Submitted by kingsadlo t3_z1druj in GetMotivated
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iDoNotDegree t1_ixbn3wb wrote
You had to get up in the first place. No one is born up so get upside and start rounding up on all of your purchases. Just last week I made $120 by buying the same amount of hot dogs I usually would. So anyways, that’s why it’s 8, like the amount of hot dogs in a pack.
Bland-fantasie t1_ixbryg5 wrote
That’s true, no one is born up.
joan_wilder t1_ixbs495 wrote
Yeah, it’s not about falling down, and getting up. It’s about down and up. Lol
BadMedAdvice t1_ixd304l wrote
Eh. The privileged are born up.
Trap_setup_4u t1_ixd7fff wrote
Everyone has some sort of privilege.
BadMedAdvice t1_ixdejm8 wrote
While true, I don't think my fortune of being white passing is really comparable to being born a multi-millionaire.
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JeffWingrsDumbGayDad t1_ixde9j8 wrote
Fortunate Son intensifies
slickslash27 t1_ixd08sh wrote
I get what youre trying to mean but also you do realize the royal family and the children of the ungodly wealthy exists, right? Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth and acting like they dont exist isnt gonna help motivate others to improve themselves
WildIsland-S-E t1_ixd8k7e wrote
Even the wealthiest people have challenges.
slickslash27 t1_ixd9z2n wrote
In fact I would entirely avoid this view because it tells the poor even if they get motivated about their situation life will continue to rain bullshit, which with many make them wonder why they would even try to improve their living standard if the wealthy have it awful too
WildIsland-S-E t1_ixdbn8c wrote
Yeah, and people can be happy owning very little.
slickslash27 t1_ixddnl7 wrote
Yeah, but I imagine food and shelter is still something they need. How fucking out of touch with reality are you? It's like you're like that clip of Bill Gates on price is right having zero clue how much lower class people pay for groceries, just all the energy of ignorance and fake humility rolled up into one post.
WildIsland-S-E t1_ixdh9q9 wrote
Wow, are you okay?
If you had any idea what I've survived..... I'm not the stuck up wef hedge fund manager you're angry at. Believe me when I say. I know what sorrow is. It's the reason I have learned to keep getting back up, and to look for a silver lining.
Lots of people are happy, not spending life comparing themselves to the wealth of others, and acquiring possessions. It's a thing called minimalism. It's not the same as Bill Gates stealing, and manipulation. He's a criminal for sure. I'd even add that he's probably not a very happy person anyway.
You can find reasons to be happy, and not approve of exploitation, and evil.
Chill.
slickslash27 t1_ixdnk98 wrote
Im fine, but its pretty telling that you got defensive asking me if I was, and also felt the need to bring up an anecdote about your past, instead of reflecting on your words and how they come across to people on a sub about motivating others, talk about narcissism. I'm blocking you for your own good, you need to sit and think instead of raging.
Akasadanahamayarawa t1_ixdr12v wrote
You’re fighting imaginary enemies. You’re the de-motivational one here man.
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Key_Spare6796 t1_ixgmyd2 wrote
Haha I like to believe you use hotdogs for all references 😂🥰🙂
Beaulen1 t1_ixdib5m wrote
Do we count all the times we get up before that first knock down, or the times we’ve gotten up between knock downs? Or just the one time?
TONKAHANAH t1_ixbtmwa wrote
its not enough that you should rise 7 times, you must also make sure your opponent does not rise which counts as a +1 rise for you so ultimately 8.
daywalkker t1_ixd1u7h wrote
At what point does the "Sunk cost fallacy" factor in? Is it always worth getting up if we know we will just get knocked back down every time forever?
bbreaddit t1_ixd5oxa wrote
Damn u sure gottem good
DarthDannyBoy t1_ixd9c4v wrote
No because to even be up to fall down you had to get up to begin with.
Beaulen1 t1_ixdhm5j wrote
Let’s say you first get knocked down at age 10. You’re suggesting we count just one of the many times you’ve gotten up before you’ve been knocked down? Why not count them all?
nhorning t1_ixbwkpd wrote
Wasn't it Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Start?
SewingLifeRe t1_ixc3tb2 wrote
You got B and A backwards. You forgot the Konami code.
aSmallCanOfBeans t1_ixc850w wrote
It's up up down down left right left right b a start
aviatorlj t1_ixdf793 wrote
UUDDLRLRBAStart
IcyHotRod t1_ixb6ndy wrote
Similar to the Bible quote:
Proverbs 24:16: "For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.".
