Life
of a Winner?
What
if life was lived in a constant state of winning?
A
group of best friends argued whether if it was possible to enjoy life
if you were constantly winning…
Harold
started the quasi-platonic, pseudo-socratic dialogue, a sort of
maieutics:
“ What
if life was lived in a constant state of winning?
No
matter how small were things you do, you did them perfectly, exactly
as you intended to. And no matter how difficult, you could also do
anything as if using TAS in real life.
That's
my most recent daydream. How would I react if I started not-failing
right NOW. It would seem surreal, mind boggling once I noticed. But
would I ever get tired of it? Would I start failing on purpose, in an
effort to escape boredom but paradoxically winning in a way?
And
what if I was born this way? Imagine not knowing failure and breezing
through life. I wonder how would my personality develop, if the
consequent confidence would turn me into the cockiest person ever or
if the lack of worries would make me humble like a saint.”, Harold
said.
“If
that actually were the case that would mean you could reshape the
entire planet in your image without failure through politics.”,
said his best friend Ramesh.
“I
suppose if I could begin ‘winning’ right now from my wizard state
I would seek out higher education and become a high paid wage cuck
like a doctor or lawyer or something else that pays a lot.
Reason
being?
Well
despite lucking out and ending up in a reasonably well sized house to
live out my NEET days inside of some aspects of it I'd say are poorly
designed for not only gaming but my particular health issues and even
though the house I live in is somewhat spacious I could always use
more.
Thus
the wage cucking on "win" mode would serve me well in order
to ultimately buy my own house and one that is far larger and better
designed to live out the rest of my wizard's days inside.
A
true wizard's castle albeit not necessarily a literal castle.
Basically
what I'd be going for is the creation of a home that isn't quite
celebrity mansion insanely large but not overly small or regular
house size either but probably moreso a stereotypical doctor house
which is larger than most people need with room for one of those
kitchen islands, three refrigerators, more than one oven, more than
one microwave and more than one toaster and still room to spare, etc.
A
large gaming den carpeted with luxuriously comfy furniture (couch
especially) and that easily has the ability to block out all sunlight
in an instant or allow sunlight in on any particular day I'm feeling
like getting some vitamin D action that's not from a bottle.” said
Asif.
“The
pleasure from winning would get normalized and become dull.”, Lee
argued.
John
agreed: “This guy gets it. Winning becomes boring after so many
years. Sometimes you want to spend a few playing loser so winning can
have a chance to feel meaningful again one day.”
“Not
really, you'd just want to win bigger and bigger everytime ”,
Patel argued back.
“Part
of winning perfectly is never losing the pleasure from winning. You
won so hard that it never gets boring.” Lee and John responded in
unison.
Sarah
decided to join in:
“Personally
I would have as much fun as possible with it.
>travel
from arcade to arcade left in the country
>signature
feat
>get
high score in pinball blindfolded and with ear plugs in
>keep
traveling until I get to CALIFORNIA
>enter
a big video game tournament
>Perfect
victory every round and every game
>disappear
for a while in seclusion
>Perfect
complete inventions and technology far beyond what was ever thought
possible
>so
advanced that it could easily be confused for magic
>when
asked about the secret to my success
>will
tell them it is due to not being mentally distracted by inkubi or
social norms
I
guess after that I would do what I normally do when I have free time,
which is consume media I like and argue on the internet about shit
that don't matter. Things which I don't think doing ‘perfectly’
really makes a difference as far as enjoyment and satisfaction. ”
“I
feel like my desires would continuously escalate until I became a
god.
If
I succeeded at that I don't know what'd follow. Maybe
non-existence.”, Stephen followed.
Angry
Yakov blurted
“How
do you plan to get a job in the current job market?
How
do you plan to own property in the current housing market?
How
do you plan to work and become anything other than a low-wage slave
where your profits all get drained by thirsty-vampire-like boomer
cannibals?”
Sarah
responded:
“Would
gain a status of a ‘constant state of winning,’ thus his state
would force events to his favour. Doesn't matter if people are
normally hopeless dirt wageslaves, the condition is that anon wins in
everything, constantly. That includes winning in finding a job,
finding a property and avoiding slavery, if he chooses these things.”
Their
teacher Wang Xuanming ended the argument:
“No.
Once you succeed at everything you realize the ultimate truth.
Everything is useless, nothing is permanent, pleasure lasts but a
second and is quickly deadened. All ambition is but chasing after the
wind. No drug, no lover, no victory, no conquest, no invention, no
discovery, no amount of wealth or passion could ever fill the gaping
void in the centre where the soul is supposed to be but isn't. All
pursuits are a distraction against the inevitability of death. Even
achieving the crown dream of humanity, immortality and youth eternal,
is but a pitiful delay in the face of the inevitable destruction of
all things.
When
you fail at just about everything you realize this pretty quick too.”
