# Is it better to get laid or laid off? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514 "2015-08-11T01:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/1 "2015-08-11T01:18:22Z")
laid off a job vs laid in bed ---
**Author:** ![Construct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Construct](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Construct)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/2 "2015-08-11T01:19:13Z")
Sex is definitely better than getting fired. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/3 "2015-08-11T01:33:07Z")
Depends on the severance package. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/4 "2015-08-11T01:41:17Z")
Do you mean “Is it worth getting laid-off if you got laid?” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/5 "2015-08-11T01:43:41Z")
> [@Construct](#): > > Sex is definitely better than getting fired. Yeah, but after sex I still have to go to work in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/6 "2015-08-11T03:29:53Z")
What if that is your job? Paradox! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/7 "2015-08-11T03:39:55Z")
This is a true question for the ages but I would argue that it is a false dichotomy. Speaking as a rare person that has been both laid and laid off, I will choose the latter. The key is to to take that money straight to Vegas or even a decent Rhode Island strip club, get a high-end ‘escort’ or three and have the time of your life. If you don’t spend it all in one place, you end up with the true trifecta: no job, some money and multiple women. There is no downside (until the next round of bills rolls around). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/8 "2015-08-11T06:09:27Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > This is a true question for the ages but I would argue that it is a false dichotomy. Speaking as a rare person that has been both laid and laid off, I will choose the latter. The key is to to take that money straight to Vegas or even a decent Rhode Island strip club, get a high-end ‘escort’ or three and have the time of your life. I think I’m rarer in getting laid and never getting laid off. At least in Silicon Valley. I choose laid, which is good since if most people got laid at the same rate they get laid off there would be horniness explosions all throughout the land. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/9 "2015-08-11T07:01:15Z")
Personally I’d rather be rich than stupid. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/10 "2015-08-11T14:43:43Z")
I don’t know but it’s better to get pissed off than pissed on. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/11 "2015-08-11T18:59:39Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Depends on the severance package. It always depends on the package. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/12 "2015-08-11T19:19:16Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Depends on the severance package. I’d rather have a small severance package than a huge severed package. ---
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/13 "2015-08-11T20:11:04Z")
I’d rather run a math lab than a meth lab. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-get-laid-or-laid-off/727514/14 "2015-08-11T21:30:12Z")
I’m voting for “get laid”. And I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.