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calartnick t1_j0sru8h wrote

Huh, it’s kind of like starting over in a video game. Technically you’re back to square one but it goes so much easier now that you know what you’re doing. Good life lesson.

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abraxasisall t1_j0syo91 wrote

Except life the game is like Diablo 2 Hardcore mode (no respawns, permanent death), with the caveat you can’t start a new character when you die. So don’t fuck it up!

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phayke2 t1_j0t34fl wrote

And there's scammers and Chester's everywhere

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[deleted] t1_j0tjecj wrote

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LinkTheTimeHero t1_j0umw3o wrote

That's the secret. The scammers and cheaters have no problem up and moving to find new meat. The honest people have a harder time rebounding from a fuck up because they care.

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phayke2 t1_j0vbi8c wrote

Pretty much sums up online dating. The more you care, take it seriously or put effort into it the more emotionally draining it gets. So often what's left are lots of fakes, players and indifferent folk who don't care or see each other as people.

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Gibblerco t1_j0tbs8s wrote

Even in hardcore you take your experience with you as a player. You know more of the game now and are more capable of advancing forward.

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ToolComp5141 t1_j0thuqm wrote

Sounds like a horrible way to go through life.

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abraxasisall t1_j0tnqbo wrote

Are you implying there’s a possible alternative?

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blastuponsometerries t1_j0uhzjr wrote

Yes, actually.

But not a different life, a different attitude.

"Don't fuck it up" is way to high a standard. Everyone fucks it up, that is a major part of life. Such a high standard for yourself means you can only ever be stressed or disappointed in yourself. This makes it harder to learn and grow, ironically diminishing yourself. Especially common is something bad happens or someone fucks up something big. They can feel broken and ruined, regardless of how much other potential they have and don't see.

Let go of obsessively trying to craft the perfect "play through." Instead, embrace learning and growth, however messy fucked up way you arrive at it. Compassion for others is improved through accepting your own faults.

That is how you can actually lead a better life (just my opinion).

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Rrraou t1_j0up8cf wrote

This, this is the answer. Fail faster, fail better. It's not about perfection, it's about not being afraid of getting back up and doing better.

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abraxasisall t1_j0ujs4r wrote

I appreciate your sentiment, but I’m not talking about attitude. I’m literally talking about how our “play through” is a permanent death, no respawn run through. Have whatever attitude you want. That’s part of the beauty of life; live it how you want; I am making no commentary on that aspect of living. Merely that we are living and will someday die. Nothing will change that. Lol

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blastuponsometerries t1_j0uldhc wrote

OF course

But how you approach that fact will make all the difference as you hit major roadblocks, derailments, and challenges to your core identity.

How we imagine ourselves and our lives going is mostly illusion in the face of an infinite universe and it helps keep us going. That illusion gets challenged and its far healthier to find a way forward in the face of temporary but shattering disappointment.

Even actually being able to comprehend the nature of permanent death itself requires a better understanding of consciousness than is current available. Simply a result of the level of scientific knowledge in the short time we exist.

We will not see the end of human advancement, only play our small part in its evolution. To me that is awe inspiring.

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abraxasisall t1_j0v0gya wrote

As I said, I appreciate your sentiment and philosophical ponderings. However, regarding your ponderings, we can apply Hitchen’s razor: what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. I prefer to see the world through a positivist epistemological perspective. Which is why I said all of the sentiment you’re discussing is hyperbole and I’m only stating that we live and then we die, definitively. Anything else is unknowable. Do what you want with the inbetween.

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Sporkfoot t1_j0ujof0 wrote

Shout out to those Stygian dolls in the Durance of Hate.

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abraxasisall t1_j0ukf44 wrote

FUCK Stygian dolls; I’ve lost three level 95+ characters to dolls in the throne of destruction on the hardcore ladder over the years by getting overconfident in my GG gear and - pop - suddenly my deeds of valor were but a memory.

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Unicorny_as_funk t1_j0u68yq wrote

Dammit I just lost the game!!

