BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat's the most manipulative thing anyone has ever done to you?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down15
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most manipulative thing anyone has ever done to you?BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareSyn_Attcklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoExactly. The only way to ensure you lose is to not play. It’s a very hard mental barrier to overcome, but it can be done.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThe only way not to lose in life is not to live? Did I misunderstand you?
minus-squareSyn_Attcklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoNo, in other words, the only way you stand a chance of winning (in this case, leading a satisfying life) is to try. If you don’t try, and you waste away in someone’s house forever, then you are assured an unhappy, unsatisfied life.
Exactly. The only way to ensure you lose is to not play.
It’s a very hard mental barrier to overcome, but it can be done.
The only way not to lose in life is not to live? Did I misunderstand you?
No, in other words, the only way you stand a chance of winning (in this case, leading a satisfying life) is to try. If you don’t try, and you waste away in someone’s house forever, then you are assured an unhappy, unsatisfied life.