I have no idea what you are talking about anymore. It seems to me that your idea of what the “grind” is, is you’re own interpretation that doesn’t match what anyone else here is talking about. You have taken the entire post and each other comment completely out of context.

The other user is definitely of the mindset that just because they got lucky enough to get a job that they enjoy and make good money from, that everyone shares that privlage and the same opportunities they’ve been given in life. Unfortunately some people just can’t understand that not everyone is born to the same level of fortune.

This comment is confusing to me because here it seems that you redefine the “grind” to mean being creative and productive with your work when the OP is rather clearly expressing that people do it as a means to increase their wealth specifically. A quick Google search suggested that although Tesla did make a lot of money off of his work, he didn’t use that money to live a lavish lifestyle but instead used it to fund more projects that he was interested it and by he time he died he was pretty much broke. He wasn’t a capitalist and wasn’t fueled by the idea of making a large fortune. Going back to OP’s context of the work “grind”, I think it’s accurate to say Tesla did not “grind for electricity”.

This was or maybe even still is a thing. My grandpa was forced to wear a sock on his left hand when learning to write as a child. He would be hit if he didn’t.

I don’t know anything about mailbox.org, but I’m sure it’s way less sketchy than Google. It’s just interesting you would praise their free video conferences after posting “if you don’t pay with money, you pay with data.”