Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 29, 2021Is there a name for the opposite of a yak-shave? Some sort of deep, tortuous side quest that's necessary for getting to the main objective, but you DON'T want to do and want to give up on main project to avoid?30368
Emmett Shear@eshear·Sep 29, 2021Replying to @vgrI believe Paul Graham may have called these “schelps”.12
Emmett Shear@eshear·Sep 30, 2021Replying to @vgrHm, on reflection, I agree. He coined it to talk about what you're talking about, but it's not clear enough in meaning.