It's an article published in NYT about a psychological issue (living at the moment). Here's one of the paragraphs that I have a problem with:
So does the moment really deserve its many accolades? It is a philosophy likely to be more rewarding for those whose lives contain more privileged moments than grinding, humiliating or exhausting ones. Those for whom a given moment is more likely to be “sun-dappled yoga pose” than “hour 11 manning the deep-fat fryer.”
What does the last sentence mean?
Answer
It's sarcasm drenched in irony.
The author is saying that life is easier for some than for others. For the privileged few, any (given) moment in time will probably be similar to performing yoga in the sunlight under the shade of a tree. Sun-dappled is the play of light which is created when the sun shines directly on the leaves.
For others, life is much harder (duh). Similar to someone who works eleven hours a day, deep frying food in a fast food restaurant.
The verb man is defined by Oxford Living Dictionaries as
VERB
man [WITH OBJECT]
1. (of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification):
- ‘the helpline is manned by trained staff’
- ‘the firemen manned the pumps and fought the blaze’
- My favourite task was manning the chip fryer. The Guardian
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