shortfatbalduglyman wrote:
Fifth grade math teacher's Facebook said that he set 22 high school swim records. That's like one record every three meets. How the f**k is that possible? Maybe he was the only one on the team
Mister JT. 38 years old. He said he used to be a professional hockey player but the NHL doesn't list him. He was nice and I loved him.
According to his Facebook he went skydiving for the first time. He's retired. I couldn't believe he wrote he didn't have a relationship. With his personality you would imagine he could date anyone he wanted.
Becoming a professional hockey player takes a lot of time money and energy. According to the Internet, his parents were a fifth grade teacher and an industrial engineer. How did they afford to send him to travel ice hockey?
I went ice skating a couple of times and I still have no idea how to ice skate
I just feel so not self actualized s**t
Deprived
And now I am 41 working in manual labor. Pretty soon I will be too physically weak to do it and then made redundant
s**t I am jealous because of never got a chance to chase my childhood dreams
But what the f**k ever s**t
"Life" goes on
I am just a failure but there are plenty of failures in the solar system and not many people are successful
Plenty of factors determine the outcome: health, longevity, social networking , efficiency, intelligence, economics discrimination. "You can do anything you set your mind to" sounds good but it implies that when someone fails, it's because they didn't set their mind to it. But not everyone has the same amount of potential or the same situation.
Sunk costs
Personal opportunity costs
Effort justification
As for 22 high school records in swimming, it is possible to set more than one per meet, because many things are measured and recorded, not just one thing.
As for your being a failure, that is a matter of perspective, you are judging yourself in relation to others, but are others all equals, or is it possible that they have certain advantages or luck? Perhaps you are too harsh on yourself, that seems to be the case.
My favorite saying is that "In death, all are equal." So, it is something that I look forward to, equality with Shakespeare and equality with Einstein. And those names, too, will one day be forgotten, as difficult as that may be, to believe today.
How many people do we remember from 5,000 years ago? A couple of Egytian Pharoahs?
How many people do we remember from 50,000 years ago?
And further back, there is "Lucy." That is all...
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