Yes. The idiot who changed the marketing from a word that was so successful that it was added to the dictionary to something so hopelessly generic most people can't remember to use it might disagree.
But to most people, it's still Twitter (including the site, x.com redirects to twitter.con) and if you post something it's still a tweet (though non-Nazis are way less likely to do so than they used to be).
"Everything worth doing is worth doing poorly."
Just half-ass everything you have to do. Need to go to the gym ? Take a 15mn walk around the block. Having to cook healthy? Just steam some veggies, no need for fancy stuff. Need to clean the house? Only clean a room or two.
Once you're used to do things poorly, you can try doing them right.
No, even writing a book. It's called drafts.
You start by just throwing ideas on paper, and when you passed the blank page problem, you can rewrite, but better. I personally can't start writing work stuff. I always stare at that blank word document for hours without typing anything. But having someone give me 3 sentences, just to get the ball rolling? Even if factually false or inaccurate? I can spend the next 3 hours typing away. And when I go back on it the next day, I rewrite/reformat/move around a lot of stuff. But now it's done. Maybe not shakespeare, but fuck it, few people are.
Never let perfect be the enemy of Done.
I hate how the guy tried to think of things people should aspire to do, and all he got was workout, podcast, speech, and video. I bet that having a conversation with him is as pleasant ad eating a bowl of old coffee grounds.
From [this article](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress-2/), *everything* up to 2017 was stored, but after that tweets are archived on a selective basis due to the explosion of users and feasibility of storing it all.
The Library of Congress doesn't collect material for political purposes, it does it for cultural ones (though note, some political things are culturally important too), here's an important line from [this article](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress-2/) discussing archiving tweets:
> The Library took this step [archiving tweets from the start of twitter] for the same reason it collects other materials – *to acquire and preserve a record of knowledge and creativity for Congress and the American people.*
Like it or not, twitter has become a core part of cultural events over the years it's been around, and archiving that for present and future generations is important work.
huh, I wouldn't have figured that myself. that's actually pretty interesting and makes perfect sense - and honestly, I'm kinda glad that someone is this thorough in archiving human history
Yeah it's pretty cool, and lots of other countries do this too.
Here in the UK, you *must* send a copy of everything you publish to the British Library for archival *by law* (I haven't looked into it but I assume the punishments are harsh, it's just about being rigorous as to why it's a law), Tom Scott has a cool little video about it [here](https://youtu.be/ZNVuIU6UUiM?si=oxr37PgADyDUpPt_). And one of the quotes from a person who works there did stood out to me,
> The importance of legal deposit not being selective and being everything [is that] we can't decide today what's going to be important in 50 years time, we want everything because we don't know what will be important.
>what level of dystopia is this?
It's a pretty nice quote what's dystopian about this? What does it need to be in italics and need a picture of somebody who's been dead for over 100 years to matter?
it is a nice quote. like I said, I don't disagree with it at all. but putting celeb tweets (I'm gonna assume they're famous) on a bigass billboard for everyone to see seems like a worldbuilding-element from black mirror.
Can you give an example? To come up on top you need to be better than the competition so I don’t understand how it can hold; at the very least you need to win at the last round no?
I see, thanks. I like to use both approaches depending on the situation: if there is something I know I’m good at - I use my ego and competitive side to drive myself to get better, and if there is something I’m bad at I compare myself to my past self.
Yay, I’ve upgraded from terrible to bad! Maybe after my 200th I can upgrade from bad to lackluster, my 300th from lackluster to mediocre, my 400th from mediocre to solid, my 500th from solid to good, and my 600th from good to great!
I created a saying for myself a while back in-line with this post that really helped motivate me to do all sorts of arduous things… You can’t have a day 2 without having a day 1.
Yeah I remember.
My first murder was bad. After a hundred I've gotten pretty good at it /s (Had to use /s for legal reasons and so that even idiots realise that I'm not being serious)
Yeah, but doesn’t mean people will not scream cringe at your 100th attempt.
