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There is a disconnect between what most people imagine spectacular failure to be (probably something publicly humiliating and/or financially ruinous) and this,
by julianeon 2y ago
There is a disconnect between what most people imagine spectacular failure to be (probably something publicly humiliating and/or financially ruinous) and this, where even a spectacular failure when running a marathon wouldn't be noticed unless you told other people about it.
- TheRealPomax 2y agoSpectacular failing doesn't need to be humiliating or ruinous, but it does need to be a spectacle. An incredibly obvious, public showing of failure that needs no additional explanation for people to recognize it as such. Even if the additional explanation makes it even better. This is just "failing a personal goal", sans spectacle.