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Quepabloque t1_j0tf2qf wrote

Video games can make great analogies for life

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spider_84 t1_j0txmto wrote

So if I jump off a cliff to see what happens can I respawn?

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Semi-Protractor91 t1_j0v341b wrote

No but if you grind a couple more hours capitalism will see fit that you deserve to keep living a little longer

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_Gondamar_ t1_j0thpdd wrote

omg and my wife leaving me is like starting a new class!!!

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raptorboi t1_j0tmu3o wrote

Starting with those unlocks from the last run, as well.

You also know what kind of mobs to avoid this run through.

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terdferguson t1_j0uu8uz wrote

I need to save this, I just quit my contract. Haven't had PTO in 4 years other than holidays, so I just worked most of the time. I'm going to enjoy my next two weeks and get back on the grind in the new year. I'll be doing lots of research at some point the next two weeks but for now I chill. I need to quit corporate life for a bit. Hopefully for good but at some point I'll have to start dipping into savings for retirement. I don't want to do that so I will go back to contracting if needed.

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startwithaidea t1_j0slxic wrote

Experience is everything, what you learned, what you practiced, the existing knowledge from the prior experience.

Share it, give it, grow from it.

You got this! Keep going, there really is no such thing as going backwards. Time only moves forward ❤️ so will you 😃❤️🤗

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[deleted] t1_j0texoe wrote

I've grappled with a problem in the past.

The problem is - sometimes life just sucks. For no reason at all, with no warning, with no justification, life just kicks you in the teeth. And it sucks. It hurts. And there is no why. There is no reason for it. There's only pain and misery, and the pain and misery of being in pain and misery. And it's all too easy to get wrapped up in your self pity, thinking of how much pain you're enduring and how unfair life is to you, and how much easier things would be if you didn't keep getting kicked in the teeth for no reason at all.

But eventually, I got tired of thinking like that. I still can't say that there really is a "why". I don't believe that some cosmic being is pulling the strings of the universe for some grander purpose. I don't think that there is some intrinsic lesson contained within each kick in the teeth. But that's what I realized - life's lessons aren't sitting out there on the ground, waiting around to be picked up like a penny on the sidewalk. They have to be created. The lessons of your life aren't something that is given to you, they are something you produce.

So every terrible experience in your life doesn't have some hidden meaning or purpose. It has an infinite number of meanings and purposes you could mine for a lifetime. You just have to put the work in.

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startwithaidea t1_j0ty467 wrote

🥹 I understand, the hardest thing is sometimes picking yourself up out of that spot. I cry a lot now, more than I have ever. It’s okay, it really is to struggle. We all do, I cry because of certain moments, that moment is me looking back. I know I can’t, and it becomes hard when I forget that I’ve made it this far. I lose sight of the now, no matter how hard “it was or may still be.” I’m here, we are here. Look 👀 at how far we have made it ❤️

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ichigo2862 t1_j0t8u1p wrote

Did Peter Dinklage say that?

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hhhhhjhhh14 t1_j0tgad3 wrote

No people just post their quotes with people reddit likes

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billbill5 t1_j0tghdv wrote

I hate it because it's always intellectual or wisdom self fellatiating. Like those motivational dudes on instagram that just write whatever bullshit they thought of in their 4 AM cold shower inside a picture of a dude much richer than them and claim they're amazing hustlers.

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Qetuowryipzcbmxvn t1_j0tqwxg wrote

In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am englightened by my intelligence.

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JonnyBhoy t1_j0twxdf wrote

Holy shit, are you a professional quote maker or something?

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ScratchBomb t1_j0u8umm wrote

STEP 1: DONT BE A BITCH

STEP 2: MAKE MONEY

STEP 3: HIT GYM

STEP 4: HUSTLE MORE HARDER

STEP 5: SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON FOR MORE

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stesch t1_j0tlrc8 wrote

They like Dinklage again? Wow, the hate phase was pretty short. I wasn’t informed.

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Visual-Living7586 t1_j0tud08 wrote

Was he hated?

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tc_spears t1_j0ucsdr wrote

Briefly last year, for his "wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together" line.

