Tbf, the image betrays the quote. The image with the quote suggest sunken cost fallacy as it implies uncertainty about what lies ahead. The quote alone seems to be more in reference of reaching a specific, certain goal that hinges purely on your own efforts.

This seems like something a shitty manager would post on the bulletin board to get their employees to work harder ("you never know how close you are to a raise/promotion!").

Just plug the hole with dirt it'll be fine.

I've done this and it's both vastly improved my life and given me more hope for humanity in general. I was concerned that most people my age fell into this pattern of thinking, but someone recently helped me see differently. It turns out that people who constantly throw blame and trigger warnings around are fairly emotionally abusive and toxic, as they expect me to conform to their often illogical whims. Obviously there is nuance here, and it's not ok to just be an asshole and agitate reasonable people. But plenty of people just get angry over reasonable differences on subjective issues and then attack others in the name of "kindness". Best to cut them out.

Most successful people have given up on bad ideas. The best poker players fold a lot more than novice players. Give up on bad ideas.

Grinds and positivity are overrated. Not useless but overrated.

This image is why I still gamble despite being down $48372636262

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This is how I feel when I play Minecraft

What if you keep going and wind up hitting liquid hot magma?

This shows us only one part of the picture, what about the million of other people who keep digging just to not find anything? The ones that were above or under the diamonds? Well sadly that’s most of us but instead of keep digging like crazy we can find a method, an effective one that isn’t just based on pure luck.

Thinking “I’m going to climb up this mountain” sometimes makes me feel kind of tedious. But I think I climbed them a lot without noticing it because I fell into the depth of the sea and returned to sea level, fetching many souvenirs. My mountains were just upside down. I just think “the difference between ‘where you were’ and ‘where you are now’ is what you got.

That's exactly what this is.

You've invested time or money into something, there's no sign of it paying off in any way, but you should continue on anyways because otherwise you are wasting the resources you've put in. And maybe, despite all indications, you just need to invest a little bit more for it to all pay off.

It applies as well to a gambler sitting at a slot machine, or buying lotto tickets as anything else.

Not that it would really work in the comic... but it seems like it could be improved if it was made clear that the guy on the bottom had been gradually finding more and more diamonds as he went, just not the jackpot he was hoping for.

Then maybe the message could be to not lose hope if you are showing improvement, just not at the pace you hoped for.

Cool but those people pay me and do my yearly reviews.

Ah yes. Just one more.

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There is a balance between both choices depicted in this image. Giving up on an idea that is not producing success for you is not shameful, that's self-improvement. The key is to find a new idea or path.

Why is every top comment here about failing and how "maybe you just shouldn't try at all"?

Did you know? FACT: 99% of compulsive gamblers give up right before they hit the jackpot!*

*paid for by the Las Vegas Association of Casinos

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Yes, please. If the way I act, or think, or talk, bothers you, please go away. Don't expect me to change my attitude or behaviors to suit your attitude and beliefs.

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Um. Maybe post the full thing

This is dumb lol

Sorry but I hate this slogan. Like the other commenter said, bullies are bullies on their own... not because the victim somehow taught them to act like that.

And it's not the victim's responsibility to teach a bully to stop being a bully, either.

Usually the only solution to a toxic person is to get the f away from them

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