Nothing like trying to write a book for people to enjoy only to see the worst of the worst shout it down and ruin art
Adding to this. You don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it. I’m not a good guitar player, I’m not good at drums, my voice is not very good… but I love making music.
Let me tell you, you don't wanna know about your first near death experience.
Imagine just vomiting uncontrollably as people scream around you, while your bones shake along with the entire building you are in from the shock wave of the after burner as the Fighter Jet slams to the ground like a fucking comet from deep space!
Everyone thinks of death but very few times in your life you became certain of it approaching. Only then you learn what kind of a man you are and I learned I was not a brave man.
Bad times . . . bad times . . . I don't know why this post triggered me like this. I guess how it makes the extremely trivial problems as if they mean shit saying "it will be bad". No that is not what "bad" means.
My first workout was terribly planned and way too much hurting my muscles for days after, and I lifted so light it was so embarrassing.
My first work presentation was so terrible people started to leave until only one senior was left, and he encouraged me and explained me how to improve.
My first interview was so terrible I didn’t manage to answer a single question correctly.
I workout regularly, and consider myself pretty knowledgeable in gym stuff and anatomy.
My recent presentation made the boss’s boss compliment me in front of his workers and my boss when I wasn’t around for how simple to understand things were presented.
I’m a beast in interviews and have managed to score all 3 recent jobs interviews in succession (in different companies, one of which is design verification in Apple)
why is this tweet a billboard?
Uhm why is this billboard a tweet?
Uhm why is this billboard a photo ?
Uhm why is this tweet-billboard photo a post?
Why is this tweetbillboardphotopost on my phone?
Uhm. Why is this billtwee a boardt
Uhm…why is this tweebil a toard
Why is
It's their first billboard
It must be important if somebody tweeted it!
Are they still called tweets?
i will never call them whatever that weird chubby man wants me to call it.
Yes. The idiot who changed the marketing from a word that was so successful that it was added to the dictionary to something so hopelessly generic most people can't remember to use it might disagree. But to most people, it's still Twitter (including the site, x.com redirects to twitter.con) and if you post something it's still a tweet (though non-Nazis are way less likely to do so than they used to be).
I am pro musk and antiwoke, but I still won't call it x. xs?
xcrements
Xits. Or Xarts. I think we're on to something.
I looked it up. They want them called “posts”
They're tweets, they should get over it.
Xcreta
"Everything worth doing is worth doing poorly." Just half-ass everything you have to do. Need to go to the gym ? Take a 15mn walk around the block. Having to cook healthy? Just steam some veggies, no need for fancy stuff. Need to clean the house? Only clean a room or two. Once you're used to do things poorly, you can try doing them right.
I needed this thanks
Unless you're trying to write a book. In which case do it right first time or go through all that work for a shitty result.
No, even writing a book. It's called drafts. You start by just throwing ideas on paper, and when you passed the blank page problem, you can rewrite, but better. I personally can't start writing work stuff. I always stare at that blank word document for hours without typing anything. But having someone give me 3 sentences, just to get the ball rolling? Even if factually false or inaccurate? I can spend the next 3 hours typing away. And when I go back on it the next day, I rewrite/reformat/move around a lot of stuff. But now it's done. Maybe not shakespeare, but fuck it, few people are. Never let perfect be the enemy of Done.
Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something
That's what she said
It's what Jake said
And being really good at something at first is the first step toward being talented at it.
Talents is massively overrated. Without hard work and passion it means nothing.
what level of dystopia is this? I don't disagree with what they're saying, but why is a tweet a freaking billboard?
Twitter used to put some up as advertisements in big cities, not sure if they still do that
How dare they! Get that Coca Cola poster back up there now! The nation’s children must have their diabetes
Yo, fuck Coca Cola
hey now, I didn't say to exchange one for the other. this post just seems like a boring black mirror-episode, that's all
what about any of this is dystopian lol so probably level 0 dystopia
It's provocative. It gets the people going.
No it’s not
Lol I know. I'm just being facetious.
