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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoIf 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-down1·2 months agoThat’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-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 months agoCounterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBy 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-up2·2 months agoExactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWas Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDon’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
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.
Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
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.
Was Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
Don’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.