What If You Could Do It All Over?

Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by sanderjd on Saturday December 26, 2020 @07:41PM (#25547730)

Talking about your job at parties is way down the list of reasons social status matters. It's a fair point that people shouldn't make all their decisions with status in mind, but it is also wrong to belittle it as a consideration.

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by imgabe on Saturday December 26, 2020 @07:52PM (#25547790)

What are some of the other reasons? Suppose you could make $500k/year either by being a cardiologist or by cleaning out septic tanks. What advantages does the $500k from cardiology get you that the $500k from cleaning septic tanks does not? (Aside from impressing people at parties)

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by bonoboTP on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:01PM (#25547848)

Higher status friends, marrying into a "better family" and so on. Your family (especially more distant) will respect you more.

Also, I think a major elephant in the room: some people just feel better about themselves and sleep better, knowing that they are a big dog and can feel justified in looking down on others.

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by JackFr on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:07PM (#25547887)

There is a great quote from A defense lawyer in the HBO show “The Undoing”:

“You know, I should say up front that, in my experience, doctors tend to be assholes. The reason they tend to be assholes is because they get to be. They're doctors.”

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by perilunar on Sunday December 27, 2020 @08:32AM (#25550906)

Cleaner hands and a lot less shit?

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by darkerside on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:03PM (#25547856)

It would be more educational to share a few of those things that actually matter. Why exactly does social status matter?

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