Oddbean new post about login | logout Shoemaker's sons go barefoot, Doctor's wives die young, And the wives of electricians never have working electronics.
Everywhere I go, I see these women using the newest iPhone or MacBook to write on WhatsApp and Facebook. Or they don't cook, but their house has all of the snazziest kitchen appliances. They only drive to and from the grocery store, creeping along at 5 mph, but they get there in a Tesla or a Porsche.
I have this working theory that the quality of the stuff a woman works with correlates inversely with her husband's ability to fix crappy old stuff and hold complex systems together with duck tape, superglue, and a blowtorch.
Like, if her husband is a car mechanic, she'll probably be driving something nearly-rusted through, that he rescued from the junkyard. Source: I have a cousin married to a car mechanic. 😄
My experience is that mechanics always have the most messed up, junk cars.
What we need is a "Don't nag me, woman!" index, to calculate the probability that a woman will only own top-of-the-line items and they will always be in good repair. Does he have an ancient, broken version in the basement, a garage, or up on blocks in the yard? --> 0 probability Can he easily and cheaply buy something used and fix it? --> 5% probability Is it something he is an expert in and he's always wanted to try it out at home? --> 10% Is he generally very handy, curious, and likes fiddling with stuff? --> 15% Is he a lawyer, an accountant, or a children's book author? --> 100%