It's interesting to compare and contrast the responses to those who disagree with Steve's article.
On one hand you have one poster who doesn't like what he does for a living, doesn't make much money and objects very emotionally to what Steve writes in this blog post. On the other hand, you have someone like Acting like Godot who disagrees with Steve, but really likes his job, enjoys how much he is making and is secure in what he is doing. He responds logically and non-emotionally to Steve's post.
So, in the first case, the poster most likely resonates with a good part of what Steve writes, but has been denying that to himself because he's chosen to live a life very differently. Thus he reacts emotionally to the post. In the second case, Acting like Godot, is very happy with what he's got now, so he doesn't feel attacked or takes what Steve wrote personally even though he disagrees with what Steve wrote.
It goes back to reinforce what Steve has written. If you react emotionally negatively to his blog post, it's most likely because a huge part of you agree with what he is saying and you're bothered by it because you're denying that to yourself. Otherwise, you can still completely disagree with what Steve writes without getting an emotional reaction if internally you truly don't agree with what Steve writes.
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