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Grindhouse – A developer community for embracing the grind

1 pointsby orhunp_4 months ago

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evanjrowley4 months ago
Seems like an attempt to re-define &quot;the grind&quot;. According to Urban Dictionary[0], this has connoted:<p><i>staying &quot;on the grind&quot; means to work hard, always be hustling, or otherwise engaged in money-making or woman-procuring activities.</i><p>I&#x27;m not sure if this really ailgns with the mission statement. It&#x27;s a phrase that&#x27;s synonymous with &quot;ambition&quot;, which historically had negative meanings[1][2]. Passionate artists for example usually suffer a lot, while the &quot;ambitious&quot; ones go too far in either trading the soul of their art for money[3] or try to restricting others from engaging with it is meaningful ways[4]. In many domains, not only art, prioritizing the grind over production creates a hostile environment where others have to lose. It&#x27;s not possible to achieve without doing moral injury[5] to one&#x27;s self.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.urbandictionary.com&#x2F;define.php?term=on+the+grind" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.urbandictionary.com&#x2F;define.php?term=on+the+grind</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etymonline.com&#x2F;word&#x2F;ambition" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.etymonline.com&#x2F;word&#x2F;ambition</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;reference.jrank.org&#x2F;governance&#x2F;Ambition.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;reference.jrank.org&#x2F;governance&#x2F;Ambition.html</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42817713">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42817713</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Digital_rights_management" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Digital_rights_management</a><p>[5] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;basics&#x2F;moral-injury" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.psychologytoday.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;basics&#x2F;moral-injury</a>
hmcq64 months ago
What does the title mean? Being on social media is the opposite of &quot;grinding&quot; unless you run an direct to consumer business or an mlm. And if you run a direct to consumer business then this site is only helpful if your target audience is developers.