"Try anything at least once" be it food or an experience you don't know until you try. You learn about the world, about others and most importantly about yourself.
My cousin has a similar one, but it’s “try anything twice”. Often times your first experience in something may be rough but the second go around can be significantly better. Or in the case of food, sometimes the first time you tried it was from someone who didn’t know how to do the dish justice, or bad ingredients put into it.
Did enough of that in the army my knees put that in the category of did a bunch of times and dont ever want to do it again. Jumping at night is the worst. I also hated packing my chute the most.
"I pretended to be the person I wanted to be until I became that person, or he became me." Attributed to Cary Grant. On the days I wake up feeling miles away from the person I want to be, I can pretend.
A nicely summarized mantra to push back on the paradox of tolerance. Many people use free speech, free market, etc, as an excuse to impede others, and this is my response to that.
I like this phrase in the context of competing access needs when it comes to disabilities. Sometimes, multiple disabled people may struggle to find a solution that works for everyone, and it's never easy. Everyone may have a right to exist in a space, but if what you need to make that happen would prevent someone else from being able to, then it sort of stops being a right in that moment, and becomes a discussion.
As someone with multiple disabilities and many disabled friends, it's something I've seen quite often. Examples include:
A person with an assistance dog and a person with a severe allergy to dogs
One autistic person whose safe food has a strong smell that is a sensory trigger for another autistic person in the same space
"if you comment on someone's appearance and it would take them more than 5min to fix, you're an asshole. If it would take less than that, you're helping them."
Expect it to get worse. Either I'm wrong and pleasantly surprised or I get to be right as a consolation prize. Also encourages me to plan ahead so when things go bad, I don't spend as much time mid-crisis figuring out what to do.
While I mostly adhered to this for decades it made me depressed and I missed the point of fighting for my needs. So while I am still open to all developments I aim for my well being more.
Said by Zaphod Beeblebrox in the original radio version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in response to being led by another character into the zany peril of the moment.
Related on the same topic: Don't wait for the perfect ingredients, get going with something that is good enough. I have seen many cases where someone has waited to start doing something creative because they want better hardware first (And I have caught myself in this too). This is called the tool fallacy, and stifled creativity. So many songs never recorded. So many pictures never painted.
If you encounter a problem once fix it. If you encounter it twice fix it but note it might be recurring. If you encounter it thrice consider a permanent solution.
Not the most noble thing to say, but I follow it from time to time ( mainly in inconsequential things as of now ) Sometimes you gotta cheat to get ahead in whatever you are doing, so just don't get caught.
(Just in case anyone gets this wrong: Survival alone is usually quite little to keep you happy, so it's about going for the stuff you want and taking the risks you need to get there. Anytime I worry about making myself vulnerable, I tell myself this.)
Yup. I watch a bunch of cop videos catching smugglers on highways. The fool or fools driving always smoked weed in the car. Such a stupid thing. And it’s always a rental.
Consider that the publishers of those videos have a vested interest in showing you the ones that make the suspects look the most stupid. The cops get to click delete on the ones showing them harassing innocent people and/or otherwise looking foolish themselves.
I don't think being stillness and meditating is a converse and boring. On my hikes, I love to sit and stare at the landscape in total silence, really feel attached to the nature.
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Be excellent to each other.
And party on dudes!
and Party On, dude.
Leave it better than you found it
"Try anything at least once" be it food or an experience you don't know until you try. You learn about the world, about others and most importantly about yourself.
My cousin has a similar one, but it’s “try anything twice”. Often times your first experience in something may be rough but the second go around can be significantly better. Or in the case of food, sometimes the first time you tried it was from someone who didn’t know how to do the dish justice, or bad ingredients put into it.
Have you ever went skydiving? Not a gotcha, just actually curious. I kinda want to.
Did enough of that in the army my knees put that in the category of did a bunch of times and dont ever want to do it again. Jumping at night is the worst. I also hated packing my chute the most.
What about crimes, drugs, very niche hobbies?
Having sex with the opposite sex you are normally attracted to
Instructions... clear
I'm in a polycule now
My grandfather (who died well before my time), but I picked up the saying from my mum;
"Pray to God, but row to shore"
My sister gave me the following to bring me up from the depths of despair, and to bring me back to earth before I make an Icarus of myself:
"This too shall pass"
1: It’s weird to not be weird
2: Hate only the hateful
3: Be intolerant of intolerance
"I pretended to be the person I wanted to be until I became that person, or he became me." Attributed to Cary Grant. On the days I wake up feeling miles away from the person I want to be, I can pretend.
Don't count your drugs over the toilet.
“Your rights end where another’s begin.”
A nicely summarized mantra to push back on the paradox of tolerance. Many people use free speech, free market, etc, as an excuse to impede others, and this is my response to that.
