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On internal yardsticks: "Would you prefer to be the greatest lover in the world and known as the worst, or would you prefer to be the worst lover and kn

• shaddi 17y ago
  Maybe the point is it is an /internal/ yardstick. You get to decide which one suits you!
  • thaumaturgy 17y ago
    In one, your skill is greater than the opinions of others. In the other, the opinions of others are greater than your skill. To me, the choice is clear.
• pwnstigator 17y ago
  I think the latter's assumed to be better: you get lots of sex, and although you don't get many repeats, you get a lot of access. It'd suck once you fell in love, though. On the other hand, the former could be spun into a good situation. If your reputation is that horrible (worst in the world) and widespread, people would sleep with you on dares, find out that you're actually awesome, and you could marry the one of them you liked the most.
• sorbus 17y ago
  It's easier to fix a really bad reputation when you're really good than to get really good when everyone is measuring you against a really good reputation, but you're actually really bad. In the first case, people will be surprised if you do anything right - so if you do everything right, they'll be amazed. In the second, if you do anything wrong, they'll be dissapointed - even if it's something really minor (but being the world's worst says that it will be more than something really minor).
• zb 17y ago
  The point he's making is that it isn't all about feeding your own ego. With the implication that that would be bad.