[netpenthe]

well it is a euphemism but it is also jail.

working 9-5 earning a decent salary is something that can hold you up.. - opportunity cost to try something new or take a risk is so much higher

[001sky]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

[eru]

The boiling frog is about as bad as low hanging fruit.

(The frog would jump out of slowly heating water, and picking the low hanging fruit first is a sure-fire way to get fired from your fruit-picker job.)

[vermillion]

What's the problem with picking the low hanging fruit first?

[eru]

The higher fruit are ripe first.