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Doclector

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What are your "rules" for life you've made up? Here's a few of mine take em or leave em;

"Never fully trust anyone"

What this boils down to is keeping an illusion of trusting people, when really having a plan set up should they decide to stab you in the back. Doesn't matter how honest, good, or pure someone seems to be, everyone is capable of lying.

"Don't get emo, get used to it"

Something I came up with recently. Life is cruel, and there's a hell of lot of things to be depressed about. Lonelieness in particular. Fact is, we, the "good" majority of this site are the last of our kind, moral beacons in the slowly devolving darkness of modern society. Now, I and I think many people around here, thnk they will be alone forever because they are ugly, and the equally ugly truth is, one good look around is enough to tell you that is the truth. So, are you gonna sit around moaning about it, or are you going to just get used to the fact, until it becomes as accepted as the fact that the tomb raider series will never be as good as it was on the playstation?

"Avoid weak emotions"

I'm all for emotional openness, but another sad fact of the world is that people like to destroy what appears weak. "What can be broken, must be broken". Don't think for a second if you one day start crying for whatever reason at college/work or something that people will help you, most likely, they will start trying to beat you up, because hell, to a mostly psychopathic world, that's funny right? So don't allow yourself to feel such emotions as sadness, loneliness, and fear, because probability is, if the majority of the people surrounding you never seem to feel it, they will see you as weak, pathetic, and an easy target.

"enjoy the little things"

A cold beer, owning people who are three times your level, your favourite film, drawing, the company of a humourous person, whatever. These things are what makes such a seemingly depressing life actually rather good.

Sure, harsh rules, but if there's one thing years of bullying and of observing the world's slow decline into chaos, it's self preservation.
 

SnootyEnglishman

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I have one simple statement that defines my life.

"Shit Happens. Deal with it."

It's short, simple and to the point.
 

Griphphin

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"Life is what you make it."

In both perception-wise and in what you do, make the most of life and try not to be stressful and down about what happens.
 

Aitruis

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Rule 1: Be prepared to defend yourself at any time.

Rule 2: Nothing is sacred. If we know about it, we will use it against you to comical effect.

Rule 3: Do not visualize. Conversely, visualize at your own peril.

Rule 4: Do not eat the Great White Mint.


Some of the rules of my household in the SCA.
 

octafish

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These aren't my own but that doesn't make them less useful.

Be Prepared. Thank you Baden Powell, and Bruce Willis.

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This is my morality in a nutshell. I'm not a believer, but this is a pretty perfect moral guide.

There are several sacred things in this world that you don't *ever* mess with. One of them happens to be another man's fries. Now, you remember that, and you will live a long and healthy life. My other moral guide.
 

RatRace123

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Always find a way out of any given situation.

-If it's an ambush, know where your exit is. If it's a relationship, know what your excuse is.
 

TheYellowCellPhone

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No matter how serious or bad shit can get, never complain. Put up with it, you big wuss, chances are you got yourself in the situation, no one else to blame.
 

Gralian

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"What goes around comes around"

I'm by no stretch of the imagination religious, but Karma is a *****. Things will always find a way to come back and bite you in the arse.

"Don't get mad; get even"

Don't let the moment get the better of you. Level the playing field!

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

Never fall for the same trick twice. Learn to pick out deception.

"Those who are afraid to die have never truely lived."

Life is about risks. The young man who lived hard and died young always gets more out of life than the old man who played it safe and kept to himself.
 

JamieHavok

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Always do what you believe to be right and never compromise your beliefs.

And always tell the truth in the bleakest, starkest manner possible and damn the consequences because what will be will be.

And i've always remembered this:
"People will forget what you have said and people will forget what you have done, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
 

sunburst

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Get out and see the world. Talk to strangers. Do spontaneous things without worrying about the consequences. It's okay to make a complete idiot of yourself. You'll regret all of the things you never did far more than the stupid things you did. Life is an adventure so go enjoy it.

Any other rules beyond that just get in the way.
 

Mr.Mattress

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I think I should post a funny answer before I post anything serious cause when I read the OP this just came into my mind.

"Everybody Poops."

Now something serious:

"Don't yell at every critic, just the ones who yell first."

"Every Second Counts, so don't do things you'll regret, but do something at least."

"The Internet is fun, but Real people are more Fun."
 

jackknife402

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Rape is a necessity of life, be is physical, of the mind, whatever happens, someone's gonna pillage what you've got.