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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:23 PM Original message |
Why competition sucks |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Competition encourages people to strive to be the absolute best they can be. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It also teaches people to sabotage their competitors and to game the system. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I wouldn't disagree with that. Fair play is essential. nt. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. Hence the need for regulation |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Only if you neglect any moral training with the competition. n/t |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Competition has its place... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. If you learn that its ok to lose as long as you tried your hardest |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Expected response from a Cubs fan... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Expected response from a Cubs fan... |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I WIN!!! |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. It is never "OK" to lose and this lesson is being pushed.. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Really? That lesson is *more* prevalent now than before? |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Recommended viewing |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. What a boring world this would be without competition. n/t |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Boring beats trying to kill each other over anything and everything |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That is something beyond competition. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. same source. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. Dungeons & Dragons is not a competitive game, and it is awesome. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is a difference between competing and crushing your opponents |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. How would you know what your best is without a strong competitor? |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. "The business world has ethics and in many cases is regulated by law." |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I never said those things were never violated - it happens all the time. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Those "some people" are presently the entire world's of business and government |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I get the feeling that you don't operate in either venue. |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. You can't violate a law that doesn't exist nt |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Now that is funny! |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. "... 'the idea of competition' could be removed from coming into play" if |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. i find that when i do something for the sake of the goal, or because i'm interested in it, i enjoy |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Lots of fun things involve competition |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. i'm talking about real life tasks, not games. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I worked in Business Development for many years and had to bid for contracts. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Competing with oneself is often pleasant, even adicting, such as trying to do... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. No competition would work especially well in the law |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. What is the motivation for one to do their best, versus doing just good enough? eom |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I've never understood why people are not content to just do their best |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Because many are content to just exist, or just get by, or to just live day to day... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Because people rarely do their bast in a non-competitive environment. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I only compete with myself. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Tell it to Darwin |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Not all of us. And it's possible that competition is a learned quality, as |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. I suspect it is inborn, but some may have some nurturing to attenuate it. eom |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. But, it makes for exciting (rat) races. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. People just go to those things to watch the rats crash. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's what AT&T says. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. First off, the months of August, September, and October would suck |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Why does Kobe Bryant need some external reason to spend overnight |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. it's not just trying to do "the best you can" it's trying to be the best period. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Actually, trying to be the best, period, without reason is an energy waster... |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Another musical chairs-related death? |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. I suppose I'll cancel baseball practice this evening... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. That's One of the Reasons Some People Home School Their Children |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. Isn't that what they do? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. Perhaps, people are evolving to a non-competetive state of being. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. And it's a lie -- Capitalism isn't about competition, it's about killing the competition -- !! |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. How did you get your job? By beating out the competition at the interview? (nt) |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. A "Full LIFE" includes failures and defeats. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. The desire to compete is part of human nature. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. Competition is one of those many things in life it's good to have a little of... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. That depends on why you are competing. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. Your post is a competition of ideas, does it suck too? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. Well at least we can look forward to being beat out by countries who don't think competition |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. That's why I spent a lot of my childhood crying uncontrollably. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. Your whole life is a competition. Even if you refuse to recognize it. |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
62. We are very obsessed with competition in this country but scoff at collaboration. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. 'Reality' TV has made it so much worse |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. Capitalism demands justification. n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. I Think it can be BOTH |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. I agree. Cooperation is much better than competition. |
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