Wow, my Econ teacher would have a field day here.
Re:Unreasonable.It's perfectly reasonable. It'd require more work than he'd have been willing to put into it, but that doesn't make it impossible or unreasonable. Trade-offs, it's really not complicated. You putting other priorities in front of having a six-pack doesn't change a thing.
Nah, it'd be on you for failing to understand the analysis.Your Econ teacher would give you an "F" for your analysis.
Irrelevant. You were more than capable of doing it. Just because you have other priorities, it doesn't change the analysis.The opportunity cost would have been trading high odds of a self-supporting income (based on past performance) for extremely long odds at becoming a pro athlete (based on physical size, other physical attributes, lack of training, not attending a Div I school, etc.) able to commit time & energy to that lifestyle long-term.
So? This statement is entirely irrelevant both to my and your original statement.So, it is objectively unreasonable to incur an opportunity cost of a choice with odds of success many orders of magnitude greater than trying to live a pro athlete's lifestyle.
Nah, it'd be on you for failing to understand the analysis.
Irrelevant. You were more than capable of doing it. Just because you have other priorities, it doesn't change the analysis.
So? This statement is entirely irrelevant both to my and your original statement.
If you desired to, you could have gotten it. Hell, I'd be willing to bet you could have done both the exercise and the school if you wanted, especially given your oh-so-precise statement of "pro athlete-level." You, however, chose to make the trade-off. You could have reasonably done it, but you elected to put other priorities in front of it. It's not my, nor anyone else's, problem.The opportunity cost- which is what your Econ professor would look at- greatly outweighed probability of a meaningful ROI. Had I actually adopted the regimen doctors told me would be required, I would have gotten my 6-pack abs...and not finished college, not gone to law school or business school, and would probably NOT have been in any pro sport.
That is the definition of an unreasonable decision in economics terms.
If you desired to, you could have gotten it. Hell, I'd be willing to bet you could have done both the exercise and the school if you wanted, especially given your oh-so-precise statement of "pro athlete-level."
IOW, excuses.The odds of a 22 year old initiating such a program and succeeding are functionally zero.
IOW, unrealistic.
IOW, excuses.
It's simple. You just didn't want it enough for it to be worth it to you. And that's totally fine, but let's be honest about it.
Then you choose not to have a six-pack. This is one of the relatively few things that're pretty much completely under your control, all you have to do is work for it.I disagree with you.
I believe he wanted it, he just didn't have the time to put into it. Hell, I would like a 6 pack too, but with my work schedule and responsibilities, there is no way I could spend enough time to get it, no matter how much I wanted it. Unless I want my wife and kids to starve, be homeless, and me be unemployed. There simply isn't enough time in a day.