I wouldn’t dare defile Douglas Adam’s memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:
- never lie.
- never tell the whole truth.
- never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom.
Take your time, slow and steady is faster than quick and dirty
Tell that to literally every company that produces anything.
You need to sleep.
If everywhere you go smells like shit, check your shoes.
So is this intended as kind of a metaphor or is this mainly aimed at people who have literally stepped in real shit?
It’s a metaphor for people who smell whipped cream all the time, they should check on top of their head.
Both. It’s like the saying “Governing a big country is like cooking small fish.” (With the explanation that if you keep poking it, it’ll disintegrate) also taught me how to cook fish as well as realpolitik.
The fish advice was most useful.
This is a metaphor for life in general. If you find that all your interactions are negative, check yourself. Are you the problem in your relationships and interactions? How can you fix that? Clean your shoes.
It’s both
Pretty sure its a metaphor for being an asshole
If everyone around you is an asshole, you’re the asshole.
It’s okay to ask for help.
Sometimes good enough is good enough.
Leave it better than you found it.
Goes for your home, your neighborhood, or something you’ve borrowed. It can be applied to the planet, the beach, the trail, the car, the job.
Hell, it even goes for people. Leave them a little happier, a little wiser, a little more prosperous than before.
Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don’t attribute an action as the person. Did they cut you off on the road? They’re having a bad day and made a mistake. They’re speeding? Maybe they are on the way to see a loved one without much longer to live. Don’t call someone an asshole just because they made an asshole move. People are so much more than that one interaction with them.
Funny enough, these have analogs in programming!
Leave it better than you found it.
The Boyscouts rule! Clean up bad code if you can!
Second rule, give people the benefit of the doubt and don’t attribute an action as the person.
Sometimes you gotta write janky code to meet a deadline. That is not a personal failure. And give folks a break who do it too.
Treat others as you would like to be treated
EDIT: AS NOT ARE. Fucking autocorrect
Treat others as they would like to be treated.
Be excellent to eachother.
What if you’re a masochist? Wouldn’t it be better to treat others as they would like to be treated?
Develop a treatment scheme that works for them as it would for you. The first step in treating others the way you’d like to be treated, is finding out what they like.
Nothing lasts. It goes for good days, but also bad days.
Some things last over my lifetime, and that’s “lasts” enough.
Get a VPN and pirate everytime!
cant stress this enough.
they will always find a way to screw you for your money, don’t play their game.
If you find yourself in a hole, first step is to stop digging.
Reminder me of this
“What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far - which, given your present circumstances, seems more likely - consider yourself lucky that it won’t be troubling you much longer.” Douglas Adams
Everything in moderation; including moderation.
Sometimes you gotta go all out!
(But do so in moderation)
Brush your teeth and floss
never tell the whole truth
This is dumb, and in many cases outright illegal.
If you are giving testamony in court you are required to tell the whole truth regarding the situation.
There are absolutely other times when you should tell the whole truth, so this statement is just dumb.
Even in court you have to use some judgment to determine what the whole truth is, under what context, and to the extend of your memory or a reasonable expectation of enforcement of the idea.
There’s also limitation with self incrimination/5th.
But as a generality, omitting information on socials, whatever registration form, etc… In everyday life is a reasonable practice for preserving privacy.
Being dishonest with friends & family is messed up tho.
Be kind
Simple and to the point, everyone should know and follow this. One of the best pieces of advice from the Dalai Lama
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”
If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is.
