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> Meeting my new coworkers, they structured their jobs as lottery tickets bought with their lifeblood, trading tips on managing the symptoms of work until the p

> Meeting my new coworkers, they structured their jobs as lottery tickets bought with their lifeblood, trading tips on managing the symptoms of work until the pearly gates of liquidity opened. That's a true statement and a painful insight.

mynameishere 4y ago
It's five mixed metaphors is what it is.
- sdwr 4y ago
  Hey, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it switch mid-stream.
  - ggm 4y ago
    "You can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her think." Dorothy Parker, reputedly.
- SamvitJ 4y ago
  "Lottery tickets", "lifeblood", "symptoms of work", "pearly gates of liquidity" I count four. Curious, what's the fifth? Your comment made me realize that it's quite an interesting sentence.
  - andrewjl 4y ago
    > structured Probably this