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> "I get upset when people simply tell me keep on trying. When someone is trying to do something, I think the best thing to do is to help lower the bar for them

> "I get upset when people simply tell me keep on trying. When someone is trying to do something, I think the best thing to do is to help lower the bar for them by staying at their side" This is brilliant.

uhtred 6y ago
On a second read that sentence became even funnier.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
  My humor-detector is going wild, but I can't figure out the joke(s). I really hope I just need more coffee.
  - bittercynic 6y ago
    For me the two meanings are: *having someone by your side makes a task easier. *they get a relative boost because I'm so terrible. Anyone see additional meanings? (edited for formatting and to add question)
  - uhtred 6y ago
    I found it funnier off the back of reading the whole article and seeing his picture - he just came across as having a dry sense of humor. Being told to "keep on trying" is very frustrating, like, what do you think I've been doing all this time?! Also this: "Morimoto got a job with a publisher after finishing a graduate degree, but found it hard to fit in and left. His boss said sarcastically, "It doesn't matter if you're here or not." I get the impression he sees the comedy in being told that.
nonbirithm 6y ago
Nobody that I seek advice for in online communities seems to understand this. Too often I know I'm doing it wrong, and I get told back the equivalent of "well, because you're doing it wrong. What did you expect?" I keep thinking that just sharing a room with someone that ignores me and just does exactly what it is I'm trying to do would be ten times more helpful than being picked apart for all my flaws (which I understand exist, that's why I want accountability to fix them). The less time it takes for me to go from a game over screen to my next life, the more likely I'm not going to just quit the game in frustration. Preferably that time is zero seconds.
- Hnrobert42 6y ago
  I hear what you are saying.
mleonhard 6y ago
> keep on trying This is the over-used Japanese expression "頑張れ" (gan-ba-re). Low-EQ people (younger me) say it when they don't know how to comfort someone who just told them some sadness, worry, or frustration.

uhtred 6y ago

On a second read that sentence became even funnier.

DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
My humor-detector is going wild, but I can't figure out the joke(s). I really hope I just need more coffee.
- bittercynic 6y ago
  For me the two meanings are: *having someone by your side makes a task easier. *they get a relative boost because I'm so terrible. Anyone see additional meanings? (edited for formatting and to add question)
- uhtred 6y ago
  I found it funnier off the back of reading the whole article and seeing his picture - he just came across as having a dry sense of humor. Being told to "keep on trying" is very frustrating, like, what do you think I've been doing all this time?! Also this: "Morimoto got a job with a publisher after finishing a graduate degree, but found it hard to fit in and left. His boss said sarcastically, "It doesn't matter if you're here or not." I get the impression he sees the comedy in being told that.

nonbirithm 6y ago

Nobody that I seek advice for in online communities seems to understand this. Too often I know I'm doing it wrong, and I get told back the equivalent of "well, because you're doing it wrong. What did you expect?" I keep thinking that just sharing a room with someone that ignores me and just does exactly what it is I'm trying to do would be ten times more helpful than being picked apart for all my flaws (which I understand exist, that's why I want accountability to fix them). The less time it takes for me to go from a game over screen to my next life, the more likely I'm not going to just quit the game in frustration. Preferably that time is zero seconds.

Hnrobert42 6y ago
I hear what you are saying.

mleonhard 6y ago

> keep on trying This is the over-used Japanese expression "頑張れ" (gan-ba-re). Low-EQ people (younger me) say it when they don't know how to comfort someone who just told them some sadness, worry, or frustration.