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Unaccounted for: the failure scenario. You had integrity, put in the work, and failed. Life is brutal - anyone can respect your effort. You tried to be the ne
by thr0w 1y ago
Unaccounted for: the failure scenario.
You had integrity, put in the work, and failed. Life is brutal - anyone can respect your effort.
You tried to be the next Paris, and failed. You look like a fucking clown.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoThere's some survivor bias. But like a virus, the next strain will be stronger and more potent from those survivors. Very few people in 2004 could pull off the Paris. It's a lot easier in 2024.
- nextworddev 1y agoThe real underlying trend is the great shift in what’s good “taste” and Overton window
- nextworddev 1y agoWell who cares about looking like a clown, considering there’s millions of them on LinkedIn and TikTok. Shame is diluted every day and no one cares
- thr0w 1y ago> Well who cares about looking like a clown A lot of people, almost instinctively, and for good reason.
- nextworddev 1y agoPlaying devil’s advocate, but “clown” is subjective and relative, which means the most serious people are sometimes clowns unbeknownst to them lol