They seem to be of the opinion that since I don’t have little clones of myself running around that my free time is inherently less valuable.

No Sam, I’m not working two doubles so you can make it to little Timmys fucking music recitals. Bringing that little shit into the world was your fucking choice you dumbass!

Sorry, needed to vent.

    • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I want the government and society at large to help these people. But I’m one guy, I don’t like the responsibility falling on me when I’m just some dude.

        • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          One guy who could have helped a coworker and actively made a decision to not help them

          Fuck off jackass, I’m criticism a consistent pattern of behavior, not a single instance of one guy asking me for a favor. I’ve done plenty of favors to my coworkers, but some of them have started expecting it if me. You could as much criticize these guys for lacking solidarity with me by not respecting my free time by constantly expecting more of me than what’s fair.

            • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              Alright look, this was a vent post so yeah, I'll cop to taking an excessively hostile tone. But do take not several other people were posting in this thread about experiencing similar treatment to me, so it would seem this isn't just some isolated thing I've been through but an actual trend. It's a two way street, if we can call out working people without kids for being unwilling to help lessen the load on working people with kids, then we can also recognize sometimes working people with kids are perhaps sometimes more than a bit dismissive of the hardships of those without and should be more respectful when asking them for help.