Ascetics who wish to escape material considerations also prefer solitary activities and less physical intimacy. Maybe a lot of that time spent sitting in a cave thinking about God is really spent thinking about how they're not thinking about money.
Stupid money. No matter how much more of it we seem to get, we could always use more. Stupid Hanson, reminding us of Stupid money... *grumbles in a corner by herself pensively, and actually starts studying*
Ascetics who wish to escape material considerations also prefer solitary activities and less physical intimacy. Maybe a lot of that time spent sitting in a cave thinking about God is really spent thinking about how they're not thinking about money.
Stupid money. No matter how much more of it we seem to get, we could always use more. Stupid Hanson, reminding us of Stupid money... *grumbles in a corner by herself pensively, and actually starts studying*
Is this perhaps behind the origin of the rule that in polite society one never mentions money at social functions?
Perhaps by reminding people of money, this post got them to work harder and not socialize via commenting on blog posts? :)