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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Sat, 19 December 2015, 17:48:47
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1 Geekhack T-shirt (US men's XL or other size possible) to be given away.
Contest rules:
Deadline: 10:00 pm December 24 (I may go to bed early or be hard to reach that night since it will be dinner at my sister's out of town) (and I know that (C)Hanukkah is already over and that is before Kwanzaa begins, but the shirt will probably arrive in time to wear to your New Year's Eve party)
Contest: provide the best advice you can for life, the universe, and everything, in 140 characters (I don't even tweet, but I recognize the logic)
One entry per person, but I will be on holiday and will probably not even read the entries until 12-24 hours after the contest ends, and may not make a decision until the Post Office opens on Monday morning. So post early, edit often, and help everyone out with your acquired knowledge/wisdom/experience.
Since I am not smart enough to make the ultimate decision, I will pick my 10 favorites and the winner will be a random choice from those.
Starter - from the founder of my original martial arts style, Wado Ryu karate - Hironori Otsuka:
"It is more important to know your weaknesses than it is to know your strengths."
PS - Disclosure - this is a backdoor marketing ploy for my T-shirts = $10 + shipping ($12 if printed front and back) with your choice of color for ink and shirt
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Do what ever you want to do and don't let anyone stop you. If you believe the universe is infinite, there is a 100% chance you will get a second go at life, take risks while you can.
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It may sound sinister, but really it isn't.
Don't let your goals and dreams prevent you from living your life
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He said it better then I could.
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He said it better then I could.
Way too long. Edit it down to the last 2 lines and you have a good one.
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Best advice for universe: 42
Best advice for Earth: the cake is a lie. Go make your own cake. You don't have to fight others for the universe's cake. You can do anything with yours. You could even add sprinkles! What I'm trying to say, is that you don't have to do what everybody else is doing. You have to be creative every once in a while, and go a different path.
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
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Life's a garden
Dig it
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Nobody likes a *****.
Life's a garden
Dig it
- Joe DirTé
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Nobody likes a *****.
Life's a garden
Dig it
- Joe DirTé
Don't try to church it up, son.
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Live everyday to make the world a better place.
Live everyday to make yourself a better person.
Don't judge people for their wrongs, fix yours.
And like we say in French : "L'habit ne fait pas le moine" ("the clothing doesn't make the monk""
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Everything happens for a reason. You don't have to understand it now but in time everything will make sense.
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Tp4 says, Life is mere coinicidence. There is no assurance on part of the universe to let us continue. Essentially we have to rob the universe.
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Bump.
You can post and edit or completely change your entry up until the deadline.
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Happy wife = happy life. ;)
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Don't worry. Be happy.
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Those who forget the past tend to relive it.
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In most aspects of life, its all just a big game. Some people are good at playing the game, some people aren't. The best thing you can do is find the game you are best at and play it for as long as possible.
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Chill out.
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"Delete Facebook, lawyer up, and hit the gym."
But for real though:
Never dwell on things that are out of your control, but try to be compassionate and understanding for the things you can control.
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Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe.
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Be excellent to each other.
Seriously, be nice to your fellow man. Kindness can go a LONG way.
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Don't promise when you're happy. Don't reply when you're angry. Don't decide when you're sad.
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Winner: ImpendingxDoom
Never dwell on things that are out of your control, but try to be compassionate and understanding for the things you can control.
We got some good entries, but I was hoping that there would be more. I entered edited versions of Bromono's and Azhdar's too-long submissions and used a random number generator to pick the winner from the top entries.
Congratulations ImpendingxDoom!
PM me your mailing address and I will send the shirt out.
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I will leave the thread open and welcome additional words of wisdom.
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Winner: ImpendingxDoom
Never dwell on things that are out of your control, but try to be compassionate and understanding for the things you can control.
We got some good entries, but I was hoping that there would be more. I entered edited versions of Bromono's and Azhdar's too-long submissions and used a random number generator to pick the winner from the top entries.
Congratulations ImpendingxDoom!
PM me your mailing address and I will send the shirt out.
Yay, congrats ID, and fohat for such a nice gift. :thumb:
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Winner: ImpendingxDoom
Never dwell on things that are out of your control, but try to be compassionate and understanding for the things you can control.
We got some good entries, but I was hoping that there would be more. I entered edited versions of Bromono's and Azhdar's too-long submissions and used a random number generator to pick the winner from the top entries.
Congratulations ImpendingxDoom!
PM me your mailing address and I will send the shirt out.
Thank you so much! Loved reading through these!
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It does not have to stop now that the contest is over.
"Tradition is the greatest obstacle to progress."
- Thomas Edison
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Congrats ImpendingxDoom :)
Who has an x in the middle of his name that I never noticed before :rolleyes:
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an x in the middle
Revert to the old avatar, please, Rowdy.
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I quite like this one "Fail Forwards"
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an x in the middle
Revert to the old avatar, please, Rowdy.
Yes, sir!
That's better. I had lost the original, which is why I changed to something else until I could find it (or, as it turns out, until someone could send me an old copy of it).
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Congrats ImpendingxDoom :)
Who has an x in the middle of his name that I never noticed before :rolleyes:
A callback to my StarCraft ladder days circa 1998. Everyone had an x in their name back then :P