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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 5:56 am
Unless it's sexy.
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:05 am
Set the bar low so you'll never be disappointed.

Take the time to worry about what other people think.

When setting goals, look at those around you.
If you know you'll never be as good as them, then don't bother.

Don't think about why you're procrastinating or it will ruin the fun.

Forgetting leads to a life of rediscovery.

Sharing is always better for the receiver.

You cannot love others unless you love yourself more.
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:06 am (This post was last modified: August 20, 2016 at 6:07 am by Homeless Nutter.)
Don't follow your dreams. Dreams are a**holes...
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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#34
RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:10 am
(August 20, 2016 at 6:05 am)Little lunch Wrote: [...]
Sharing is always better for the receiver.
[...]

Unless you're sharing needles... Or seminal fluid...  Undecided
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:15 am
It's a one way ticket. What are you doing with it?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:17 am
Masturbation is healthy.

Yes that constitutes wisdom.
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 20, 2016 at 6:32 am
(August 19, 2016 at 3:50 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: If you don't know where you are going, you might not get there.

The above is often attributed to Yogi Berra.

If the petition of God is removed, I'm fond of the Serenity Prayer.
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 25, 2016 at 11:25 am (This post was last modified: August 25, 2016 at 11:25 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Lol I love silly pseudo-paradoxical shit like this:

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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 25, 2016 at 11:30 am
A stitch in time can prevent shit from unraveling all the way.
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RE: Conventional Wisdom Thread
August 25, 2016 at 11:37 am
My favorite is "It's always in the last place you look!"

...that's literally true, by definition. Because then you aren't looking for it anymore.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
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