Boy can we relate. There's quite a few opposing scenarios this makes me think about.
I really like the language lessons you gave at the end.
As for the joke, that was a joke, lol? It comes across more like sagely advice, rather than humor in English.
Interesting. It's nice to hear that this is open for different interpretations.
Haha, like I said, jokes get lost in translation. It was more like a wordplay. Then again, I tend to give sagely advice quite a lot, so I will take that as a compliment too :>)
Cheers for the comment!