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Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:02 am
by Kirby
Which would you prefer?
1.) To be strong, but appear weak to most that you knew (i.e. to be stronger than everybody thought you were).
2.) To be weak, but to appear strong to most that you knew (i.e. to appear stronger to everybody than you actually were).
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:09 am
by Phelan
There's a popular saying: Speak softly and carry a big gun. :p
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:24 am
by CarlJung
Is this a choice I can actually make?
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:36 am
by palapiku
I don't understand this poll at all. You mean at Go?
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:20 am
by Sverre
I chose the sandbagger option.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:47 am
by mdobbins
Phelan wrote:There's a popular saying: Speak softly and carry a big gun. :p
Must be the modern version of the original Teddy Rosevelt quote "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:02 am
by uglyboxer
This reminds me an observation I once heard: In the Northern United States it is a virtue to appear smarter than you are, and in the Southern part a virtue to be smarter than you appear.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:17 am
by tj86430
uglyboxer wrote:This reminds me an observation I once heard: In the Northern United States it is a virtue to appear smarter than you are, and in the Southern part a virtue to be smarter than you appear.
What about the rest of the world?
I have mostly been trying to be smart and appear that as well.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:57 am
by Phelan
mdobbins wrote:Phelan wrote:There's a popular saying: Speak softly and carry a big gun. :p
Must be the modern version of the original Teddy Rosevelt quote "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Misremembered the quote.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:03 pm
by rubin427
Kirby wrote:1.) To be strong, but appear weak to most that you knew.
This is the ideal situation for any gambler - not that I make a habit of betting on games...
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:04 pm
by Chew Terr
Easy polls are easy =D
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:26 pm
by Kirby
Chew Terr wrote:Easy polls are easy =D
Yeah, I figured most people would choose the first option, but I was both curious and bored. One person selected the second choice, though, so I guess it isn't a totally unanimous opinion.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:31 pm
by Toge
CarlJung wrote:Is this a choice I can actually make?
- Most emphatically YES.
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:03 pm
by Hagios
Appearances notwithstanding, the choice is easy. "Would you prefer to be strong, or weak?" is the important question here. The secondary question of "How do you want others to see you" is fairly inconsequential. If people see you as weak, that doesn't matter much, if you're strong. I suppose appearing strong could be a virtue to a weak person, though...
Re: Strength or Looking Strong?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:15 pm
by nami
appear weak
be strong
it doesn't matter how your appearance is ...