Which was said in reference to the game of thrones ending and people being upset about it. His allusion is that people were upset because all they wanted to see was a happy ending with the white people "riding off".....

Which is apocalyptically dumb because:

A. That's not why people where upset.

B. 'White people riding off into the sunset' is in fact the ending we got: the main poc female character gets deheadified. The not made up of white people calvary force and it's followers dies, returns, disappeares, returns again, and is excluded from any final explanation as to what the fuck they are doing now. The not white dudes infantry says 'fuck it' and leaves.

So we're left with: white girl that literally sails off into the sunset. Her older white sister who is now a Queen. Their brother cousin uncle whateverIforget who gets not executed for regicide and is told "whatevs, go live north with all these white folk". Their other brother turned white handicapped god emperor now forever-king....

...the white guy who bailed on school is now Grand Maester, the white guy that can't count or read is the Master of Coin, the white guy that learned to read last week is now Master of Ships, that big white chick is there too for reasons....and Dinklage's very own character is there too, as the number 2 ruling position.

Oh and his whole anti-live action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs schtick

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ZDTreefur t1_j0wuqk9 wrote

> Oh and his whole anti-live action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs schtick

He does seem to be pulling up the ladder behind him after becoming successful. I'm pretty sure there are less little people in good acting roles today than there were in the 1980s. Willow is like the only one in quite a long time that wasn't Dinklage, and that's only because it was a sequel of something made decades ago.

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snek-jazz t1_j0tr0xv wrote

Welp, they got me, I do like some Dinklage.

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Quetzacoatl85 t1_j0twylr wrote

I was also wondering why we're quoting some celebrity who quotes what "a wise man" said; why not quote that wise man directly?

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StatmanIbrahimovic t1_j0wi33n wrote

To be fair, the original source of the "eat the rich" line is a third party account of the President of the Paris Commune, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, delivering a speech in 1793 in which he said:

>Rousseau faisait parti du peuple aussi, et il disait: 'Quand le peuple n'aura plus rien à manger, il mangera le riche.'

>Rousseau, who was also one of the people, said: 'When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.'

No account of philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau saying it exists.

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hankappleseed t1_j0u7lt7 wrote

"Put a picture of a famous guy next to a quote and you'll miss 100% of the likes you don't shoot."

-Michael Scott

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umlcat t1_j0sfpp4 wrote

Wise men from Esos say the Blessed Broken Young King of Westeros has a dwarf as Great Vysir, who speaks and has the wisdom of a giant !!!

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ripyourlungsdave t1_j0spjkx wrote

See, this is the kind of motivational shit I can get behind. None of that privileged "you just have to be willing to work hard!" mentality.

Simple, succinct and powerful.

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Usidore_ t1_j0tk9it wrote

Tbh Dinklage is a proponent of the whole “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” mentality as well.

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HORSELOCKSPACEPIRATE t1_j0vgkw2 wrote

The mentality is actually only a bad take when applied to the whole population. But on an individual level, hard (and smart) work does work. Actually not sure why anyone would be in this sub if they thought otherwise.

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krunchberry t1_j0sr98s wrote

Thanos: Do you consider failure experience?

Loki: I consider experience experience.

Word

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Soul_Surgeon t1_j0ta1zb wrote

This is so true. At 39, I went back to school to become a psychotherapist and started practing this year. Many of my younger colleagues are struggling but I feel like I have been doing this for years!

At the age of 42, I will be entering a PhD program next month!

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JuzdaTip t1_j0sqi3s wrote

New game +

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kpredditpk t1_j0t3ewa wrote

Rather restart on easy mode. Maybe come from a family that owns an emerald mine.

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Drexelhand t1_j0t6h6m wrote

isn't peter dinklage weirdly offended by snow white and seven dwarfs; because seven dudes with a somewhat similar condition are depicted as being self-sufficient entrepreneurs who otherwise do the right thing and help a victim of domestic violence out by giving her a place to stay?

i like the guy for his performances but sometimes he is very much not his character who drinks and knows things. sometimes he's just very season 8 part two.

