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> There are two sizes of problems -- mine, and yours So if you drop a penny and I break my arm, you'd care more about the dropped penny, and when I say "ouch"
by PavlovsCat 8y ago
> There are two sizes of problems -- mine, and yours
So if you drop a penny and I break my arm, you'd care more about the dropped penny, and when I say "ouch" you say "not now, can't you see I just dropped a penny"?
- coldtea 8y agoMel Brooks: "If I cut my finger, that's tragedy... Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die."
- paradoxparalax 8y agoBitterness is always less bitter in someone else's mouth, pain seems to be less painful too.
- rootusrootus 8y agoYou contrive an example but miss the fundamental truth. People will always focus more on their own problems than someone else's. I'm amused that this seems controversial. OP certainly doesn't care about the boss's problems. Which totally makes sense, except the boss, by virtue of his position, is not allowed the same privilege. A bit hipocratic but... Ok.