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Post by peterb »

smoody wrote: post #29
rokhayakebe wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just in US. In the majority of the world, women are extremely materialistic. Sad reality.

A bad assumption here. It could have simply been that his wife didn't want to see her children go to bed hungry or for them to lose the roof over their heads.

Not necessarily a bad assumption. However I think the word "materialistic" is being thrown around without considering its deeper meaning. Women must provide for their offspring, the survival of our genes depend upon it. This concept of "providing for their offspring" has historically meant choosing men who can help with this difficult task.

Materialism is a perfectly reasonable evolutionary outcome. It is nothing to be ashamed of or scoffed at. It has serious implications at the evolutionary level. If you have children you have to provide for them so they don't die.

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Post by NyxWulf »

augustus wrote: post #18

I really loved this post. It brings out one of the obvious truths in economics or business if you will. Customers are not that interested in paying you to help you out. They are interested in getting what they want. Money is just a reward for getting what they want. Too many businesses focus on getting paid, they lose track of why customers are there in the first place.

I just don't buy this. Most small business are really bad at collecting their Accounts Receivable, and it is one of the number one reasons for small business failures. I agree with what someone else wrote, there may be a kernel of truth to this, but it's too polished and too neatly tied with a bow to be true.

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Post by charcoal »

thenduks wrote: post #43

> my wife gave me a choice of getting a wal-mart type job or get out "...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part." It's reading things like this that make me appreciate my wife more than I already did. Get a 'walmart type job' or get out? My wife would _never_ say that to…

You're a lucky man.

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Post by michaelneale »

thenduks wrote: post #43

> my wife gave me a choice of getting a wal-mart type job or get out "...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part." It's reading things like this that make me appreciate my wife more than I already did. Get a 'walmart type job' or get out? My wife would _never_ say that to…

Exactly - also - not sure how kicking him out would resolve their financial situation.

Sounds like things will just get worse for him again.

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Post by nailer »

stcredzero wrote: post #47
bjelkeman-again wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is the combination that does it. I have lots of "discount vouchers" for all sorts of things, which I never use. But I need a plumber and this guy would be it.

What serves this purpose with a web app? Is it a stock photo of a person? (Doubt it.) Some bit of humor that a corporate marketdroid would never write for fear of pissing off his boss? The developer blogs? MySpace or Twitter presence? I suspect that most of the time, most of these things don't succeed. Perhaps this is part of the power behind "Viral Marketing" in the old days when its effectiveness wasn't diluted by…

A real, honest to goodness, here we are, this is my desk, good-and-bad blog?

I signed up with Dreamhost because I truly felt they would care - their site is very good at giving that impression. Their service was poor, so I left, but that's another story.

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Post by vizard »

jmtame wrote: post #60
rms wrote: post #13

http://jtame05.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/theory-disproven-mon... I wonder how he found your blog.

I'm wondering the exact same thing. I only posted that on hacker news, so he either saw it on wordpress or he reads hn.

maybe someone emailed him a link or something.

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Post by voidfiles »

thenduks wrote: post #43

> my wife gave me a choice of getting a wal-mart type job or get out "...to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part." It's reading things like this that make me appreciate my wife more than I already did. Get a 'walmart type job' or get out? My wife would _never_ say that to…

People do many things in desperation.

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Post by petercooper »

stcredzero wrote: post #47
bjelkeman-again wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is the combination that does it. I have lots of "discount vouchers" for all sorts of things, which I never use. But I need a plumber and this guy would be it.

What serves this purpose with a web app? Is it a stock photo of a person? (Doubt it.) Some bit of humor that a corporate marketdroid would never write for fear of pissing off his boss? The developer blogs? MySpace or Twitter presence? I suspect that most of the time, most of these things don't succeed. Perhaps this is part of the power behind "Viral Marketing" in the old days when its effectiveness wasn't diluted by…

Twitter presence is a new thing, but it certainly helps.

In the past I've found having an IRC room or a forum to help. I've chosen hosting providers this way and it's worked out every time. If they can answer my question on their IRC channel and have a bunch of dedicated followers (dedicated enough to be sitting in their IRC channel anyway!) that's a really good sign.

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Post by charcoal »

dgabriel wrote: post #46
cousin_it wrote: post #9

my wife gave me a choice of getting a wal-mart type job or get out. Is it really this way in the US? As a foreigner I'm curious.

Despite what others here may have to say, we women are not a bunch of money grubbing whores. Thanks, HN, for downvoting the outrageous comments. Here's a different view of what may have been going on: man has a family both he & his wife work full time to support. He cannot, for whatever reason, hang on to a job for more than a year at a time. This becomes frustrating to the other spouse, because they can't ever seem…

d, you're supposing an awful lot about how the situation might have been. Fact is, there are a lot of women out there who want what they think is the status quo: husband away during the day, providing plenty of money, newish car(s), family going out to eat once or twice a week, cable tv, buying whatever you want at the grocery store without regard for price, big X-mases, no stress about being able to pay bills, etc., and if hubby doesn't provide it, he's thought of as inadequate.

Yes, there are many women who are shortsighted and only realize after the divorce that life doesn't work the way they thought.

cousin_it, in the US, women have all the advantages when it comes to marriage. If they want a divorce, almost by default the legal system provides them with the kids, house, alimony, and child support.

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Post by charcoal »

mattmcknight wrote: post #31
smoody wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bad assumption here. It could have simply been that his wife didn't want to see her children go to bed hungry or for them to lose the roof over their heads.

And if she kicks him out, she can go on welfare.

... and the kids don't get to see Dad much anymore.

Kids need to come first, and they need both parents. Mom and Dad: work it out -- for their sake.

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