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---Loading--- t1_j0teg6h wrote

Too bad Peter Dinklage turned out to be kinda an asshole in recent years.

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laurel_laureate t1_j0tq2vv wrote

How so?

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[deleted] t1_j0tszko wrote

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laurel_laureate t1_j0tu21k wrote

Google gave me nothing conclusive.

Your not being a snarky jerk would have also been free and in fact less effort on your part to boot.

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[deleted] t1_j0tz139 wrote

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laurel_laureate t1_j0u3xf9 wrote

> Google gave me nothing conclusive.

Good to know you have terrible reading comprehension on top of being an absolute bellend.

Anyway, have a good day, sir.

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lordofhunger1 t1_j0szhbr wrote

You know you have a gambling problem when you assumed you were scrolling past something from r/wallstreetbets

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Icy_Bar_6472 t1_j0sydn4 wrote

Technology is my biggest weakness I just working on it everyday.it’s experience of myself on words andno it’s something I should have learned a longtime or when computer started coming out a lot in 20 years

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dudleyfire t1_j0t584u wrote

This is Peter Dinklage. Sorry for the short notice.

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-Mr_Unknown- t1_j0u7dfn wrote

And “experience” hurts like a mf…

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BecauseScience t1_j0t4jo2 wrote

Thanks for not making the title of the post the entirety of the post's content.

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jimmy785 t1_j0tboy0 wrote

yeah but, what if you have a disability now? or cognitively worse, or something. You're starting with experience but a severe handicap too

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MisterZoga t1_j0u3i8w wrote

Same rule applies, provided you have the mental capacity to learn. You'll have the handicap regardless of the experience, but it's still experience.

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RonThePun t1_j0x3nok wrote

Think of it like additional difficulty modifiers you're given, so you can learn from what few others get to experience. And perhaps, find ways to enjoy or improve in your own way.

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Shark2ooth t1_j0tepdq wrote

What wise man said that? Me just now

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[deleted] t1_j0tky47 wrote

No seven dwarf movies either.

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VexrisFXIV t1_j0trqzx wrote

How many times do you start over until you give up though?

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Hugh_Jampton t1_j0tzfem wrote

Which wise man said that? Are you trying to present your own statements as ancient wisdom?

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Rabidcode t1_j0u3bg7 wrote

Jack Dorsey really looks short in this photo.

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avgguy33 t1_j0uixto wrote

“ Call me an Elf one more time !”

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superior_navy235 t1_j0unv5d wrote

This rings true for me right now. I’ll be done with my current job soon as I put in my notice earlier this week. I don’t have a job lined up yet, but I’ll take this experience and go forward with a great outlook for my future 😊

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CreativeKeane t1_j0uo78k wrote

I'm experiencing this right now with a career change from CivE to SE/SD.

Ever go through that 1AM thought exercise with your friends where someone ask the question "If you can turn back time and relive everything from one point in your life with all the knowledge and wisdom you gained so far, what you do differently and how do you think it'll play out?"

Yah it's like that. Just playing out IRL. It's been awesome so far. You are somewhat starting from square one, things are different yet familiar. You're gaining new experience but know to avoid some of the common pitfalls and traps, and know when, where, and how to apply your strengths.

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ShadowofJAD t1_j0ur1a7 wrote

This is pretty motivating

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Weavingtailor t1_j0ut9tn wrote

The quote I didn’t know I needed until I read it. Thank you!

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domST4n t1_j0wcc73 wrote

“…and which wise man said that?”

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AccessibleTech t1_j0wdnop wrote

Failure is just an expensive lesson on how not to do something.

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Jhawk2k t1_j0t9qf9 wrote

I feel like this happened to me out of nowhere the last few days. Feeling things I've never felt before, making changes in my life I didn't even know I could make. Couldn't have gotten here without the "experience" (mistakes) of the past

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K3R3G3 t1_j0tbohq wrote

Or, as Bill Burr says, "Bettah late than....NEVAH!!!"

Actually, I don't think he said that. But he lays into the Boston accent in that very manner and I began saying it to myself with his voice and that pause.