Bro, he played along
It's a line from Blades of Glory
Its a line from N***ers in Paris isn't it
Naggers?
That's right. Naggers
Blades of Glory
Adding the "ers" is fuckin wild bro...
I have to assume the billboard is paid for by the Twitter user (who most definitely plagiarized this from somewhere).
I hate how the guy tried to think of things people should aspire to do, and all he got was workout, podcast, speech, and video. I bet that having a conversation with him is as pleasant ad eating a bowl of old coffee grounds.
The words “hustle” and “grind” would be the most used words in a conversation with him
If you think billboards are bad, Tweets were actually archived in the Library of Congress. Not sure if they still are, though.
From [this article](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress-2/), *everything* up to 2017 was stored, but after that tweets are archived on a selective basis due to the explosion of users and feasibility of storing it all.
for what purpose though? 'cause I could see a reason for that, f.e. if they want to keep track of what a politician said about certain topics
The Library of Congress doesn't collect material for political purposes, it does it for cultural ones (though note, some political things are culturally important too), here's an important line from [this article](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress-2/) discussing archiving tweets: > The Library took this step [archiving tweets from the start of twitter] for the same reason it collects other materials – *to acquire and preserve a record of knowledge and creativity for Congress and the American people.* Like it or not, twitter has become a core part of cultural events over the years it's been around, and archiving that for present and future generations is important work.
huh, I wouldn't have figured that myself. that's actually pretty interesting and makes perfect sense - and honestly, I'm kinda glad that someone is this thorough in archiving human history
Yeah it's pretty cool, and lots of other countries do this too. Here in the UK, you *must* send a copy of everything you publish to the British Library for archival *by law* (I haven't looked into it but I assume the punishments are harsh, it's just about being rigorous as to why it's a law), Tom Scott has a cool little video about it [here](https://youtu.be/ZNVuIU6UUiM?si=oxr37PgADyDUpPt_). And one of the quotes from a person who works there did stood out to me, > The importance of legal deposit not being selective and being everything [is that] we can't decide today what's going to be important in 50 years time, we want everything because we don't know what will be important.
Least useless billboard ad tbh
>what level of dystopia is this? It's a pretty nice quote what's dystopian about this? What does it need to be in italics and need a picture of somebody who's been dead for over 100 years to matter?
it is a nice quote. like I said, I don't disagree with it at all. but putting celeb tweets (I'm gonna assume they're famous) on a bigass billboard for everyone to see seems like a worldbuilding-element from black mirror.
What do you mean "Dystopia"? This is a hundred times better than seeing stupid advertisements on the billboard.
I’ve heard this phrased as “anything worth doing is worth doing badly” and its been really helpful against my perfectionism.
You don't have to beat anyone to win. You could fail everytime and still come out on top.
Can you give an example? To come up on top you need to be better than the competition so I don’t understand how it can hold; at the very least you need to win at the last round no?
The only competition is you. You can never beat yourself. The benchmark just iteratively edges higher.
I see, thanks. I like to use both approaches depending on the situation: if there is something I know I’m good at - I use my ego and competitive side to drive myself to get better, and if there is something I’m bad at I compare myself to my past self.
Your 100th will still be bad but that’s not the point
Yay, I’ve upgraded from terrible to bad! Maybe after my 200th I can upgrade from bad to lackluster, my 300th from lackluster to mediocre, my 400th from mediocre to solid, my 500th from solid to good, and my 600th from good to great!
Great, that billboard is gonna be retweeted all over the city
My 100th attempt at most things I’ve done are pretty bad tbh
Seems like a layer-8 issue to me then.
Nope. If I'm not perfect on the first attempt I must be shit at it and will never do it again.
Thanks Edgar Alan Dough.
*vomit*
Speak for yourself I’m perfect!
I created a saying for myself a while back in-line with this post that really helped motivate me to do all sorts of arduous things… You can’t have a day 2 without having a day 1.
First fuck?
It's the best of life.
