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354 There’s a generation of people who were praised exclusively for being easy to deal with, and they became adults who genuinely cannot tell the difference between being content and being convenient. The two feelings merged so early that separating them now feels like surgery.

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals · 04/11/2026 03:39 EDT

There’s a generation of people who were praised exclusively for being easy to deal with, and they became adults who genuinely cannot tell the difference between being content and being convenient. The two feelings merged so early that separating them now feels like surgery.

People praised exclusively for being easy to deal with often grow into adults who can't distinguish genuine contentment from the habit of being convenient, because the two feelings fused before they had language to separate them.

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