You can't lose if you don't play

[renard_ruse]

Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?

What do you think of this as life philosophy?

 

[eyer]

I always order a little perspective...

...with my Happy Meal.

 

[Saint Peter]

The lottery is over.

Better luck next time.

 

[Cratchit]

i think its better to play because you dont know for sure that you will lose. i'd rather take the risk than just play it safe on the sidelines

 

[warrior queen]

Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?

What do you think of this as life philosophy?

Missing a bit...
If you fail, bury the evidence.

 

[Lord Emu]

It's a rule I generally live by.

 

[Freija]

Missing a bit...
If you fail, bury the evidence.

....or
"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."
Quentin Crisp

 

[IsabellaKing]

Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?

What do you think of this as life philosophy?

It's a good philosophy for anyone wanting to get through life without being noticed

 

[Edith_UK]

Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?

What do you think of this as life philosophy?

It's a little crude. You may want to consider the gradient of probability, and offer some flexibility in your response.

Otherwise, you may come across as one of those pricks that has 'life philosophies'. Just a thought

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?

What do you think of this as life philosophy?

It is never good to do a thing without preparation for then the losing is but a small part of the process of learning and self-motivation.

You don't play Scrabble™ without learning to read.

You don't engage in kumite without learning kata.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

It's a little crude. You may want to consider the gradient of probability, and offer some flexibility in your response.

Otherwise, you may come across as one of those pricks that has 'life philosophies'. Just a thought

There is something wrong with a life philosophy?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

It's a good philosophy for anyone wanting to get through life without being noticed

I spent three months in boot camp desperately trying to not be notice.

Same thing in a Japanese-style Dojo where the mantra is pound down the nail.


Same thing you see in business now in the West; don't get noticed, don't become a target...,

 

[Edith_UK]

There is something wrong with a life philosophy?

There's nothing wrong with it. As such. If you're 14.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

There's nothing wrong with it. As such. If you're 14.

Everyone has a philosophy at all ages even if it's, "Better you than me!"

We usually express it as things we know that we take as a priori as you do in the pointless thread where you express your feelings about my country being "bonkers' while chiding busybody in his thread for fear that the Muzzies are taking over while the news from your country would certainly impart that same a priori that it is to us across the pond...

 

[Edith_UK]

Everyone has a philosophy at all ages even if it's, "Better you than me!"

We usually express it as things we know that we take as a priori as you do in the pointless thread where you express your feelings about my country being "bonkers' while chiding busybody in his thread for fear that the Muzzies are taking over while the news from your country would certainly impart that same a priori that it is to us across the pond...

Try some punctuation for breakfast.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Try some punctuation for breakfast.

I am sorry that England has degraded to the point where one can no longer read Wicksteed without wondering when the fucker is ever going to end his sentences or come around to the end of his thought preferring perhaps the more comforting chants like "Weakness is Strength!"

"Arbeit macht Frie!"

 

[IsabellaKing]

I spent three months in boot camp desperately trying to not be notice.

Same thing in a Japanese-style Dojo where the mantra is pound down the nail.


Same thing you see in business now in the West; don't get noticed, don't become a target...,

It's how I got through school, although it's not really true to your original post.

"Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?"

You have to do just enough stuff, well enough, to slip under the radar.

 

[Edith_UK]

I am sorry that England has degraded to the point where one can no longer read Wicksteed without wondering when the fucker is ever going to end his sentences or come around to the end of his thought preferring perhaps the more comforting chants like "Weakness is Strength!"

"Arbeit macht Frie!"

I'm beginning to think monkeys and keyboards.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

It's how I got through school, although it's not really true to your original post.

"Is it better not to do something in the first place than to fail at trying?"

You have to do just enough stuff, well enough, to slip under the radar.

Would you jump out of a perfectly good plane without one lesson on how to land?



Try it, you might like it!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I'm beginning to think monkeys and keyboards.

I'm beginning to think 14.

 

[Edith_UK]

I'm beginning to think 14.

Do you usually wink at 14-year-olds? *vomit*

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Do you usually wink at 14-year-olds? *vomit*

Of course I do, but that does not make me Aqualung, just charming...

 

[Edith_UK]

Of course I do, but that does not make me Aqualung, just charming...

I'm sure their parents would agree.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I'm sure their parents would agree.

Their mothers love me.

The fathers know to steer clear of a six-foot Injun...



Between the Marines and Martialing, I project that "Don't screw with me" aura.

 

[Edith_UK]

Their mothers love me.

The fathers know to steer clear of a six-foot Injun...



Between the Marines and Martialing, I project that "Don't screw with me" aura.

Sure.

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