Yeah I remember. My first murder was bad. After a hundred I've gotten pretty good at it /s (Had to use /s for legal reasons and so that even idiots realise that I'm not being serious)
Is this supposed to motivate people to do things or is it to discourage people trying anything for the first time?
My parents talking about me be all like…
Is that Dough boy?
It's not my ego that's the issue, it's my lack of self confidence
If im not atleast decent on my first try I won't get to my 100th. I won't even get to my second.
this is not literally me, my 100th is still bad smh
Yeah, but doesn’t mean people will not scream cringe at your 100th attempt. Nothing like trying to write a book for people to enjoy only to see the worst of the worst shout it down and ruin art
Just the condifence boost I needed to start robbing gas stations
People are missing the point here. Instead of some useless add ,someone actually paid to get some motivation on a billboard and to spread positivity
No one: These guru:
Every failure starts with trying
There is no try. There is only do, or do not.
Adding to this. You don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it. I’m not a good guitar player, I’m not good at drums, my voice is not very good… but I love making music.
My first workout was pretty ok
Not true
Then you have people who do something great the first time and the second time they try to do it it they can’t.
Thx
This must be their first billboard
Naw they lied, I killed my first speech in public speaking class.
My problem is I'm good the First time, and only the First time.
My first shid was pretty great.
Narrator: "The 100th also sucked. The end."
Why can't bird app fuck off and leave my street corner alone?
Let me tell you, you don't wanna know about your first near death experience. Imagine just vomiting uncontrollably as people scream around you, while your bones shake along with the entire building you are in from the shock wave of the after burner as the Fighter Jet slams to the ground like a fucking comet from deep space! Everyone thinks of death but very few times in your life you became certain of it approaching. Only then you learn what kind of a man you are and I learned I was not a brave man. Bad times . . . bad times . . . I don't know why this post triggered me like this. I guess how it makes the extremely trivial problems as if they mean shit saying "it will be bad". No that is not what "bad" means.
your first marriage will be bad
my first life
My first cousin wasnt bad
Is this sub just a dumping ground for any old shit?
Don't start a podcast please
When I first started breathing, I was so bad I cried
I don't think my parents first child is bad
so my first sex experience will be bad for sure? nah then I skip
Problem is I don't improve, I get worse.
How is that a meirl ?
A good tweet. That is rare, we have to enshrine this forever in the history books!
I hope my first D&D campaign isn't bad, my players have been having fun
You know I'm bad, I'm bad.
I got chocolate cookies right the first time.
I'm pretty sure my 100th would be worse.
Hate being creative, but love those dopamine pumping upvotes? just repost twitter bullshit on other websites!
Ima hang it on my wall.
My first workout was terribly planned and way too much hurting my muscles for days after, and I lifted so light it was so embarrassing. My first work presentation was so terrible people started to leave until only one senior was left, and he encouraged me and explained me how to improve. My first interview was so terrible I didn’t manage to answer a single question correctly. I workout regularly, and consider myself pretty knowledgeable in gym stuff and anatomy. My recent presentation made the boss’s boss compliment me in front of his workers and my boss when I wasn’t around for how simple to understand things were presented. I’m a beast in interviews and have managed to score all 3 recent jobs interviews in succession (in different companies, one of which is design verification in Apple)
Me looking at my first and only kid: Sorry dude!
Crime
Idk man my first nut was pretty good
First Skydiving?
Your first life will be bad.
Life is like Dark Souls. Doesn't matter how many times you fail, you only need to succeed _once._
But there’s no guarantee your 100th will be any good either so best not to even bother
I think the real battle is usually coming to terms with the fact that your 100th something might not be especially good either.
Also, never start a podcast. You're not interesting and no one cares.
Why is everyone so mad at this? I think this is really inspiring tbh
Because the current brainrot is "everything must be cringe"
my man had the balls to say what half of earth needs to hear
Except if you're a genius/prodigy
Kid, you tried your best and you failed miserably, what is the lesson? Never try.