Namelessbob123 t1_ixc8r0v wrote
Also the same as Tubthumping by Chumbawumba
jewc504 t1_ixccen0 wrote
I GET KNOCKED DOWN! BUT I GET UP AGAIN!
brokenB42morrow t1_ixcnxg8 wrote
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!
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JohnathanSeanah t1_ixcqq3n wrote
Should be top comment. Ever.
Lindam100000 t1_ixcgivm wrote
Amen!
Lomus33 t1_ixet6ax wrote
Who copied who with the 7?
AmorphousMusing t1_ixgj819 wrote
Needed to see this tbh thank you
IcyHotRod t1_ixgpkw3 wrote
: )
Celcius_87 t1_ixb0ag3 wrote
Word, samurai dude
xxGBZxx t1_ixc6lzq wrote
7 times up, 8 times down. (七上八落) - Chinese proverb
spenc3rr t1_ixclspr wrote
F
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixczo0t wrote
Wait isn’t it 七上八下 ?
air_nith t1_ixd6uu4 wrote
While 下 does mean down. I think 落 is used because it means fall or drop. You are not letting yourself down slowly, you are being defeated, or you have been pushed to far and collapse. You fall to the ground.
At least that's the way I understand it.
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixe78mi wrote
I just checked both works! Having lived in Taiwan for a while I’ve always heard 七上八下 instead of 七上八落 haha. And this idiom actually means to be anxious/overwhelmed by emotions lol
Lomus33 t1_ixeti57 wrote
To be overwhelmed by emotions? So its not about getting up after falling as in progress in life?
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixeutba wrote
No, at least not in the Chinese idiom! And I shall refined it to be more like “overwhelmed by anxious* emotions”. I would use this phrase when something’s making me worry a lot, causing my insides to be uneasy. (I think that’s one of the explanations of the origin of the idiom? Something that makes several of your inner organs go up and others down.)
Lomus33 t1_ixexfnk wrote
So "7 times down, 8 times up" means your organs are moving around so much because of anxiety. Thats crazy
ImpossiblePlane27 t1_ixf6djs wrote
It’s actually “7 times up, 8 times down” in the Chinese idiom
And the organs thing is my own description lol, here’s a link for dictionary definition: https://en.bab.la/dictionary/chinese-english/七上八下
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixbn1pb wrote
Hey guy i have failed 18 times this month feeling broken
Musclespazum t1_ixcuxlp wrote
Always get up. Take some time but get up
lowiqmaxxx t1_ixbzort wrote
Quit masturbation
muricabrb t1_ixebbcl wrote
Username checks out
lowiqmaxxx t1_ixez9hb wrote
keep busting nuts into tissue papers while parroting snide comments on reddit, you’re living your best life
CaspianOnyx t1_ixf64vr wrote
lol u mad bro?
lowiqmaxxx t1_ixf7v5q wrote
for what? your 2010 rage comic humor? or your literal NPC behavior?
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixc29id wrote
Im trying to its been 2 years discovered no fap thing but I'm still stuck in here on day 1- day 10 Then relapsing again
DesignatedDonut t1_ixcc40c wrote
Don't quit it entirely that's not healthy either, just like food moderation is key, prostate cancer ain't a joke so don't do any of that NNN shit, a healthy amount is 3-4 times a week.
Krasker t1_ixcqazw wrote
How am I supposed to fall asleep tho? One a day, every day, just before bed and I’m out like a light.
DesignatedDonut t1_ixctwig wrote
I mean one a day is aight, it's not like you're going to be a chronic masturbator that does like 4-5 a day straight everyday, now that's a problem lol
The 3-4 a week is the minimum recommended guideline anyway, medically speaking, so one a day isn't too bad in the grand scheme of things just don't dehydrated yourself fellas stay healthy, keep your prostate healthy and your mental health
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixfzo0e wrote
Hey bro i just learned that I'm actually not doing anything wrong because i also do 3-4 times a week In my entire life i never did 3times a day higest is 2 times and i did not do it for every single day, maybe once or twice a year i did 2 times
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixfz2h3 wrote
If 3-4 / week is healthy than why should i do no fap because this month my count got higher, But October was 10 times.
yoakenokuruma t1_ixcqatr wrote
No fap is not really the only answer to most of your problems. Your addiction to fapping (and/or in extension to porn) may have been caused by a much more deeper and complex reason. You first have to identify what is really the root cause. Some may find no fap to be their answer to their problems, but at the same time they may be doing other things that improve their mental health. They may be regularly exercising, trying new things in life, going to therapy etc. Don't make no fap be your only solution. Consult people that are close to you or go to a therapist, they maybe able to help. Also take note that no fapping is not really that healthy either. Evidence suggests that regularly fapping greatly decreases the risk of prostate cancer.
