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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Don't forget the timeless pearl of wisdom, "Don't fight if you're gonna lose that fight."

[–] berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I understand finding these things funny when you are a cool, level-headed person or not in a moment of fight or flee situation, but many of us fall prey to dumb reasoning in emotional situations.

Going slightly off-topic, but I'd wager many people have spent a lot of unnecessary money or gone to jail in the heat of the moment. And many of Sun Tzu's or Lao Tzi's (Tao) advice is like: "stop, breathe, and think it through mofo, stop being an impulsive idiot and paying a high price for it"

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody who is at risk of getting in a bar fight is having their life turned around by The Art of War. If you're reasonable enough to take a breath and step back from that Chad about to pound your face in, it wasn't Sun Tzu that did that.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 17 points 11 months ago

"Say you're sorry, buy him a beer, and then knife his tires"

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