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I find this is a really common trope where people appreciate the complexity of the domain they work in, but assume every other domain is trivial by comparison.
There's a saying in Mandarin that translates to something like: Being in different professions is like being on opposite sides of a mountain. It basically means you can never fully understand a given profession unless you're actually doing it.
a good metaphor :)
The more you take an interest in and try to learn at least a little about basically any other single topic, you'll quickly realize that nearly everything has a near infinite complexity and depth
The rabbit holes are endless, there's so much knowledge to have everywhere. The people who don't appreciate this fact and say stuff like in the screenshot are a bit foolish, I think
Indeed, and this is why the whole concept of unskilled jobs is pure nonsense.
Common like water in the sea. People assuming things are simple is pretty much the whole reason why politics is dumb, for example. Even the fascist stuff has a few notes of it.