Pick your battles carefully, your energy is not infinite
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- The kinds of people who sperg out at you for not fighting anyone and everyone in sight will end up burning out before they accomplish anything of value. Don't be that guy! Plan ahead accordingly and pick your battles carefully.
Intro/Outro by Walker Trips:
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Gameplay from Blade & Soul
Thumbnail from Hakumei to Mikochi
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning, Rommel
that magnificent bastard
_“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”_
-Patton
Im using this quote.
No wonder America came last to fight in the wars lol
Your profile pic of Homura makes it look like SHE'S saying it. And that. Is. Awesome.
BellowD The US had no reason to get into WWI, other than President Wilson was a progressive who wanted the war powers to reshape America away from the restrictive Constitution he complained about in some personal writings.
In WWII, we'd have been better off following Churchill's advice about letting the Nazis and Communists exhaust each other and taking out the winner, instead of sending so much aid to Russia and keeping the Nazis distracted in the West.
But then war is usually about politics, grabbing power and plunder, and pursued by short-term thinking rather than what is actually good for the future of the country.
@BellowD "...President Wilson was a progressive who wanted the war powers to reshape America away from the restrictive Constitution he complained about in some personal writings."
Wow, that's......quite an interesting claim. Care to cite a source for that?
This is precisely the reason the saying "Won the battle but lost the war" came to be. Not every battle is meant to be fought.
If your enemy just happens to stand knee deep in muddy water while shoving a piece of metal into a light socket, all you have to do is be sure you're not in the mud to win. Also film it so you can warm the darkest parts of your soul when you need a pick me up
deboshadow Never interfere with an enemy who is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Haha for a pick me up I just pullout a printed version of Lena Dunham's account of election night. Warms me right to the core.
my soul is so dark it's on Welfare
"...All they do is consume other peoples' work" All too true, and all in the ways that foolish companies don't realize. Like Marvel comics.
Even when it comes to waging a battle I've picked, I defer to the wisdom of a British officer who saw through multiple stages of the bloodiest battle in human history:
"Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight." -- J.R.R. Tolkien
"I will win but never fight - THAT'S THE ART OF WAR!" - Sabaton. ;)
Sabaton is awesome.
"To eliminate your enemy, hit them in their sleep"
Crude.....yet, VERY pragmatic!
Just hope that you can get past their sentries undetected - if they raise the alarm you are in for one hell of a fight as your once-slumbering enemies have you in the cross hairs of their rifles...
"Would you shoot a man in the back?"
"Well, its the safest way, isn't it?" - Elim Garak - DS9
Just remember:
"The secret to all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious." -Marcus Aurelius
If I could upvote your comment fifty times, I would.
The reason I took women history and other gender classes is so I know how to argue against them.
VanguardCommander I considered taking those classes for a similar reason (I wanted to educate myself on their stupidity).
Adonan the Stoic “educate myself on their stupidity” Poetic
I didn't go through with it because I figured it would be difficult not to laugh in the class.
@@AdonanS also a waste of money
But my power, IS MAXIMUM!
In all seriousness, constant conflict will leave you fatigued and make you look crazy.
Peace is a lie
It is merely the period in which you catch your breath for the next war
I always tell people, I don't have to win I just have to make my opponent lose.
You don't just fight the fights you can win, you fight the fights that need fighting.
That said, not every fight needs fighting. Very few of them actually do.
Yeah, I'm reminded of the cartoon where the guy tells his SO "I can't come to bed! Someone is wrong on the Internet!"
Yeah, probably not worth the fight.
War has no winners, only Survivors
Thats my philosophy. And we are doing the Surviving Part well
To the contrary, wars do have winners and they reap the spoils of conflict - if no one ever won a war there would be no incentive to wage them.
Some call me a coward.
I call myself a survivor
I forgot who, but a smart woman once said: "A coward is a man whose instinct of self-preservation works as intended."
I've always been a coward... That's why I'm old and plan to die of old age... And since high school, I've chosen my battles well, when confronted with fight or flight, always chose the latter... That's why I became a fast runner and a survivor :P
Good credo, as long as it doesn´t hinder you fighting the fights you cannot avoid.
Admittedly this IS a MGTOW channel, John, but that doesn´t mean we cannot accept a woman saying something intelligent.
