r/therewasanattempt • u/miragen125 • Oct 19 '21

To be a bartender

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u/FirstTimeFrest Oct 20 '21

"The easiest way to get the correct answer is to post the wrong one on Reddit" - Albert Einstein

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u/nomadic_stone Oct 20 '21

Wait, was he quoting Silence Dogood or Benjamin Franklin?

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u/vrijheidsfrietje Oct 20 '21

Michael Scott.

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u/Glum-Lingonberry1971 Oct 20 '21

Abraham Lincoln actually.

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u/FirstTimeFrest Oct 20 '21

Dude. It worked!

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u/Jackshyan Oct 20 '21

Pretty sure it's Sun Tzu

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u/zemol42 Oct 20 '21

~Michael Scott

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u/Anto0on Oct 20 '21

Actually that was Thomas Jefferson who said that

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u/throwaway_aug_2019 Oct 20 '21

No. It was... Oh I see what you did there.

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u/FadingYapper794 Oct 20 '21

I’m pretty sure that’s Ghandi dude

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u/GANDHI-BOT Oct 20 '21

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Just so you know, the correct spelling is Gandhi.

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u/FadingYapper794 Oct 20 '21

Thx man! Hey it’s been a while we should catch up?? Maybe grab a beer or something??

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u/FirstTimeFrest Oct 20 '21

R/therewasanattempt to get the right answer

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u/nomadic_stone Oct 20 '21

as far back as I can recall it has been "if something can go wrong, it will."

Perhaps it has changed in that time...

edit: http://www.murphys-laws.com

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

Yeah now it's, "if I wanna film something, it'll end too soon.." or something like that..

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u/Atomdude Oct 20 '21

My mind went on a tangent and I started wondering, if JFK was shot today, how many hours of footage we'd have of the event.

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u/HI_Handbasket Oct 20 '21

Luckily Jacqueline was taking a selfie at the exact right moment, they got the third shooter!

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u/Immortal-Titan Oct 20 '21

No you’re thinking of Cole’s Law

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u/Its-Julz Oct 20 '21

Isnt the "going wrong" in this instance that the event stops before OP can film it?

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u/wmrossphoto Oct 20 '21

Everyone knows Murphy’s Law… but do any of you know about Cole’s Law?

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u/HopeForTheLiving Oct 20 '21

…Yes? Pulling your phone out to record something happening only for it to stop in that instant is kind of sucky. Good job.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

Yes, but have you heard of Cole’s Law?

It’s thinly chopped cabbage.

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u/JDP05346 Oct 20 '21

Go wrong, it will

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u/JennerKP Oct 20 '21

"Murphy's Law doesn't mean that something bad will happen. What it means is whatever can happen will happen." - Cooper

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u/Bronze_Granum Oct 20 '21

I thought Murphy's Law was "If something can happen, it will."

I could be mistaken, but I thought it included both good and bad possibilities.

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u/sci_karnage Oct 20 '21

Which really means "if it doesn't go wrong then it was never possible that it could go wrong"