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  1. #21
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    Originally posted by netstat lol, typical boomer delusion thinking their station in life is a product of their will alone

    I suppose it was lack of preparedness and hard work that caused a friend of mine who had recently put himself through university to have an accident at work - caused by his employer's negligence - that left him with brain damage and partial paralysis. If only he had just pulled himself up by his bootstraps harder, everything would have been okay.

    America is fixated on morality.

    If you fuck up it's not cos of anything you did or didn't do - or even because of plain random luck.

    It's cos you're morally evil.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  2. #22
    Yes but once you have a bunch of money it's like okay I'm gonna do SO MUCH with this and then you realize it's time to go to bed because you gotta wake up early tomorrow and that freedom you were chasing becomes your self built prison until you retire or die
  3. #23
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting America is fixated on morality.

    If you fuck up it's not cos of anything you did or didn't do - or even because of plain random luck.

    It's cos you're morally evil.

    America is not fixated on morality but our media is. The average man on the street has solid ethics when they interact in general and mostly keeps his morals to himself or his inner circle.
  4. #24
    rabbitweed African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Nil So… hard work and discipline do pay off?


    What would be a good way to help with self discipline? I'm kinda unwound I would think maybe correcting my sleep would be a good place to start.

    IME it was all about learning to crawl before I could run.

    How fucked up is your life right now?

    Debt? Savings? Job? Sobriety? Living situation? Education? Relationships? Health?
  5. #25
    netstat African Astronaut
    edited for privacy
  6. #26
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by netstat Shit, I basically have everything on that list sorted except for health, which is the most important one. Fucking joints and chronic pain. When one has health nothing else really feels like an impediment. When you don't have health nothing else can really make up for it.

    Is that why it took you two days to fix a toilet?
  7. #27
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker No it doesn't. Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

    no, thats not luck, thats just chance.

    luck is success and reward without effort.
  8. #28
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny no, thats not luck, thats just chance.

    luck is success and reward without effort.

    There is no such thing as reward without effort
  9. #29
    Nil African Astronaut [the overexcited four-footed chanar]
    Originally posted by rabbitweed Debt? Savings? Job? Sobriety? Living situation? Education? Relationships? Health?

    Debt: little
    Savings: none
    Job: unemployed
    Sobriety: little
    Living sitch: friend is losing patience
    Education: 0 certs, 0 diplomas 0 degree
    Relationships: close ties with a few people.
    Health: could use about 35 pounds.
  10. #30
    netstat African Astronaut
    edited for privacy
  11. #31
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by netstat $413M inheritance is a good example of reward without effort

    https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/10/02/ny-times-trump-got-413m-dad-much-tax-dodges/

    That wasn't a reward.



    NOUN
    1A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.

    ‘the holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company’


    1.1A fair return for good or bad behaviour.
    ‘a slap on the face was his reward for his cheek’


    1.2A sum offered for information leading to the solving of a crime, the detection of a criminal, etc.
    ‘the police are offering a reward of up to one thousand pounds for information leading to an arrest and conviction’



    VERB
    [WITH OBJECT]
    1Give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements.

    ‘the engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE’

    1.1Show one's appreciation of (an action or quality)
    ‘an effective organization rewards creativity and initiative’

    1.2be rewardedReceive what one deserves.
    ‘their hard work was rewarded by the winning of a five-year contract’

    https://www.lexico.com/definition/reward

    lrn2engrish
  12. #32
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    How do I get people to be as obsessed about me as they are about Donald Trump?

    I mean look at these people. They turn every conversation into discussion about Trump. They clearly think about him constantly.
  13. #33
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker There is no such thing as reward without effort

    there will be if and when your lucky.
  14. #34
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny there will be if and when your lucky.

    He is a veteran, so every month gets a big pension cheque that he didn't have to work for. Reward with no effort.
  15. #35
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting He is a veteran, so every month gets a big pension cheque that he didn't have to work for. Reward with no effort.

    Yup the army was effortless. You should totally check it out.
  16. #36
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker Yup the army was effortless. You should totally check it out.

    How many hajis did you kill?
  17. #37
    Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker Yup the army was effortless. You should totally check it out.

    I remember p6867 got you to admit you were just a reservist or something on zoklet. You are literally Brian Williams lol remf
  18. #38
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Sudo I remember p6867 got you to admit you were just a reservist or something on zoklet. You are literally Brian Williams lol remf

    Your memory is faulty.
  19. #39
    Soyboy 2020 IV: Intravenous Soyposting African Astronaut [scrub the quick-drying deinonychus]
    Speedy did you ever kill a man with a knife?
  20. #40
    rabbitweed African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Nil Debt: little
    Savings: none
    Job: unemployed
    Sobriety: little
    Living sitch: friend is losing patience
    Education: 0 certs, 0 diplomas 0 degree
    Relationships: close ties with a few people.
    Health: could use about 35 pounds.

    So looking at that situation, I feel like unemployment is your biggest challenge. You solve that and you can start making a dent on savings and living situation. Get that sorted, work on the addiction - use the fuel of your next step (better job, through more education whether that's formal or informal) to give you something to make it worth it.
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