You can call it cruelty; you can call it pettiness, but getting revenge is pretty satisfying. And when you’re dishing out karma to your enemy, it’s even more enjoyable. When it comes to getting back at someone, people prefer instant gratification: studies show that 58% of people would rather strike the revenge iron while it’s hot, while the remaining 42% would be willing to wait to enact their revenge.
Karma works in mysterious ways, and sometimes, you don’t even have to do anything to see your biggest rivals fail. In a recent online thread, people shared stories about how their opps tripped over their own egos and made mistakes so grave they ruined their lives. They were prompted by user u/l1x6m asking, “Napoleon said, 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' What’s a perfect real-life example of this?” And we think many of these stories would definitely make Napoleon proud.
#42
Don't respond to a stupid comment in an argument. It's a win-win: they get their last word, and the last word speaks for itself.
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6points
#43
Letting people train AI for free with their answers in r/AskReddit.
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6points
#44
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The Czar in Russia when Napoleon invaded.
The English in Spain when Napoleon invaded.
The English in Egypt when Napoleon invaded.
Most remarkably, each time he was heavily advised against each of the invasions and ignored the advice he received.
The Czar in Russia when Napoleon invaded.
The English in Spain when Napoleon invaded.
The English in Egypt when Napoleon invaded.
Most remarkably, each time he was heavily advised against each of the invasions and ignored the advice he received.
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6points
#45
HR answer:
Every time an employee starts justifying the really stupid thing they (supposedly) did. Or start explaining their odd, paid sick leaves every other weekend.
Just let them talk and take notes.
Every time an employee starts justifying the really stupid thing they (supposedly) did. Or start explaining their odd, paid sick leaves every other weekend.
Just let them talk and take notes.
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6points
#46
When a company put something in writing that you have warned them is wrong, illegal, not going to work, etc.
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6points
#47
A guy i worked with was stealing out the till, i saw my boss pull up in his car and i kept my mouth shut. He walked in just as he was stuffing money into his pocket lmao.
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6points
#48
My buddy's wife during their divorce thought he was spying on her through the Alexa, so she would go out on the front porch to talk strategy with her lawyer thinking that the Ring Doorbell no longer worked. But before he moved out he had fixed it and it recorded all of her conversations with the lawyer. While he couldn't make out everything she was saying, he could tell the only angle they had was to accuse him of cheating, which he absolutely did not do. He knew then they had no case and he and his lawyer could better strategize to get everything swung in his favor.
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5points
#49
He wasn't my enemy until he said this, but someone in a negotiation told a very fundamental lie and I was able to verify it was a lie. I quietly put that in my pocket and let the negotiations go on for months with him thinking that I believed him.
That's the not interrupting him.
I brought it up in the last hour of the 6 month process and he immediately folded.
That's the not interrupting him.
I brought it up in the last hour of the 6 month process and he immediately folded.
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2points
#50
"Please proceed, Governor."
Barack Obama said that in a 2012 presidential debate. His opponent Mitt Romney had started saying something utterly stupid, and the moderator interrupted him, and Romney argued with the moderator for a moment, before Obama cut in to get the moderator to let Romney talk.
ETA: I misremembered. Obama did say it to Romney, but Romney wasn't arguing with the moderator. Someone posted the video further down.
Barack Obama said that in a 2012 presidential debate. His opponent Mitt Romney had started saying something utterly stupid, and the moderator interrupted him, and Romney argued with the moderator for a moment, before Obama cut in to get the moderator to let Romney talk.
ETA: I misremembered. Obama did say it to Romney, but Romney wasn't arguing with the moderator. Someone posted the video further down.
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2points
#51
Don't point out when your employer is coming down on you in the wrong. Take the hit, then make sure someone higher finds out about it.
If they back down they'll always look for an opportunity to try again. If they get bopped for it, they'll leave you alone for a good long while.
If they back down they'll always look for an opportunity to try again. If they get bopped for it, they'll leave you alone for a good long while.
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2points
#53
Guy in a sports car blitzes by you, speeding dangerously, maybe cuts you off or almost hits you? Don't flip out. Just let him keep driving and a ways down the road you'll either see him pulled over or wrapped around a tree.
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#54
When the person serving you at subway accidentally gives you 3 scoops of meat instead of 2.
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#55
I did some kind of parliament work, a bit like student representation or a board for an organisation.
Nothing official, but still has it's own rules. And things are usually done based on majority votes
On two separate occasions different people from the same "party" introduced an idea and we tried our best to find common ground, but they wouldn't budge.
Both times we let them go ahead. Both times they crushingly lost the vote. Because they needed the votes of 2/3 of the people - and the group of people trying to find common ground consisted of more than 1/3.
The faces when you then correct them telling them that the proposed idea has been rejected and not accepted, because they did not consider the rules, is great.
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#56
Valve Software since 2004. There's a reason that one of the most long-running memes about Steam is:
>do nothing
>win.
>do nothing
>win.
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