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The comment you quote was trying to point out that they will recover from this, and have a fantastic career ahead of them.

It was not meant to be a comment on how it feels today, or to suggest that we shouldn't feel empathy for them because of their future position.

I just meant that in a few years they'll look back on this and laugh, which makes it story much less sad. Do you disagree with that?

Look, I'm coming from the perspective of an outsider. OP seemed to suggest it is heartbreaking to read about Zynga, which is what I was responding to. If one of my close friends was working there, I would absolutely feel a different way.

Similarly, if I read about a kid's cat dying on the internet, it might just make me feel a bit down. When my dog died, heartbroken was exactly how I felt.



Yes, I'm sure everyone will eventually recover from being worked to the bone and having faith in someone who essentially cheated them.

Well, okay, maybe some of them might have been under a lot of stress and that might affect their personal life and even health or life expectancy.

Maybe some of the talented people who might have a fantastic career ahead of them won't recover and become jaded or leave the industry altogether.

Maybe none of that is heartbreaking, strictly said. It's "highly unfortunate" or "really sad", perhaps.

What really grates is your decision to nitpick about the choice of words because you saw something that was even sadder on TV.




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