I quote it nearly every day
There is no problem that can’t be solved by getting off Twitter
Don’t anticipate anything good from others.
Don’t receive advice from others. You do what you think is right for you.
I think I get where you are coming from here, though I question the certainty in it. There is too much nuance to humanity to never trust or always ignore.
If you never anticipate good in others, you must be very lonely - never trusting, always defensive, waiting for the next attack. We all have different levels of trust shaped by our own experiences. Personally, I try to anticipate good until a person proves otherwise. I’d rather be disappointed occasionally than miss a possible connection to someone because I never anticipated goodness.
As far as receiving advice, take it from anyone and everyone. We constantly do this, even if we don’t notice. We take in the world around us. We decided if it was good, bad, or somewhere in between. If I see someone hit their thumb with a hammer, I learn not to hold the nail in the way way did. It’s non-verbal, yet in its own way, is advice. Verbal advice works similarly. Take it in, listen to it, accept or reject it. Ether way, it is part of you. You will adapt it to your own view. If someone says that jumping of a bridge is the best thing ever, you can ignore them or you can do it. Ignoring them shapes a picture of that person as irresponsible or dangerous while shaping you to be more conscious and risk-averse. Doing it shapes that person in your mind as someone to listen to in order to do something fun. I suppose what I’m getting at is a simple question, can you really ignore advice?
I’m probably just thinking more into it than you intended.
Don’t argue with stupid
I like this as a way of rubberducking. Not on the internet though. Don’t argue with stupid on the internet.
Never commit more than one crime at a time
There are so many laws that it’s impossible not to break multiple at once if breaking a big one. Like planning and executing a heist requires you to break a hundred different laws.
I think it’s more like “don’t drive fast with a tail light out” or “come to a full and complete stop at a stop sign if you have (illegal) drugs in your car”.
Nailed it, haha
Well then don’t do those, lol
Hahhaha
Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can. Pay what you owe as late as you can.
Not sure what context this is supposed to apply… But I cannot imagine any that would not leave me in an uncomfortable position or being a total asshole
The asshole’s philosophy
Feels like that’s how a lot of wealthy people/organizations operate
Why? Seems to me paying debts early is good advice, less hassle dealing with those loan sharks.
Depends on the point of view. If your biggest risk is you spending that loan money on gambling, then yes paying the debt early would help you get in less trouble.
From an economic point of view, if you don’t need that money at the moment, you should invest it, so that you can make a few bucks. If you get 1-2% more on every transaction that way, it really does stack up at the end, since this will make you exponentially more money.
Hmm I’ve never thought about it that way. Definitely seems like we’d be better off not getting taxed by employers throughout the year, as then it can offset mortgages etc before paying up.
I’m sorry but what money are you talking about here? A loan with no interest?
Tbf I’m really not savvy in loans, but I mean any amount of money X that you have to pay back with Y% of interest in Z days. If you take that loan and you know an investment that will guarantee you (Y+1)% then you should borrow money. (That conclusion is of course completely neglecting risk management)
You are correct in your theory… In practice however there is no such guarantees, if there were, it would be a perpetual money making machine
Investment opportunities that guarantee a return will always guarantee less than the interest of regular loans. So unless you are a billionaire, there is no such luck.
In practice, regular investment like mutual funds average to x in the long run (10 years or so) but you’d never find a 10 year loan that does not require you to pay regularly and with accrued interest for that time, so it defeats the purpose of taking out a loan specifically for investing long term
And that’s why interest on borrowed money tends to cost more than any guaranteed investment. Because otherwise the ones loaning would just take the investment themselves.
Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can.
Ok, with you so far.
Pay what you owe as late as you can.
But if there’s interest, this is going to screw me over as I’ll have to pay more interest (on a CC / etc)
What am I missing with the second one?
outlive your creditors in an unstable land?
It’s more about non interest scenarios. If payment isn’t due for 30 days, you wait 30 days to pay. If it’s a place that won’t fight you, wait 40 and then pay.
Companies do this all the time.
My brain gives me advice all the time. I don’t know why, but I have all sorts of quotes, whether it’s from me, or someone else.
“How can you be there for others, if you can’t be there for yourself?”