I'm getting too old to fight anyway... Getting diseases and sickness that come with age, and cant even run to save my life anymore lol. Basically I'm zombie fodder now. Now I just chose very carefully where I go when I leave my home, meaning only walk in main streets and only during the day, so if I get in trouble (hasn't happened yet thankfully) there's always people around to help or call the police...
I´m not really the side alley type either.
But i´ll take you with me should i ever go on a Safari.
Should a lion chase us, i merely have to run faster than you XD
All the more reason to have the cost/benefit analysis in your life. Ask yourself: "what an I'm getting out of this?" and "will it be worth it?"
Oh come on! No one posted this quote?...
"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction". ...
by Douglas MacArthur.
My absolute favorite.
It takes someone to do it. You're it.
Takes a Great leader... I ain't it ; P
“When one is writing a letter, he should think that the recipient will make it into a hanging scroll.”
― Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
And in turn, don't let yourself get used BY others to fight their battles for them. Doesn't matter the reason, be sure you're not letting yourself get used by any other person, group, organization, company, government or anyone else. Because I assure you that if they are willing to let fight for them, they are just as willing to throw you under the bus for their own agenda. Which is really what it is, irregardless of what it is, if there's a group you are 'defending' or otherwise trying to 'speak' for I promise that the 'group' in question does not care about you.
I'm not at all saying what you should or shouldn't believe in or defend. Just be sure you're defending your own personal beliefs or thoughts over blindly following some 'group' that gives zero shits about you. I know conspiracy theorists toss this word out all the time, but, don't be one of the 'sheeple'. Because if I've learnt anything, it's that there's no group in this world that really and truly cares about you, only themselves. Oh, individual people might, those you know, friends, family, etc. But groups of any kind? Never, not in a million years will they care about you. And don't believe them either. They'll butter you up in whatever ways they can to make you 'think' that they care, but they never will.
So, pick your battles, pick the ones you can win, or at least not lose in, but pick your 'team' your 'side' as well and make sure that they aren't just using you for their own ends.
Don,t you love all the captain bad asses that call everybody cowards . but when its for real no bs go time you can never find them.
Everyone is tough shit on the internet.
Yeeeeeeeup!
Raging Golden Eagle ~ Hell, I've met more "navy SEALs" on the internet than there are people in the US navy....
Especially important when you're already level 99 and have 9999999 gold, no use fighting _any_ fight after you have everything you could possibly need.
That's why I love games like Sacred. Once you have enough levels on the enemies, they literally die flat out when you get close to them to save you time :P
some earthbound shit right there
jokes on you, I swallowed a rechargable battery
I run on cold fusion so I have infinite energy. Because of this, world governments are after me 24/7 though.
I eat glowing mushrooms to recharge my batteries
Jimmie The Rustle snake eater nice lol
I agreed then and still agree now, people waste a lot needless energy in fights that are not worth it and you end up being miserable and jaded at the world. I've been taking a nice break in playing Monster Hunter World, Black Desert Online and I have Kingdom Come Deliverance arriving tomorrow and of course indulging in weeb degeneracy with my mangas, like The Ancient Magnus Bride, Children of the Whales and just recently started reading Black Jack.
*Kingdom Come: Deliverance* is ready to download on Steam now.
NorseGraphic Late reply, but I ordered a physical collector's edition, I don't normally do that , but I figure I thrown in some more cash cause of the media hysteria.
The problem is that when the parasites don't completely cannibalize themselves the infestation is liable to come back again.
That's why you conserve energy. So that when the time comes, you have the energy to finish them off, hopefully for good.
+klops Cyyy Which is why he said strike when they're weak. All we have to do is clean them up after they've destroyed each other.
That's what the quarantine is for :P
Hold, surround and destroy...classic battlefield strategy but the key first is HOLD. Do not break formation of the phalanx, we shall give them nothing but take from theme EVERYTHING!
Jaeger_Bishop You only hold the line if you intend to fight the enemy in a range in where he can hit back.
Hit them from the shadows and shoot them a range in where they cannot fire back. Retreat, then wear them out through attrition.
Only when your enemy is tired and bloody do meet them on the battlefield.
Heil High Marshal.
You hold the line wherever it and however is needed, Helsreach taught us that much. If you need to hold long enough to retreat to a favorable location then you do just that, if there is no point in holding at all then set a trap and let them fall in, surround and destroy them when they are tired from chasing you and you can sweep away the entire army in one decisive hammer blow.
Jaeger_Bishop Sounds like the tactics used by the sons of Perturabo.
