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<blockquote data-quote="cmjust0" data-source="post: 419468" data-attributes="member: 2882"><p>One thing I've witnessed as a young tryin'-to-be farmer is that there are a lot of folks out there who've been farming for a long time who seem to revel in watching someone younger fall flat on their face. </p><p></p><p>We get called "soft" or "green" -- or just plain stupid -- and there's always somebody waiting to criticize our work ethic, ideas, decisions, or anything else they can to elevate themselves and discourage us. </p><p></p><p>Then, to beat it all, those same folks sit around and lament about how farming as a profession seems to be going away completely.</p><p></p><p>What they don't seem to realize is that <em>it's disappearing up it's own asshole</em> -- and that they're part of the problem.</p><p></p><p>While I certainly applaud many of the true mentors on this board who genuinely seem to want to help people succeed (dun comes to mind specifically), it's worth noting that even this place has it's share of self-aggrandizing discouragement machines. To me, that speaks volumes -- considering that this <strong><em>is</em></strong> a Q&A forum, complete with a "beginner's" board. </p><p></p><p>I mean, how many times have we all seen people get run off the beginner's board for asking "stupid" questions?</p><p></p><p>And yet, here we are, lamenting how all the young people are getting run out of farming...... Whatever shall we do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmjust0, post: 419468, member: 2882"] One thing I've witnessed as a young tryin'-to-be farmer is that there are a lot of folks out there who've been farming for a long time who seem to revel in watching someone younger fall flat on their face. We get called "soft" or "green" -- or just plain stupid -- and there's always somebody waiting to criticize our work ethic, ideas, decisions, or anything else they can to elevate themselves and discourage us. Then, to beat it all, those same folks sit around and lament about how farming as a profession seems to be going away completely. What they don't seem to realize is that [i]it's disappearing up it's own asshole[/i] -- and that they're part of the problem. While I certainly applaud many of the true mentors on this board who genuinely seem to want to help people succeed (dun comes to mind specifically), it's worth noting that even this place has it's share of self-aggrandizing discouragement machines. To me, that speaks volumes -- considering that this [b][i]is[/i][/b] a Q&A forum, complete with a "beginner's" board. I mean, how many times have we all seen people get run off the beginner's board for asking "stupid" questions? And yet, here we are, lamenting how all the young people are getting run out of farming...... Whatever shall we do? [/QUOTE]
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