Originally Posted by SamHouston
You can't seriously believe that anyone defines themselves entirely by what they do for income or work, can you? It's one of the most common assessments people make of others and themselves. It should be.
If you can agree with that then you can certainly see why some people took umbrage to the black and white statement you made that implied people who identify themselves as/with bike messengers are "sad". In the context of this thread that is what you said.
Just what is it you do, one "my own boss, philanthropic type" to another? Is it so rewarding you feel the need to act all cool & better than others online? Rewarding that way?
Good luck to you and your future happiness if you choose to define yourself, and others, by what they do for money. I choose to pick my friends for who they are as people.
It IS sad to me that people are unable to define their own identity and feel the need to be pigeon holed into one group or another.
Lastly, I never acted as if I was cool and better than others, that role seems to be taken by the folks throwing around the labels.