I like this phrase in the context of competing access needs when it comes to disabilities. Sometimes, multiple disabled people may struggle to find a solution that works for everyone, and it's never easy. Everyone may have a right to exist in a space, but if what you need to make that happen would prevent someone else from being able to, then it sort of stops being a right in that moment, and becomes a discussion.
As someone with multiple disabilities and many disabled friends, it's something I've seen quite often. Examples include:
There's a version of that one I like which goes something like, "your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins."
The golden rule. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
What about: "you have food stuck in your teeth"?
"if you comment on someone's appearance and it would take them more than 5min to fix, you're an asshole. If it would take less than that, you're helping them."
Expect it to get worse. Either I'm wrong and pleasantly surprised or I get to be right as a consolation prize. Also encourages me to plan ahead so when things go bad, I don't spend as much time mid-crisis figuring out what to do.
While I mostly adhered to this for decades it made me depressed and I missed the point of fighting for my needs. So while I am still open to all developments I aim for my well being more.
If you're gonna be stupid, be smart about it.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Dont do anything that you would be afraid to explain to the paramedics.
f you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant
"Anything for a weird life."
Said by Zaphod Beeblebrox in the original radio version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in response to being led by another character into the zany peril of the moment.
"Don't be a cunt"
But I'll never remember all of that!
treat people how THEY want to be treated. don't treat people how YOU want to be treated, cuz you aren't the same as everyone else.
golden rule is trash.
The golden rule is a oversimplification of Kants categorical imperative which is
So it actually accounts for people being different by saying it has to be applicable to everyone (universal law).
Getting Uni flashbacks....
Hell no.
A relationship can only work if all parties are getting out of it what they need.
Do it right, or do it twice.
Niiiice.
Talk to me nice. Or don’t talk to me twice
"It's better to fart into the toilet than to shit into your pants."
One of my own making after a particularly bad gut bug.
Other ones I have:
-egos trip. But the humble doesn’t stumble.
-if you’re not talking income, then walking outs the outcome
-talk to me nice. Or don’t talk to me twice.
-Minor setback for a major get back
-the reasons change like seasons change.
Can't never did anything
the serenity prayer (or mantra, for the non-religious)
Motivation is not required
As a disabled person who’s spent most of her life in abusive relationships if I waited for motivation to get things done I’d be long since dead
Related on the same topic: Don't wait for the perfect ingredients, get going with something that is good enough. I have seen many cases where someone has waited to start doing something creative because they want better hardware first (And I have caught myself in this too). This is called the tool fallacy, and stifled creativity. So many songs never recorded. So many pictures never painted.
If the women didn't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy
The cure to all of life's problems is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.
... And sauerkraut (brine solution) for healthy gut, too. This tracks!
"Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong"
Made quite a few enemies and traumas by being paranoid af.
If you encounter a problem once fix it. If you encounter it twice fix it but note it might be recurring. If you encounter it thrice consider a permanent solution.
Nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
"Ever Tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is
May all your blows be 5 Mark Ruffalos.
Lmfao
Live every week like it's shark week.
“There’s always another way”
Python devs hate this one weird trick...
"Sense and honor your intuition; it always has your best interest at heart." ~ Unknown
none in particular. I have had a peculiar obsession with truth my whole life though.
Always have a plan. Be prepared to abandon that plan and make a new plan.
Only commit one crime at a time.
You will not break me!
It ain't cheating if you don't get caught.
Not the most noble thing to say, but I follow it from time to time ( mainly in inconsequential things as of now ) Sometimes you gotta cheat to get ahead in whatever you are doing, so just don't get caught.
I've got better things to do than survive.
(Just in case anyone gets this wrong: Survival alone is usually quite little to keep you happy, so it's about going for the stuff you want and taking the risks you need to get there. Anytime I worry about making myself vulnerable, I tell myself this.)
As my father used to say “Don’t do two crimes at the same time”
Yup. I watch a bunch of cop videos catching smugglers on highways. The fool or fools driving always smoked weed in the car. Such a stupid thing. And it’s always a rental.
Consider that the publishers of those videos have a vested interest in showing you the ones that make the suspects look the most stupid. The cops get to click delete on the ones showing them harassing innocent people and/or otherwise looking foolish themselves.
I've seen plenty of videos of cops being complete abusive dumbasses, but you're not wrong about them destroying the most damning evidence.
Midwest Safety?
Be kind.
Never be bored. Your life will be more joyful if you do a lot of activities and your brain is always active and doing something
And conversely, learn to appreciate periods of stillness!
(I'm not disagreeing with you, both are valuable!)
I don't think being stillness and meditating is a converse and boring. On my hikes, I love to sit and stare at the landscape in total silence, really feel attached to the nature.
Everything is relative.
No man in the wrong can stand against a fellow thats right and keeps on a-comin'.
--- Texas Ranger Bill McDonald
YOLO (You only live once) and keep moving forward
"If you can stand, you can work."
"work will set you free" energy.