[connicpu]

If I paid someone to replace my light switches for me I don't think that would be pretending I don't understand how to do it, I'm just recognizing that it's a LOT of work and I have better things I'd rather do with my time, so I'm buying someone else's time with money. And I really get that now, as a few weeks ago I spent like 4 hours just replacing a half dozen lightswitches, while a professional probably would've had it done in under an hour.

[devbent]

I don't go up to an electrician and say "hey I could totally do this but you do it instead."

Instead I hand them a big box of switches.

[slingnow]

Why would anyone go up to an electrician and say that? Paying them money, at the very least, conveys "I don't want to learn how to do this or spend time doing this."

What point are you trying to make exactly? Paying someone for services has absolutely nothing to do with manipulation or deception.