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stoutfellow) wrote2019-11-30 08:25 pm
stoutfellow) wrote2019-11-30 08:25 pm
False Proverb
"You can't argue with success."
I would assert the contrary: success is the only thing worth arguing with. Who the hell wants, or needs, to argue with *failure*?
[There's muddy ground in between. Trying to convince someone that an apparent success is actually a failure - that has some meat to it. I prefer the formulation, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating", which means more or less the same thing but doesn't hang things on winning/losing.]
[Given the treatment the Padres receive in the comments on websites like MLB Trade Rumors, there apparently are quite a few people who enjoy arguing with failure. These are damaged people, IMO.]
I would assert the contrary: success is the only thing worth arguing with. Who the hell wants, or needs, to argue with *failure*?
[There's muddy ground in between. Trying to convince someone that an apparent success is actually a failure - that has some meat to it. I prefer the formulation, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating", which means more or less the same thing but doesn't hang things on winning/losing.]
[Given the treatment the Padres receive in the comments on websites like MLB Trade Rumors, there apparently are quite a few people who enjoy arguing with failure. These are damaged people, IMO.]