“The most simple solution is often the best one.”
“Judge someone not by what they are, but who they are.”
“Don’t chase ghosts.”
“Effort is the most important currency.”
And, of course,
“Stay hydrated.”
Effort is the most important currency."
I like this one.
Spending time is the most generous act
I have a related quote:
“People are focusing too much on how they’re spending their money, and not enough on how they’re spending their effort.”
Yes, none of those are original, but they’re all good advice.
Some of them did come to mind naturally, but it’s pretty much impossible to create any sort of brand new sentence, unless you’re eating spicy deep fried peeps, using a Yamaha DX-7 as a plate, at an Olive Garden in Kansas. That might be original. Maybe.
Back in my early twenties I invented the martingale strategy, thinking that I had finally figured out a way to beat the house. I was pretty stoked. Then I talked to my manager about it and he let me know that it was a strategy which has already been proven to fail and has been heavily researched mathematically. Like you said, it’s pretty much impossible to come up with an original thought these days
'C’s get degrees.
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
You can teach the job, you can’t teach personality.
If the world is going to shit, and you can’t or won’t do anything about it, why worry about it.
It’s not what you know, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
It’s both really. Knowing people when you know nothing doesn’t do much for ya. But when you’re known as a skilled person by people with opportunities, then that’s a good position to be in.
“We choose to go to the moon and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. This is just one of those other things.” - My dad quoting JFK at me to get me to do the dishes as a teenager. I don’t think he would remember even saying that to me, but has always stuck with me. Something said about something so monumental being applied to something so benign. But that wasn’t the point, because it was hard for me.
That’s damned good advice about building a good home, environment, and life for yourself.
Don’t.
delete your creator
The world and society is a complex game of house that went on way too long and everyone forgot they’re playing it.
As a young teenager: Do not start working until you have to. Once you start, you’ll never stop.
That’s true. I started at the ripe old age of 12, and I haven’t stopped since.
Depends on if you have found your passion. I found the career I was passionate about at age 14 and now have more experience than the vast majority of my peers. Until just recently, I had never managed someone younger than me, and I’ve been a supervisor for a very long time now.
If you can’t get out of it, get into it.
Stockholm syndrome?
You’re doing neither yourself nor anyone else a favour by being overly shy and reticent. You yourself will enjoy life much more when you are yourself and while not everyone will like you, the ones who don’t often don’t stay in your life long and it’s easier to find people you vibe with if they can see you for who you are.
Granted, I very much did not take this advice as a teenager and even now I’m occasionally too shy. But looking back it was good advice and I really wish I hadn’t wasted so much time and energy on not being negatively noticed by people I didn’t really care about then and who haven’t been in my life for years.
“Get off the drugs, dude.”
Just needed a friend to care enough to say something so simple, and it changed my life. Sobriety is terrifying for so many, but in my experience it was absolutely worth it.
I’ve never touched the stuff, but sometimes I wonder if life would be less horrible if I was numbed to it. What makes it worth it?
Being myself, knowing myself without the dull edge of substances, actually being present in my life and in other’s lives. Drugs were an escape, a place to hide and avoid. Facing reality, while difficult, was such a more fulfilling experience than when constantly running from my own existence.
No, drugs only solve problems temporarily, very temporarily, and then they bring a bunch of additional problems into your life.
And then you get drunk again and forget them, rinse and repeat.
Physiological dependence ends within weeks, and they say after that people relapse basically because their life is bad and they miss being a checked-out junkie. OP’s response kind of reinforces that; they have a life now, and they enjoy it, so they don’t want to go back.
Obviously from everyone else’s perspective it doesn’t help. That and your reasoning are basically why I’ve stayed away from drugs and alcohol completely (and avoided caffeine), but I pride myself on being open-minded. As weird as it sounds, I need to at least consider that the guy on the piss-soaked mattress might have a point, or I’m not being intellectually honest.
Being a drunk is great fun. For a time. Then it stops working, and you’re left with the original problems, plus a bunch of additional misery.
You should never do anything that isn’t fun. Everything is fun if you make it so.
I can see where you’re coming from but sometimes short term fun can have negative long term consequences.
Long-term consequences can be fun if you make it so. /hj