*Draws his sword* Not on my life would I ever allow myself to be compared to those traitors! He simply won through pointlessly throwing his sons into a meatgrinder until the teeth of the enemy were dulled enough to push through...as proud as we are Black Templars would not stoop to such...animalistic tactics that are only fit for orks.
We strike with precision where our hammer blows will do best, not pointlessly grind away just hoping we can brake through...granted we never do surrender. Grimaldus of course being a prime example of this.
Jaeger_Bishop Come now cousin, there is no need to get angered just because I made a comparison of your tactics to our traitor brethren. It should be no surprise that your tactics are similar to theirs. After all your parent legion and the Iron Warrior's did fight in the same theater of war.
"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not Supreme excellence, Supreme excellence is breaking the enemies resistance without fighting."-sun tzu the art of war
Dying with honour leaves you just as dead as dying without honour. So the whole 'coward' thing doesn't factor into things nearly as often as one might think. Glenn Morris put it best: "Do you want to be invincible or invisible?"
Also, something to ruminate on: the foundation of all strategy is avoiding conflict. Every succesful plan of attack, every military innovation, has always been summed as "Don't let the enemy interact with you." This can be by increasing the striking distance to avoid a counter-attack, increasing damage output for the same reason, or even use superior mobility to evade the enemy and take control of the engagement.
Same principle applies here, suppose: if you're constantly flailing at your opposition, you're not getting anything done. Balance your efforts, minimise the chances of your opponent being able to interact (stop you or confront you) and your chances go up.
As weird as it may be to bring up, the English language has a nice phrase for this: it's called 'husbanding your strength.'
Honor and Glory was the rulers way to attract the poor stupid and ignorant sods that would be dying for them in the battlefields of old. Why do you think the army trains the grunts to obey orders without questioning? War and combat have nothing honorable or glorious about it, only pain, suffering and death.
War to me is about deception, feint, avoid direct combat as much as possible, engaging in guerrilla warfare, attack quick and retreat quicker and so on. That's how smart warriors wage wars, causing as much casualties on the other side, while suffering minimum casualties on their side.
There is a place for personal honor, but its value has been over-inflated by the ruling classes to get the common man to do things he otherwise wouldn't - if you ask me, the only war that really means anything is the war between sovereign individual and those who would call themselves their rulers.
"How does one enjoy honor in the grave?" - Unnamed fictional assassin
"Honor is fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead."
Tactics is knowing how to defeat your enemy, strategy is knowing when to defeat your enemy
sun tzu's the art of war
"All they can do is consume other people's work". Holy hell that is brilliant.
If your enemy is his own obstacle, then it is foolish to intervene.
Good points, RGE! All well stated. I always think of Gettysburg on this subject. Lee wanted to go up the hill "cause that is where the battle is." and that was the problem, too. Longstreet, a far better strategist said "let's turn back and march on DC, forcing the north to chase us and we pick better ground. But Lee, in my opinion, deliberately threw that battle as as double agent. but if not then he was just stupid and uesless. Longstreet did not have the charm that Lee did, but Longstreet was far more capable. Pick you battles, you ground, your weapons and hope like hell.
I wish more people could get this. One of my favorite quotes is paraphrased, "Don't win fights that don't even matter."
I do find it amazing that my college still hits me up for donations well over a decade after graduating. They don't seem to get that they already gave me the piece of paper and now offer nothing additional of value.
Wise words man, wasting to much energy fighting every battle is indeed exhausting
Good shit RGE. A lot of guys are just so willing to run straight into the meat grinder they'll metaphorically storm the hill till they've stacked enough bodies to climb over the gunfire. Sometimes it's better to bide your time.
If they really want to do it that bad, let them be the bodies that you will climb over later.
very well said rge.
edit: one could say "not all code paths return a value" he he.
The wisest of words! If I have to choose between fighting some sparring dummy, and an MMA fighter, I'm choosing the sparring dummy. At the very least until I'm confident I can take down the MMA fighter. It's sound logic imo.
The Art of War is not to win the battle.The Art of War is to defeat your enemy.......without fighting.
I love it when RUclips gives me a notification 40 minutes after the video is uploaded.
You're one of the early ones!
HE REPLIEDDDDD
I think you need to do a Sun Tzu's Art of War series.