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bubblesculptor t1_j0tbvpn wrote

"Experience is what you get, just after you needed it."

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Extraordinary_DREB t1_j0tiff9 wrote

Meanwhile I am afraid to fail and restart as for me it invalidates my journey.

Bad mentality, I know but it is what it is 😅

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Cruchinggo t1_j0tirb5 wrote

Laughs in college having only 1 shot at the program

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pixelpp t1_j0tnosm wrote

This legend is vegan!

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Supersymm3try t1_j0tpq3x wrote

And Peter Dinklage once said people were upset at GoT finale because the ‘pretty white people’ didn’t get to ride off into the sunset, so nothing he says would be motivating to me as I don’t like racists.

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Paracausality t1_j0tqglt wrote

Dinklebot! And the guy from nip/tuck

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Aengeil t1_j0trp16 wrote

is this about dceu reboot thing?

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neversinkatsea t1_j0tsrsw wrote

He will never not have a space in my heart. Love to him.

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thats_not_racist t1_j0tuik9 wrote

Who wants to hire a know-it-all? They want the same high pay when they start a new job.

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Scethrow t1_j0u0oys wrote

I wish I could start from scratch

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flamingotwist t1_j0u2q1e wrote

Bit of dinklage with some trite shit please!

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fly_in_URANUS t1_j0u3g32 wrote

But what if experience is scratch

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ehho t1_j0u64rk wrote

Small steps.

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TesaNish t1_j0uihms wrote

Damn yehh so true

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coyotesage t1_j0vn5ch wrote

I'm not sure what my two hundred thousand hours of watching television grants me, but let's do it! I'm ready to take on the world baby!

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xexx01 t1_j0vr9bf wrote

Life quote, every failure is experience and w very genius failed a lot.

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Taran_McDohl t1_j0w4g08 wrote

best experience is failure. You will learn the most from that.

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dreamburst t1_j0wue2l wrote

Unless you're a DJ, in which case, you're starting from scratch.

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Abjar171 t1_j0wvboe wrote

"Life is a rogue-like"

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flunkyclaus t1_j0wyx9u wrote

Nice quote miserable photo

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RisqueLLC t1_j0xil0d wrote

The experience helps you get creative at finding new routes/ways to get where you want to be.

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Logical_Step_7121 t1_j0t2fyf wrote

Ever tried ever failed, no matter. Try again fail again Fail better

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Mwrp86 t1_j0t7vqz wrote

Life is like rogue like game?

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SoloSheff t1_j0t901z wrote

Got enough experience for another lifetime. Here's to never looking back.

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Cryzzz88 t1_j0tlkji wrote

Who is this wise man? What authority does he have?

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platonusus t1_j0tq6gv wrote

So true. Worked for me

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Blue_wall_of_Silence t1_j0tvlsy wrote

choice is an illusion. You can choose whatever you want to do or be, unfortunately there are roadblocks along the way like not having the.... ability, the motivation, the money, the intelligence, mode of transportation, and other reasons that would make it less likely to happen.

Basically the stars need to align, Silver spoon, luck of the draw. If I've learned anything in life is the reward is never worth the effort and the effort is never worth the reward.

That and I refuse to make an effort when everyone else is just handed their perfect lives, and no they did not work for it, they are exactly where they were designed to end up, no more no less.

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apsgsPA t1_j0t79w3 wrote

I love this so much

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voortrekker_bra t1_j0t8vjl wrote

If you have to start over again, I'd question your level of 'experience'.

Success is usually a result of a gradual build of experience, capitalizing on an opportunity.

Repeated failure means you're doing it wrong and you nees to change your methods

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beans-with-jeans t1_j0tnh78 wrote

Isn’t this the guy that just admitted to rape on a podcast

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zxcymn t1_j0to7oi wrote

This is Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones. You're thinking of Brad Williams.

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beans-with-jeans t1_j0tp3m1 wrote

You right my bad

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zxcymn t1_j0u5yy6 wrote

It's an easy mistake to make to be fair. If Brad had long hair and a goatee he could easily play as a movie double for Peter.

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