• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    11 months ago

    Well, they can, it just makes the peasants hate you.

    It’s not just that though.

    Anyone can get tunnel vision. A basic set of aphorisms is useful to keep yourself on task.

    For example, let’s say you’re the greatest general who ever lived and Russia’s being a petty bitch and keeps running away from fights.

    You can either read a basic set of fundamental rules to remind yourself not to lose it all with greed, or

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      11 months ago

      It’s like the IT version of “did you check that the computer is properly plugged in ?”

      Everyone roll their eyes having to check the plug but a lot of the time the issue can be something basic like that.

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        11 months ago

        Reminds me of that time I drove an hour across town to one of our remote offices… Only for the printer to be unplugged AND the cable to be sitting in the hallway (you could trip over it!)

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      11 months ago

      Or invade Russia, split your armies on the way to Moscow, and end up in Russia during winter with a splintered supply line?