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		loa_in_ on Jan 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quit Your Job It's really really uncommon to use "contribute to society" in any sense other than "contribute positively/constructively to society". It's clearly a misunderstanding here.

yakshaving_jgt on Jan 7, 2022 [–]

That may be so, but even people who are a net negative to society (which is fairly subjective anyway) make positive contributions.

The world isn't quite so black and white, you know?

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