“The second part, besides making my pulse quicken, is also sad. This distortion seems to be so present in a certain demographic, as expected, but im finding too many of them who 10 years later can’t seem to let go. It breaks my heart really.”
I think the word that threw you off was when I referred to well paying jobs as proper careers. I was tired and I couldn’t think of the right way to say it. It was a poor word choice.