{"id":42593,"date":"2026-08-13T06:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42593"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:43:35","slug":"50-good-things-ruined-by-becoming-too-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42593","title":{"rendered":"50 Good Things Ruined By Becoming Too Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-module=\"subbuzz-text\">\n<h2 class=\"subbuzz__header subbuzz__header--standard subbuzz__title  \">\n<p>      <span class=\"subbuzz__number\">40.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"js-subbuzz__title-text\">&#8220;Can&#8217;t believe nobody has said this, but, college. My parents were the first in their families to go to college. My mom&#8217;s dad had dyslexia and was not fully literate, and left school in eighth grade, owned a farm, and sent my mom to a large state school for her bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s with little to no loan debt. My dad&#8217;s dad worked at a local grocery store; my dad worked a union job at Safeway on the weekends and paid for his college and veterinary school tuition, books, and a car. He also went to a large state university. I attended a smaller liberal arts school, received hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships, and then went to medical school, where there&#8217;s no such thing as scholarships \u2014 and you aren&#8217;t allowed to have a job while being a medical student. 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