The universe is already thinking for itself! It wrote this comment and built this website, after all.
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I would add this corollary as I've seen the reverse problem a lot too:
No one is as impressed with your frugalness as you are.
> “It was a long day, we were playing live, and he was really calm and patient with me. He helped me to make sure that I told the story the right way. Less was more for him. I’m dramatic, so I have the urge to go over the top.
> “I was taking liberties, and he didn’t like that. He had to make a long walk from the control room to come down and put me right a few times.” When Bublé sang the line “I’m waiting on a sign”, McCartney called a halt and arrived in the booth.
> “Can you explain to me what you’re waiting on?” he asked. “Yes. I’m waiting on a sign,” trilled Bublé enthusiastically. “So are you actually on the sign, waiting?” asked McCartney, “or are you waiting for a sign?”
> Recounting the tale, Bublé hangs his head like a defeated schoolboy. “I’m waiting for a sign, Sir Paul.” He laughs. Bublé’s revived love for his craft is endearing.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20220404134753/https://www.teleg...
> RESULTS Parachute use did not significantly reduce death or major injury (0% for parachute v 0% for control; P>0.9). This finding was consistent across multiple subgroups. Compared with individuals screened but not enrolled, participants included in the study were on aircraft at significantly lower altitude (mean of 0.6 m for participants v mean of 9146 m for non-participants; P<0.001) and lower velocity (mean of 0 km/h v mean of 800 km/h; P<0.001).
> CONCLUSIONS Parachute use did not reduce death or major traumatic injury when jumping from aircraft in the first randomized evaluation of this intervention. However, the trial was only able to enroll participants on small stationary aircraft on the ground, suggesting cautious extrapolation to high altitude jumps. When beliefs regarding the effectiveness of an intervention exist in the community, randomized trials might selectively enroll individuals with a lower perceived likelihood of benefit, thus diminishing the applicability of the results to clinical practice.
"Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials" [0]
It has some great gems like:
- No randomised controlled trials of parachute use have been undertaken
- The basis for parachute use is purely observational, and its apparent efficacy could potentially be explained by a “healthy cohort” effect
- Individuals who insist that all interventions need to be validated by a randomised controlled trial need to come down to earth with a bump
I've now updated my original comment to read "video" instead of "GIF" to fix the error.
“YouTube!”
* a reference to The Aristocrats joke, and how YouTube removed publicly facing downvotes on videos. Great for concealing negative sentiment!
I hope this comment is a gift of laughter to you in your day.
...and F-keys!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yoke (definition 3a)
Getting endorsed for skills by people who have no ability to evaluate my competency at those skills.
It's so shallow and badly designed at its job. But like every social network out there, it's buoyed by its inertia and network effects, and will last far longer than it should given its quality beyond the size of its network of users.