I received an early lesson on this issue in 1996. I asked someone what they do and he replied: I ski. He then explained avuncularly (we were both in our late 20s) that on the west coast of the US that question always meant what do you love to do, what is it you live for (clearly not to earn). Now, of course, it screams privilige because you have created (or inherited) a life where you get to think of what you like to do. But on the flip side it made me feel...empty, because I hadn't worked on the things I had loved. Ever since, I've restrained myself from asking that question when I meet someone for the first time. I just wait collecting clues instead, hahaha.
El mar., 8 oct. 2024 1:14 a. m., Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < [email protected]> escribió: > This, the most banal of all conversational opening lines, is something I > discourage at the meetups I organise. So it was interesting to see > silklister CY Gopinath's take. > > > https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/and-you-do-exactly-what-sir-23407241 > > Udhay > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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