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Trilby 03-13-2012 08:00 AM
zero sum game
 
My father believes...

that life is a zero sum game.

that one should only administer the antidote after the corpse is cold.

footfootfoot 03-13-2012 08:49 AM
You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.

Trilby 03-13-2012 01:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 801287)
You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
I am 100 words for crazy.

jimhelm 03-13-2012 06:43 PM
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

-Tyler Durden

footfootfoot 03-13-2012 08:15 PM
World Death Rate Holding Steady At 100 Percent
- The Onion


Quote:
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—World Health Organization officials expressed disappointment Monday at the group's finding that, despite the enormous efforts of doctors, rescue workers and other medical professionals worldwide, the global death rate remains constant at 100 percent.

regular.joe 03-13-2012 08:30 PM
Well, yea, unless the game of life is in a Nash Equilibrium. Then you might be able to come out ahead. But, that being said, you're still gonna die. Which reminds me of a line from one of my favorite songs...Jesus loves me, but you're going to fry.

pastortoy 03-13-2012 10:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 801277)
My father believes...

that life is a zero sum game.

that one should only administer the antidote after the corpse is cold.
The water fills the bowl, receives the foulness, and is flushed away.

ZenGum 03-13-2012 10:58 PM
Is this going to become another maths thread?

BigV 03-14-2012 01:16 AM
give up bacon, die anyway.

Trilby 03-14-2012 07:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 801287)
You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 801381)
Is this going to become another maths thread?
One can only hope.
I don't mean he believes a zero sum game as in death. I mean he thinks if he wins that I lose and vice versa - that
life is a competition, a fight to the death, that some MUST
be thrown overboard. It is a niggardly way to be.

jimhelm 03-14-2012 08:59 AM

Blueflare 03-14-2012 09:35 AM
No point stressing about life. No one makes it out alive anyway.

limey 03-14-2012 09:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 801394)
One can only hope.
I don't mean he believes a zero sum game as in death. I mean he thinks if he wins that I lose and vice versa - that
life is a competition, a fight to the death, that some MUST
be thrown overboard. It is a niggardly way to be.
I disagree. Though I don't like the phrase, I believe there can often be "win-win" situations.

footfootfoot 03-14-2012 12:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 801381)
Is this going to become another maths thread?
Yes. We are attracted to it like maths to a flome.

infinite monkey 03-14-2012 01:01 PM
Dim sum game: Try to bounce the dumplings into the rice noodles. Use of a spring roll is prohibited.


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