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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am now starting to see that many of you think “grinder” just means hard working, so maybe I better be careful about using it pejoratively. But I still don’t think that’s what most people mean when they use the term[/quote]

Agree that most people do not use the definition "merely hard working" for "grinder". Clearly some here do, but I doubt it is the most common meaning. [/quote]

+1. But even amongst the people claiming that grinder means merely hard working, I don’t think most of them truly believe that. I think they realize that the negative strivery, grinder behavior being described here hits a little too close to home. And they feel the need to try to redirect it to “oh they’re just jealous because I/my kid are hard working and more successful.”

I can understand being confused by the term striver the first time you hear it here but after that it is pretty obvious what it refers to. We’ve all experienced strivery people in our lives, and if you haven’t, you might be the striver.[/quote]

When someone calls my immigrant parents strivers because they pulled themselves up from almost nothing, yes, that hits close to home. I am proud my family is a bunch of strivers. [/quote]

Your whole family went to an Ivy?[/quote]
huh?[/quote]

You clearly don’t know the definition of striver.[/quote]

Isn’t this whole discussion about the definitions of these terms?

A PP said they judge people negatively when they are only “grinding” or “striving” for money and advancement, rather than for the pure joy of discovery and intellectual curiosity. Some people don’t have that luxury, including when applying to college.

And no, my striver family are not (all) Ivy League. Is that all that’s important to you? Then you are a climber.

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