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    Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

    "May you live in interesting times" is a made-up American thing that isn't actually Chinese but I don't mind it so much because the sentiment it expresses is accurate to Chinese beliefs (as well as being generally accurate) The one that gets me is "crisis = danger + opportunity"

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      2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

        That particular aphorism, much beloved by inspirational speakers at get-rich-quick seminars, is not only based on a wildly reaching interpretation of how Chinese characters are written, but the idea behind it is that of, well, an opportunist who tries to profit off crises

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      3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

        You'll notice that "Crisis = danger + opportunity" expresses the exact opposite meaning of "May you live in interesting times" being a "curse", i.e. it's telling people that chaos and disruption is good and you should try to find a way to benefit from it

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      4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

        The full text of the original saying, "Better to be a dog in a time of peace than a man in a time of disaster", does serve as a fuller and more explicit rejection of the whole American "disruption" mentality though It's something disaster capitalists would directly argue with

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      5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

        I've lived through too many sales seminars where they actively try to goad you like a high school bully into proving your manhood by quitting your job and staking your household finances on some predatory MLM

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      6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020

        "Would you rather try something great and fail, like a man, or just live the rest of your life in comfort and fear like a pussy" The latter because I'm not a fucking idiot That's the wisdom of my ancestors

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      2. Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li‏ @perdricof 21 Dec 2020
        Replying to @arthur_affect

        there is of course the less well-known american saying, "opportunity=crisis+wealth"

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      3. Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li‏ @perdricof 21 Dec 2020
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        which is just an algebraic transformation of the first saying, if you want to stretch it opportunity=crisis-danger

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      1. (((Barak)))‏ @lawnerdbarak 21 Dec 2020
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        μολὼν λαβέ might be literally “come and take them” but with grammar structures English doesn’t have, “from my cold dead hands” really is closer to the original idea being expressed.

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      2. Fen-nic Hartley  🔞‏ @nichartley 21 Dec 2020
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        "is accurate to Chinese beliefs" as in interesting times are seen as bad? (Having trouble parsing that sentence, sorry.)

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      3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 21 Dec 2020
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        Yes, the idea of the saying is that "May you live in interesting times" is a curse

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