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**Janszoon** · 06-10-2018, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Pro-sports are sad pyrrhic victories as well, actually.

In what sense are they pyrrhic?

OccultHawk · 06-10-2018, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

In what sense are they pyrrhic?

They’re not worth the effort.

**Janszoon** · 06-10-2018, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

They’re not worth the effort.

Not really how the word is normally used, but ok.

DwnWthVwls · 06-10-2018, 09:36 AM

I'd be willing to bet most of the people participating disagree. You seem to have this idea that anything you don't find worth pursuing has no value.

OccultHawk · 06-10-2018, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Not really how the word is normally used, but ok.

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A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/ ( listen) PIRR-ik) is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has also taken a heavy toll that negates any true sense of achievement.

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Not worth it

**Janszoon** · 06-10-2018, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

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Not worth it

Yes, I know what it means. The way you're using it is a melodramatic stretch, but whatever.

Key · 06-10-2018, 10:27 AM

Money has nothing to do with whether or not someone is depressed and feels suicidal. None of us really have any qualifications to decide whether or not someone should feel suicidal. Surprised this keeps ending up being such a heated topic.

OccultHawk · 06-10-2018, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I'd be willing to bet most of the people participating disagree. You seem to have this idea that anything you don't find worth pursuing has no value.

I say what I mean with blunt force clarity. You, on the other hand, instead of articulating your own clear thoughts, you follow my words around looking for scraps to feed on like a dick riding vulture.

DwnWthVwls · 06-10-2018, 10:32 AM

I don't see what's unclear about my criticisms of your jaded and pathetic opinions.

Cheers.

Lisnaholic · 06-10-2018, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

George Carlin on the American Dream

^ That's good, thanks for sharing! I especially liked his points about education, and the last line about the American Dream.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Everest is a good analogy because all they’re doing is taking a collective **** on a mountain that should be left alone. Waiting in lines like they’re at Disneyland.

Pro-sports are sad pyrrhic victories as well, actually.

I'm kind of picky about the use of words, so like Janszoon, I was surprised at your use of pyrrhic.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

They’re not worth the effort.

^ Quite understandable if your first definition wasn't too precise: it's not always easy to come up with a good definition off the top of your head. The second one you posted was a big improvement.

Plenty of things are not worth the effort, but only winning at a huge cost is a pyrrhic victory. If you climb Everest and lose limbs because of frostbite, that's pyrrhic, but I don't imagine that many pro-sports victories are really pyrrhic. In most of them I imagine you come off unscathed and have a trophy to put on your mantlepiece. Even if the trophy wasn't worth the effort, it doesn't make it a pyrrhic victory imo - a better term for that circumstance might be "waste of time".

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Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Money has nothing to do with whether or not someone is depressed and feels suicidal. None of us really have any qualifications to decide whether or not someone should feel suicidal. Surprised this keeps ending up being such a heated topic.