Spot on. It seems to me that people often wear themselves out emotionally and after giving everything they have and more until they are broken down from the effort, they have nothing left for themselves or their family or anyone who really loves or could possibly love them. Perhaps they do it out of a sense that the ability to give is never-ending, that goodness and sincere effort are an infinitely renewable resource. But like any other kind of energy, emotional energy is a finite resource. You have to husband it and spend it wisely, or you are in very real danger of running out.
You don't want to be in the situation that when those who need and love you need you to be 100% present, you can't be there for them because you've worn yourself away into only a shadow of yourself. You yourself are a finite resource, and you can't throw yourself away.
And of course, god forbid you throw yourself away on silly things that don't matter much in the end.
The SJW's backlashing is so fascinating, I remember seeing it first hand on an fandom around 2013 where after failing to create commotion with the veterans they turned on themselves and left one by one. All on the spawn of a year.
The backlash is real bois, and it's absolutely 200% happening right now.
the political history of the left is full of this. Left wing parties tend to splinter like religions into 100 sects which hate each other more than they hate anyone else, which is probably why they rarely win. I'd say their social movements are similar xD
"...which is probably why they *rarely win* ."
You sure about that?
I guess it depends on your country. Here in the UK, the Tories were in charge for most of the last century. From what i gather, this is common in most nations but not all of them. That said, the left has a lot of influence over society even if it doesn't win politically that often, and culture can get the right to change their platform to be more like that of the left. Being in power longer matters little if you change less stuff while in charge too. That said, i had the far-left (commies, anarchists, etc) in mind when i made that comment, and was also thinking about western europe... but i guess the far-left did win in china and the USSR , so i may have been wrong there too. I guess fragmentation is found in the far-right as well as the far-left so it'd be as much of a liability for both sides. Yeah, it was a dumb comment in retrospect.
The use of the word fight in this is non-literal but this is literally the guide for guerrilla warfare and politics sabotage. So thanks for the help.
Which is why I always say I'd rather be a coward than a dead idiot.
Two words, pryriffic victory.
Avoid these, and one will always live to fight another day.
Pyrrhic victory. Your spelling of that word is so bad google spellcheck wouldn't pick it up. It is a good term and it would be a shame for people not knowing the term to not be able to look it up.
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory
jg togi a simple "Hey, you spelled it wrong dumbass!" Would have sufficed.
God I hate typing on a smartphone.
Arguably, some fights could be called horrific, some could be called terrific. But a select few, can be called pyrriffic 😉
Yo Momz Indeed!
you don't need to die on every hill you come across
Oh and speaking of eating themselves, have you seen Chelsea Handler being crushed by pornstars cause she conflated them with abusers? Funny shit.
Those of us here at the bottom, provided we use a little creativity and mischief, can also be powerful in the fight to keep the parasites at bay.
Namely in the sense that if you're already a nobody, what reputation do you have in the first place that they can ruin?
That's almost as good as being independently wealthy. They REEEEEEEE so hard when they can't get you fired for daring to oppose them!
As the song says, "I've got friends in low places...."
I guess if you've got nothing to lose, you can do anything :)
And this is why I still follow you channel. And your content doesn't get stale.
People who pick needless fights are the worst. I've seen guys disagree with someone on an issue they don't really care about, just because they dislike the person (or group the person belongs to) that they're arguing with. I've even seen people who agree on something and could work together, end up fighting just because they think they have to fight the other person because they dislike them. It's not what you were talking about in this video but it's related.
Their is a reason that the ability to defer gratification is the number one indicator of success, even more so then intelligence
It's hard to separate your pride from delicate situations, but once you can do it you'll be a lot safer.
Pretty much the anti thesis of all it take for evil to triump is for good men to do nothing
We are more of mercs attitude, all it take for evil to triump is for it to benefit us or else it will be perished
Yeah, and even then it's not so much we are doing "nothing", we are just selective of what we strike :P
Why fight when you can benefit without fighting
And its always better to cut things deep, unsuspected, untrackable & nobody is unhappy
Gotta please the society after all!
It's sad that there are adults that still haven't learned this basic level of pragmatism.
Good advice. Pick your battles wisely. Winning or being right isn't always the best outcome. IE boss tells me I'm doing something wrong (even though I'm clearly right), just apologize and carry on. Way way easier to get on with my life this way.
Well long ago, I discovered that when I was right, something was/went wrong and that when I was wrong, something was/went right... So I'm happy when people tell me I am wrong, because that usually means that all is right after all... Let that sink in.
If he can't be reasoned with always do it the boss's way first. If it works, fine. If not you're free to show him up.
