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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by killjoywashere on Sunday December 11, 2022 @11:45AM (#33944754)
I was at a small dinner party recently and one of the guests arrived in a three wheel golf cart kind of thing. His other car is an orange Lamborghini Huracan. He got a degree in poli sci or some other liberal arts thing, but played in tech sales and eventually sold a gaming company to Google and has now worked with Google for several years. The conversation turned toward advice to our kids (everyone is 45 to 55 and has kids headed to college). At one point I said something to the effect of “The standard advise is that whenever you get to a fork in the road you should probably take the harder path.”

Without missing a beat, the other guest quipped “Yeah, take a nap”.

Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by HenryClerval on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:39PM (#33947235)
I haven't heard "take a nap" before. What does it mean in that context?
Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by abdabab on Sunday December 11, 2022 @08:14PM (#33949651)
I read it as an advice to chill, as in the opposite of working too hard.
Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by rakejake on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:32PM (#33945907)
Unrelated, but your username is genius!