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What are your first principles (rules you've developed) in your life? (lemmy.world)

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People who make me feel like crap or worse off then when I encountered them consistently are written off and out of my life

Doesn't matter if its family, nobody is entitled to your attention and suffering and it does nobody any real good for you to succumb to the inevitable dysfunction it creates in your life and relationships and also material conditions.

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

When deciding what to do, the order of trumps is legal, then prudent, then right. Do what is legal unless what is prudent is illegal, then do what is prudent. If doing what is right is neither prudent or legal, do it anyway because it's right.

Never start fights with people. Always be prepared to finish a fight someone else starts with you, quickly, without posturing, hesitation, or mercy. Regardless of their size, shape, color, creed, or uniform, bullies can never be allowed to win.

When solving a problem, always start with the simplest possibility first.

Never lend anyone: Your truck, your pen, your chainsaw, or your wife. No matter what, they're going to do something with them that you're not going to like.

You can never have too many pens, flashlights, knives, or bullets.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Embrace the difficulty, because it’s not going to go away.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Never waste a perfectly good crisis

You'd be restraining yourself without limiting ulhmm

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Keep the roof watertight, keep the toilet flushing, keep oil in the engines, keep gas in the tanks, keep at least a week of food in the pantry. Literally nothing else on this earth matters if you don't have these five things done.

[-] some_guy 1 points 2 months ago

Try to live a happy life while impinging on others as little as possible. Pretty much the exact opposite of right-wingers.

[-] KrakBamKrak@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

And even without reprimanded - I can damn well guarantee that person will EVER make that same mistake.

Not everything requires a paper-trail.

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