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Anyone who doesn't want to deal with cheaters. Like a teacher. Do you know how much paperwork is involved in punishing someone for cheating?
So we make a parabole to discourage it
Parable
Probable
Potable
Potato
Porta Potti
Portia De Rossi
Parabolic hyperbole
Parasympathetic innervation
Paris Hilton
Partial derivative
Partial derivative
Never forgive. Never forget.
what's this from?
That's Diego Maradona's infamous Hand of God goal against England at the 1986 World Cup.
My favorite response to “why do bad things happen to good people?” is “what makes you think they were good?”
I don't understand. I think bad things (e.g. cancer) can happen to everyone (e.g. small childrens/babies, selfless people...). Is your argument that no one is really good?
It's easier for religious people to believe in original sin than to accept that one day they're going to die and they won't get to meet Space Santa.
The most common, if subconscious, response is: "bad things happened to them so they must be a bad person".
"Karma's a bitch."
I like this, but having skimmed it I didn't find a description I connected with.
For whatever reason, I feel the world isn't "just", but I personally will have a better life if I do good things. It's rooted in selfishness rather than celestial balance.
The world isn't just. The universe isn't just. Both of those have no concept of just.
Society is better when people try and act like good people. So I do that.
Everyone always lies.
I don't believe you
Liar!
Who else would try to convince others that Cheaters never succeed in profiting?
People who don't cheat and want to dissuade others from cheating. Because the statement is incorrect. Cheaters prosper all the fucking time.
The intent of the proverb isn't that bad people don't get good things, it's that a person who is cheating doesn't get value out of the activity.
If you go through life cutting corners, you don't actually get to learn and build a strong foundation.
You can still be rewarded with jobs, money, and sycophants, but that's not what really matters.
You can still be rewarded with jobs, money, and sycophants, but that’s not what really matters.
I respectfully disagree.
This heavily relies on the premise that there is always something deeper than winning that's valuable.
It's all about knowing when and where to cheat. Cheat as often as you can on meaningless stuff.
Cheat as often as you can on meaningless stuff.
My ex-wife would probably disagree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma#Zero-determinant_strategies
Actually, mathematically speaking, in the long run they tend to eventually fail.
It strikes me as pure Christian please-slap-the-other-cheek-then-too and you-should-be-grateful-they’re-even-playing-with-you-at-all-even-if-they’re-cheating propaganda to satisfy the worldview of the powerless and disenfranchised
Long term losses > short term gains
politicians? clergy?
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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