| brank[11] | mediocre kids |
basic degree | slim | fitness: endurance, yoga.. |
commute | beautiful wife | |||
| complete[1] | complete | complete | complete | No. 95% complete |
No. 99.9% complete | complete | No. I would feel unsatisfied |
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| dismissible? | tough | tough | no | no | no | no | no | ||
| painful[2] | ? tough | pain | pain | overweight would be pain |
pain | tolerable pain | intolerable | ||
| just how intolerable |
bad | most peers have it | self-image | For 30Y I have felt defective about my Y-junction flexibility |
I have never got used to it |
longing | |||
| note: prestige unimportant |
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| peace [3] | blissful | peace | peace | unhappy | “30Y” | unsatisfied | unsatisfied but at peace |
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I see a fundamental difference between Brank and Slim. The same difference is explored by several related questions:
[1] Q: is your life complete without this “thing”?
[2] Q: Is your life tolerable without it after a while? Yes/No question. No “maybe” please.
[3] Q: can I live with peace and blissful happiness without it?
Conclusion — even without brank, my 50Y remaining life can still be full and complete but without slim body shape I would feel bad for decades to come.
Conclusion — lack of brank is not a pain I must “manage”. In contrast, Body shape and inflexibility are.
Once one of us retires early then there’s no brank to compare.
[11] How about robust career prospect till age 70? Not sure if it belongs to either category but my contract career is more robust than most of the brank careers. Ask Honglin.