- You're screwed.
- Or you're stupid enough to give someone an idea to do something insanely stupid.
I call this Think Before You Say to Keep the Stupidness at Bay. Although it's clever and it rhymes, it has a true purpose in life. It means that think a moment to think about what are you going to say, before you actually say it, because once you say what you wanted to say, you can not take it back. This applies in many situations in life:
- In debates, when you have a thought that you are not sure it makes sense or not.
- When trying to keep the peace between friends.
- When food-hungry guys try taking your friend's food, and you don't know whether or not to stop them or not. But, then you should stop them, because then stealing is bad, and your friend is very hungry, and needs food.
- You give your friend an idea to publicly humilate you.
- You say something that could offend someone.
- All of the above.
The point is that in all of this, you must think before you say things, because you can never take them back. Words are like ballons thrown in the sky: once you release them, you can not get them back again. Once you say something, then you can't take it back. It's out there for the whole world to interpret, debate, and use to make or break you.
Maybe, if we chose our words more carefully. thinking them through, then we wouldn't have to worry about the breaking part.
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