. We spend our lives being told we are all special snowflakes but when you grow up you are told to keep your mouth shut, eyes closed, and stay the course." and basicly ranting about how he can't be what he wants to be but rather what everyone else wants him to be. That he doesn't wnt to be in a typical 'successful' posision. Usual stuff.

After that, about a dozen comments saying how they feel the same way, they are rebals against the social establishment.

This raises the question. Is most feel this way, who is this 'majority' that is pressuring him into whatever it is he is crying about?

Of course, I feel/felt the same way, but I was into games and fighting the idiocraty of people wanting me to do something traditional while simultaniously concerned I would do better then them. What is it the majority want but also find objectional?

[fox1235]

I came across some blog post where a guy is all "Boo hoo. We spend our lives being told we are all special snowflakes but when you grow up you are told to keep your mouth shut, eyes closed, and stay the course." and basicly ranting about how he can't be what he wants to be but rather what everyone else wants him to be. That he doesn't wnt to be in a typical 'successful' posision. Usual stuff.

After that, about a dozen comments saying how they feel the same way, they are rebals against the social establishment.

This raises the question. Is most feel this way, who is this 'majority' that is pressuring him into whatever it is he is crying about?

Of course, I feel/felt the same way, but I was into games and fighting the idiocraty of people wanting me to do something traditional while simultaniously concerned I would do better then them. What is it the majority want but also find objectional?

Do what many do, blame Corprate America.

[StarFoxfan-FUR_ever]

Well it seems here that there are two topics of discussion. First off, it sounds like this guy on the other site is more or less upset that either:

1) He feels he has no choice in the matter of future occupation

2) He wants to choose an occupation he likes, but realizes the negatives outweigh the positives, and as a result, he is upset that he will never live out his "dream job" OR...

3) He just dosen't want to work hard to get somewhere in life.

Now as for the "Rules" part of this topic. Well, what else can I say other than "If I dissapear off the face of the earth, you know what happened" 

But seriously, it has more or less to do with who is in power, as well as how those people were brought up as children. They feel that they were more or less raised "properly" and want to keep that style of upbringing around for later generations. I believe that certain rules are strict at times is because they are essentially set in stone. There is no problem keeping the main structure intact, however, it needs to be flexible to accomodate for certain changes that may or may not happen in the future. When new generations of people arise, new ideas are brought about. These new concepts play a role in how people live out there lives, for the most part in the decision making process. And then society plays a role in how these people may percieve things and it goes from there.

[Mr. Krystal]

We live in a remarkable time where almost anyone can do almost anything, but no-one ever said it would be easy. These "rules" are the average type of life people tend to have, not because they are aiming for it, but because that type of live tends to put food on the table and satisfies their other basic needs while providing a bit of time for entertainment. There are thousands of individuals who don't follow the same path, but find themselves with scrapes and cuts from the briers one finds on roads less traveled.

Work hard, try for your dream, but don't expect someone to hand it to you just because you want it. You could very well struggle against monotony your entire life and never escape it. However, those who put in even the slightest effort usually accomplish quite a lot in this regard.

So, if it's his family stopping him from doing a particular thing, he might have to effectively cut ties or move away.

If he isn't talented enough to achieve a very elusive occupation on merit alone, he should work at it another way like contacts and being in the right place at the right time.

Both of these things are hard and take a long time. That's life, stand up to the challenge or stop complaining.

The people who made the rules worked hard to get to the point where they could, what has this person done of a similar difficulty to those he opposes?

[Sabre]

We live in a remarkable time where almost anyone can do almost anything, but no-one ever said it would be easy. These "rules" are the average type of life people tend to have, not because they are aiming for it, but because that type of live tends to put food on the table and satisfies their other basic needs while providing a bit of time for entertainment. There are thousands of individuals who don't follow the same path, but find themselves with scrapes and cuts from the briers one finds on roads less traveled.

Work hard, try for your dream, but don't expect someone to hand it to you just because you want it. You could very well struggle against monotony your entire life and never escape it. However, those who put in even the slightest effort usually accomplish quite a lot in this regard.

So, if it's his family stopping him from doing a particular thing, he might have to effectively cut ties or move away.

If he isn't talented enough to achieve a very elusive occupation on merit alone, he should work at it another way like contacts and being in the right place at the right time.

Both of these things are hard and take a long time. That's life, stand up to the challenge or stop complaining.

That's utter crap. Hard work and telent get you no where. It's all about who you know, what social class you were born into, ect. Random chance basicly. After that only a base level of skill is needed to maintain it. The exception is if you start your own business. It could be argued that still isn't what you 'wanted' to do. eg. If I had a passion for painting models but couldn't get a job as a model company, starting your own model company wouldn't have you painting. Any operation that did would likely be so small time that it would never pay a living wage.

[Xortberg]

That's utter crap. Hard work and telent get you no where. It's all about who you know, what social class you were born into, ect. Random chance basicly.

Sabre, wen will you learn that taking an extreme side and defending it makes you just as likely to be wrong as someone who defends the other extreme side? Yes, knowing the right people helps. But guess what? Someone with talent who puts in the hard work necessary to meet the right people who can recognize that talent and help that person achieve whatever they're going for will be successful. Nobody ever said that all it takes is talent, and if they had, they would be wrong. Here, you're saying talent means shit and you're just as wrong as the other extreme. One needs to strike a balance. Talent isn't everything, and neither is random chance. They are both part of it, though.

As Mr. K said,

That's life, stand up to the challenge or stop complaining.