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> Such an arrogant comment. It's not an arrogant comment, it's common sense. It's much better not to do dumb things than to do dumb things and then try to fix
by tharne 5y ago
> Such an arrogant comment.
It's not an arrogant comment, it's common sense. It's much better not to do dumb things than to do dumb things and then try to fix it. Yes, it's good to fix one's mistakes, but that doesn't mean we should be celebrating those mistakes.
It reminds me of George W. Bush bragging about the success of the "surge" many years into the Iraq war, and I remember thinking, "What a man-child, this guy wants a prize for making a disastrous decision that a bunch of people specifically warned him not to make, and then taking steps to make it slightly less of a hot mess".
- paulvorobyev 5y ago>It's much better not to do dumb things than to do dumb things and then try to fix it. Yes, it's good to fix one's mistakes, but that doesn't mean we should be celebrating those mistakes. But nobody was celebrating the mistake. The comment was literally commending someone's resolution of that mistake. The assertion you're making/supporting is incredibly arrogant because it implies that living a life without mistakes is possible. As cliche as it sounds, nobody is perfect. It is not possible to live life without error. In other words "Just don't make mistakes" is not advice: it is ego-tripping.