The best video game comparison I can make here is "A.I. War: Fleet Command". In that game, you (and possibly up to 7 other players) have to defeat two A.I.s via destroying each of their home-worlds. One for each.
The plot of the game is that humanity got screwed and you (and maybe 7 other players) are the last of humanity's line of defense against the rouge A.I. The A.I. control the entire galaxy and have essentially all the resources. However they don't see the players as a threat. So ideally you sneakily build up your power and pull all these guerrilla warfare hit and run tactics and eventually sneak attack the A.I.'s home-worlds and ideally you win.
However, if you play like a warmonger and take over their satellite planets willy nilly, they perpetually send waves of death squads after you (and your allies). The more you make your presence known and the more reason they have to acknowledged you as a legitimate threat, the more heavily armed and more dense in numbers the death squads will be heading at your door step.
This fight is like that game because we can't fight every battle head on like a warmonger. We will get executed almost instantly. Gotta be sneaky.
Solid advice RGE
As the saying goes "fight fights you know you can win"
There's this uptight chick in class who's told me more than once to do something about my attitude when I've barely said a word to her. I'm bound to run into her again, but have less than a year of class to finish. Just gotta let her sad, irksome punches slide until I'm out and working with a group I can better respect.
The problem is you've barely said a word to her. You are supposed to be worshiping her, after all.
spoken like a true tactician
Survival is the key. A dead man can not do anything.
We play so many games, it is time we understand how limited resources work. I hope people can understand that, yes, fight smart is the best option. By the way, the helping proxy wars should be an easy call nowadays.
I like how you just talk about whatever is on your mind.
"SJWs turn on their own." Too true. Intersectional feminism is made up of diverse groups with different goals and beliefs. Once they lose their common enemy, they work to re-educate each other which inevitably surfaces their conflicting beliefs.
The key to fighting strategically, is to have a goal which can be articulated. One must know and understand that goal, and only then can they chart a course toward it. Only after articulating a goal, can one weigh its worth, and decide what they're willing to sacrifice in achieving it. And perhaps more importantly, only after articulating a goal can one evaluate whether their current actions further their cause, and how effectively so.
It sounds simple, and it is, but so many neglect it - and with predictably bad results.
Fight smart, let the other guy fight stupidly. Battles are won by tactics, especially if your outnumbered, outmatched and out funded. Let the dumb guy fall on his sword. Pay no attention to the barking of dogs.
Well you have a very good point and I think you have an outline for a good long term strategist mindset.
Its like what vandamn said to rex. We all have our own war you choose to fight in.
Words of wisdom that to many men have forgotten in this age.
They haven't forgotten, they have just been programmed to be "real men"
I think maybe I mistyped it’s not forgotten it’s more like never learned after all so many men have been raised by single mothers. If I didn’t have older male role models I probably wouldn’t understand the concept of letting the enemy make mistakes and take them out from a point of more power. (Patience is a virtue.)
Here's six rules I go by.
1. Know who you're dealing with. People are unpredictable and not knowing how they react could be fatal in cronfrontations. Don't underestimate anyone.
2. If a fight is Avoidable, avoid it. If the threats persists and there's no way around, unsheathe your sword. Avoid people who dive into action with reckless abandon and be careful around those who lack the self-esteem to confront unavoidable threats.
3. Does the *risk* align with the *reward.* Wasting your time and energy on pointless confrontation is a mistake, use both wisely.
4. Psychological warfare is just as damaging and fatigue inducing as physical warfare, never undermine its effects. Avoid gossipy people, they spread chaos and end up putting themselves in a corner, don't get stuck with them.
5. Don't go looking for trouble or you'll get what you're looking for.
6. Pick confrontations you KNOW you at least won't lose.
"Know the fight"
-JIK Bleach 2018
thank you for the reminder Raging Golden Eagle. I needed to be better focused on what really matters to me! :)
Work smarter not harder is a saying.
I guess it's no coincidence that those who lack the brainpower to work smarter tend to accuse those of us who do of not having "real jobs" huh? It's all the same in the end.
3:54 daaaaaaamn
Blade and Soul has some incredibly sexy characters. If not for it being an MMO I'd love to play it. There simply aren't enough games with sexy jiggly girls IMO.
Anyway, as for the content of the video, it actually took me burning out to learn this lesson, sadly. So I ended up learning it the hard way. Nowadays, unless I think winning an argument is worth the effort, I try to resist the urge and just ignore them. That or if pissing them off will be amusing enough.
