Poll of the Day > Life's problems aren't solved by running away.

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More of Judgemenl's words to live by.

I dont know, if the problem was run away, or be eaten by a tiger, I think id choose run.

personally i like to just get really drunk

If the problem is a murderer or a toxic situation, it is

it worked for Hercules

Quite a few problems are best solved by running away. The challenge is learning which ones.

thanks Dr Phil

keyblader1985 posted...

If the problem is a murderer or a toxic situation, it is

Or if your house is on fire.

Like adjl said, quite a few problems are solved by running away.

Welcome to the real world.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Or if your house is on fire.

That's a terrible example. That just mitigates your problem, it doesn't solve it. You maybe saved your life, but you still lost your house and possessions (and possibly pets and family).

sveksii posted...

That's a terrible example. That just mitigates your problem, it doesn't solve it. You maybe saved your life, but you still lost your house and possessions (and possibly pets and family).

The problem you're solving there is the "not burning to death" problem. A problem you can't really solve by staying inside your house until smoke inhalation and fire give up and go away on their own because you've wowed them with sheer determination and personal initiative.

Sure, running away isn't going to solve the problem of your house and possession burning down, but staying there isn't going to solve that problem either. Unless you consider being dead a viable solution. Because if you burn to death you probably no longer care about whether or not your house and possessions are safe or not, which is technically a solution.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

The problem you're solving there is the "not burning to death" problem. A problem you can't really solve by staying inside your house until smoke inhalation and fire give up and go away on their own because you've wowed them with sheer determination and personal initiative.

Sure, running away isn't going to solve the problem of your house and possession burning down, but staying there isn't going to solve that problem either. Unless you consider being dead a viable solution. Because if you burn to death you probably no longer care about whether or not your house and possessions are safe or not, which is technically a solution.

While you might of been able to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher, you decided to just run away. Sure your 2 year old daughter burned to death because you just ran away and left her behind. And sure you just lost all of your possessions. And sure you died from hypothermia after running a away for a few hours in the freezing cold. But hey, ever since growing up as a child your only worry in life was not burning to death, so you solved your problem.

sveksii posted...

While you might of been able to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher, you decided to just run away. Sure your 2 year old daughter burned to death because you just ran away and left her behind. And sure you just lost all of your possessions. And sure you died from hypothermia after running a away for a few hours in the freezing cold. But hey, ever since growing up as a child your only worry in life was not burning to death, so you solved your problem.

Hold up... are you suggesting that there might be nuances to problem solving and that making blanket statements about how appropriate running away is in any given broad class of situation is silly?

adjl posted...

Hold up... are you suggesting that there might be nuances to problem solving and that making blanket statements about how appropriate running away is in any given broad class of situation is silly?

Fuckin got em!

Ogurisama posted...

I dont know, if the problem was run away, or be eaten by a tiger, I think id choose run.

You don't have to outrun the tiger, you only have to outrun the other guy being chased by the tiger.

I make these really light threads and people take them way too seriously.

PotD threads are srs bsns

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Or if your house is on fire.

Like adjl said, quite a few problems are solved by running away.

running away only removes immediate danger, it doesn't solve problems. "the building is burning down" is not solved by running away from it. "there is a violent person/animal threatening people" isn't either. it's actually a first step that often comes before problem solving: moving those in danger to safety, even if it's yourself.

How about instead of saying, "Life's problems aren't solved by running away," how about say, "Many of life's problems aren't solved by running away," or "Some of life's problems aren't solved by running away."