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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 天前If you ever get rich, hire someone whose job it is to tell you no and keep you humble. I am currently booked solid. Alas, pro bono.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·7 天前That’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 天前Don’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-27 天前Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 天前By all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 天前Exactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
If you ever get rich, hire someone whose job it is to tell you no and keep you humble.
I am currently booked solid. Alas, pro bono.
That’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
Don’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
Was Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
By all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
Exactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.