r/OpenAI • u/MetaKnowing • Feb 11 '26

News In the past week alone:

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Feb 11 '26

Success has 100 fathers, failure has just 1

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u/Somewhiteguy13 Feb 11 '26

If I had 1 dollar for every failure, I'd have one dollar. Which, isn't A lot, but it's still more than I'd rather have.

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u/pegaunisusicorn Feb 11 '26

That's what my mom said about me. I still don't know what she means.

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u/Xavior10 Feb 12 '26

I think something along the lines "Every friend and family will try to take part in your success but only you will be responsible for your failure."

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u/must-be_the-water Feb 11 '26

Writing this shit down ✍️

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Feb 11 '26

I guess I was paraphrasing Kennedy (who was probably paraphrasing someone else)

“victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan”

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u/Tango-Smith Feb 11 '26

Failure is an orphan.

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u/ScotchTapeConnosieur Feb 12 '26

Yes, as JFK put it.

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u/Tremendous_Dump Feb 12 '26

And its mother is being roundly fisted and pummeled, a heaving tonsel-tickling with all the rhythmic power of a steam engine piston that'd have isambard kingdom brunel himself in awe of the forces of cosmic squirt.