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixfy3cl wrote
I learned one thing from my failures that, i have so much free time and i have nothing to do ( jobless guy) But whenever i visit my relatives my urges are gone , because I'm talking & chilling with my cousins all day long , then i release man it's been 5-6 days i don't got any urge or boner , my mind is out of those things. I'm addicted to fap because of my free But im making a promise today (nov 23) that I'm going to complete the 90 days .
It's a promise, Thanks for your help
lowiqmaxxx t1_ixc4e1m wrote
Try and go for 90 days, and use your saved up energy to develop a consistent workout habit. That’s the furthest I’ve gone, the rest you gotta figure out yourself. I’m currently on a 10 day streak as well, having broken a 200 day streak mid Nov. It’s always gonna be difficult, but it definitely beats struggling in mediocrity, which imo is a fate worse than death.
Greedy-Strain8740 t1_ixc6vhb wrote
Thanks for suggestions bro
JUSTDOPEY365 t1_ixc3jyu wrote
This belongs in WallStreetBets.
BonanzaJellybean- t1_ixcamyi wrote
Could this be the worst front page subreddit?
officiallyzoneboy t1_ixbt9vq wrote
Keep going
misspellted t1_ixbxuah wrote
WSB enters the chat
DetroitTourisBoard t1_ixcnmlg wrote
When the times are tough, it always helps me to remember this quote by famed japanese voice actor Dai Tabuchi
"Our men are running from the battlefield! Shameful display!"
passerineby t1_ixbgr3v wrote
trad_west_ posting japanese wisdom. hmmm
SomeGreenThumb t1_ixbs8j2 wrote
Wisdom is wisdom, bitch
passerineby t1_ixbtx9f wrote
🤓
Valuable_Grocery_193 t1_ixc47le wrote
Hesitation is defeat.
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Alien2080 t1_ixcuw7e wrote
so you get up twice somehow? or you can't count?
kingsadlo OP t1_ixcyaec wrote
Hehe good point.
SoleyRS t1_ixc5zyv wrote
bryther t1_ixcby7l wrote
Git gud
EloquentEvergreen t1_ixbcati wrote
You know, in Japan, a fish in your pants is 8 days of neither good nor bad luck. The Japanese are very superstitious!
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MakabungogAngKahilom t1_ixc0c8w wrote
nanakorobi yaoki!
scarlettvvitch t1_ixc4z5n wrote
I’m trying
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Goddamn_shit_Goddamn t1_ixckz7s wrote
七転八起 ー it’s pronounced Shichi Ten Hakki
QuakeSRK t1_ixcl337 wrote
Also, A great album by Elzhi.
gs87 t1_ixcnm2g wrote
7 misfortunes 8 hardships (ง’̀-‘́)ง
kadzack t1_ixcqgu5 wrote
七転び八起き (nanakorobi yaoki)
Japanese proverb
Im40ozToFreedom t1_ixcs4od wrote
Not a bad quote, but the childish meme images ruin it completely.
TheVagabondLost t1_ixcs6ni wrote
Also, "one way out".
flamaniax t1_ixcxtse wrote
Nanakorobi Yaoki
Can't believe I learned that for a chapter title.
Anyna-Meatall t1_ixcy8rq wrote
that frog comes with baggage mate
Trylks t1_ixd12ym wrote
r/CryptoCurrency
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Zandandido t1_ixdd937 wrote
Not all about linear progress.
As bad of a person Edison was, he tried hundreds of different times to create the light bulb. Just took that one time.
LogicalComa t1_ixdgfzf wrote
6 times down? 7-Up™
YoungRoyalty t1_ixdnnhf wrote
Yes...Japanese Proverb.
Shoves copy of Dark Souls behind TV.
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V1tunpr0 t1_ixdv4ib wrote
"It is what it is"
qnorth t1_ixdv6qc wrote
Brother I’m ready for the 800 up
Keyboard_Fawks t1_ixeard5 wrote
That’s the cry of the undead
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temprery t1_ixbsutc wrote
a minutes later still thought about why that happen
srozo t1_ixch825 wrote
Wow thanks Samurai Pepe
[deleted] t1_ixcq7z4 wrote
This is actually from the bible first, b4 it became a Japanese proverb.
AronTwelve t1_ixc144v wrote
I trust pepe with my life
MathieuBibi t1_ixcidqk wrote
I hate usually japan, but I vibe with this proverb alot, I like it.
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Beaulen1 t1_ixbj64k wrote
If you fall 7 times wouldn’t you also get up 7?