The start sounds almost like it's out of Sun Zu, The Art of War.
03:11 Pretty much me in teachers college right now
good to see some teachers who aren't buying into the propaganda! The feminist's biggest 'win' was controlling teaching and getting a hold of kid's minds.
I have a strict policy similar to yours, but I make the caveat that if I think they make good points I will hear them out. Even if I lose. If they change my mind on something, which happens every now and then, great. I am all for expanding my horizons.
People wondered why I cared about Sargon being wrong on some things. Why I criticized him. Because I saw potential for him to be a better person. I don't criticize people that I don't think will benefit from that criticism, like SJWs.
You're right that knowing if you're on the right side of the war is as useful as knowing how to win whatever war you're fighting. Challenging someone every now and then just to remind yourself why you're fighting on the side you are is important just to ensure you're not in a bubble and to renew motivation. I think JS Mill said something about that. I think these are other aspects of 'winning' though. . Also improves your tactics as you point out with sargon.
Most importantly, make sure it's actually YOUR battle, and not something some slimy demagogue is attempting to sell you.
_Beware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a certain action on your part is “good for you” while it is also good for him, while the harm to you doesn’t directly affect him._
-- Nassim Taleb
Not all wars and struggles are obvious to people outside your personal circle of influence. As the saying goes, Peace is Hell.
I have. A single soldier can't fight a war but I can do my part to aid in it. If I can use their own weapons against them, I will. It's my favorite tactic and so far, it's been working.
Don't fight harder, fight smarter ;)
I like the cut of your jib RGE.
your right. same thing in martial arts, small precise strikes. some times stale mate is a victory.
There is a certain degree of truth in that - theoretically a smaller guy take out the bigger, more powerful guy but the reality is that unless the former takes control of the fight right away and doesn't allow the latter the chance to ready his defenses the latter has the advantage.
"Ah, as if muscles had anything to do with strength, in this place!"
They kinda do - yes technique matters, but when the differences in skill are comparable the bigger guy has the edge.
"A woman may have 30% less strength at minimum, but is very capable of making any grown man weep like a little girl without landing a finger on them"
Now you are just talking nonsense.
"Therenis satisfaction in defeating an enemy. But one must never allow oneself to become complacent. There are always more enemies to be identified, faced, and vanquished.
All warriors understand the need to face and defeat the enemy. Both aspects of the task can be challenging. Both can require thought, insight, and planning. Failures in any of those areas can cost unnecessary time and irreplaceable lives.
But a warrior may forget that even the task of identifying the enemy can be difficult. And the cost of that failure can lead to catastrophe."
-- Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn
I learn this in school. If you have to fight because their is no way out , no hero and no help. Go for broke , screw it all and do not pause . leave a scene of horror behind that will be burn in to people mind for good or bad till the day they die. So that no one will be that gun ho about coming after you again. it does not matter if you lose or win the fight some time . Just make sure they know their is a high price to be paid when they come after you .when you have to fight .
"They my poke the bear with a stick but they will never lay a hand on it . After the see it maul someone" . .....
I'm im the same situation, ghosting in college, for my luck, I don't pay "directly" for my college, in my country public colleges are - usually - the best ones, so the taxes are paying my college, but once I'm out with that piece of paper, I'm out.
Loving your creative work there TFM.
This is why Trump won the presidential election he had: clear goals, he knew his target audience, he kept in short and simple which was useful in gaining the votes of less intelligent people and he had the MSM constantly trying to villify him making him the underdog to some people; it also benefitted him having an opponent that tried to act hip but failed to sway young voters their way as well as an ideology than unknowingly pushed voters in Trump's direction
Basically follow the advice of Sun Tzu.
Edit. Funny, I didn't read the comments below before typing in my OP. Seems everybody and their cat knows about Sun Tzu.
Sun Tzu should be mandatory reading for real men!
My principle is to observe rather than get involve directory in a fighting. If there is a fight going on and I'm for one of the sides. I'll simply put myself in the shadows and support the side I'm for indirectly. I guess I'll be the shovel/pickaxe seller during a gold rush sort of approach.
"If you ever see me become a drama channel"
I only ever call people cowards if someone attacks children.
Great insight, this is hard for me and my temper
Stay the course!
I'm what they call a Shadow Warrior.
I pick my battles...all of them, and I also win them all..
_Not to call you a coward, but sometimes cowards survive..._
The enemy Wants a fallout.