“What is that thing sucking up the fire?” … Oh. NVM.

You'd be surprised.

Feels like the exact opposite for me.

Oh god, I've been there. Trust me friend, its not worth the effort.

I played a lot of Pokémon Showdown (the online, unofficial browser-based competitive battling scene) back around gen6. It gave me an understanding of IVs and EVs, as well as the kind of movesets and types that are good for walls/stalling/trolling/tanking/etc etc.

But it was impossible - even though I played probably many thousands of games, my ranking never really increased. I got much better at predicting attack patterns, for example I could recognise that someone was going to bring out a mon and use a particular move, so I'd switch to a different Pokémon that would resist it. But if I wanted to climb, I had to restrict myself to using only a couple of different Pokémon, essentially abandoning using my favourites which I had been using up til then. I didn't want to do that, as it felt against the spirit of the game. So my rating remained stagnant.

I sort of fell off after gen7 and 8 were released, and have since gotten into Chess. Much more straightforward, everyone has the same pieces and it truly is about skill rather than team composition etc.. ...my rating has improved by several hundred points after about 6 months of consistent play.

I'm sorry then but why the fuck are you even here if your only plan is to say "well I can't do ANYTHING ?" What are you trying to achieve by just playing the misery card ? What are you achieving by shitting on people trying to get motivated on get motivated exactly ? People realized that the 0th step is to stop blaming the world and try to do stuff within their own measures, not give up and be spiteful for 0 good measure, maybe rewatch the image and see how inaction from self pitying leads to no results

No they wouldn't....now at that age they would say " wtf is all this broke shit goin...my guy you work?? Wtf where the Camaro at?...THIS IS WHAT U HAVE NOW what happened to the drop top?"....and probably try to fuck my gf

Easier to just blame stuff than put in effort

You can also practice incorrectly. People always underestimate, or don't want to perform, proper training

This is some prime bullshit. More than likely you just get dragged back forever.

Though if I become a billionaire, I'll upvote the post.

Motivation doesn't magic an extra hour in the day. It doesn't pay the bills. For people working 55 hour manual jobs to get by, no ammount of motivation allows them to pursue their potential in anything. Especially when most things cost money on top of that. Any sport, painting anything. Costs MONEY.

No a believer in “launching forward”. Gradual consistent efforts will always reign supreme to me.

On the day of my birth i entered this world crying my eyes out. 25 years later its not much different

Lol these analogies are getting ridiculous. Life is way tougher with a million more complexities and issues than shooting an arrow.

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Only if they get caught

Ya no

Bruh this is basically "giving up".

That has not been my experience.

“An incursion occurs when the boundary between two universes erodes, and they collide, destroying one or both entirely."

^^^Just ^^a ^^little ^^multiverse ^^humor

Just because someone can do it easier with money doesn't need you just wallow in self pity and do nothing. It's called get motivated, not find excuses to complain.

What if the string snaps? The bow could also fail and break... This metaphor has so many bad ways to be interpreted lmao.

You can work on being better person with zero money. It’s a secret trick the experts don’t want you to know.

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Get that MOTHERFUCKING JUUUUUUUUUICE

I don’t feel good today.

I feel awful. I want to be unalive.

But I know I won’t always feel this way.

This too, shall pass.

All I can do is hope and pray every day. It’s out of my hands at this point.

So today, I’ll try and focus on the things that I can control.

I will try and obtain the juice, so that I may obtain the fire.

Lord knows I have limitless potential when properly loved and inspired.

Thank you, juice man.

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