Well but if you solve 50% of your problems, and then another 50% of the rest, you'll still have some problems left 🙈
25%, specifically.
Just buy another book then, you'll have only 12.5% of your problems left.
Hmmm, this is going to take forever...
Better buy all the books and then not start reading even the first one ever.
No, I will absolutely read the first 2 or 3 pages before I quit.
OK, maybe just the first page.
Nah you'll quickly be close enough to functionally have 0 problems.
Pretty soon most of your problems will be related to buying and storing books.
Of the original 100%, yes.
I saw a book titled "How to solve 50% of your problems", so I bought ∞
Well now you moved the problem forward. The new bottleneck is reading all ∞ books
Zeno is gonna be really upset that you are reading from their diary.
have to read it in parallel, not in series
Race condition: You have solved the same 50% problems twice.
Entire book: "Be rich"
we are about 30 seconds way from amazon selling books by chapter.
Chapter 1 How to be rich: Sell this book
Untold part of the book "Don't be black or a woman or with a disability or...
[off topic]
I once found a book that actually improved my life. It's "Discover What You're Best At" by Linda Gail.
I always thought I just hated work, and then I found out that if I have a job I don't hate I can enjoy life.
Nice. I'll buy two of that... just to be sure.
I've brought about half a dozen over the years. I give them away to people who are struggling. It actually helps.
But my biggest problem is that I ran out of shelf space!
Perhaps they should dance on the head of a pin while they read it.
22 Comments
CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 1y
Well but if you solve 50% of your problems, and then another 50% of the rest, you'll still have some problems left 🙈
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 30 pts · 1y
25%, specifically.
Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 1y
Just buy another book then, you'll have only 12.5% of your problems left.
Hmmm, this is going to take forever...
flughoernchen@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Better buy all the books and then not start reading even the first one ever.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
No, I will absolutely read the first 2 or 3 pages before I quit.
OK, maybe just the first page.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
Nah you'll quickly be close enough to functionally have 0 problems.
jaybone@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Pretty soon most of your problems will be related to buying and storing books.
CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Of the original 100%, yes.
towerful@programming.dev · 19 pts · 1y
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
Well now you moved the problem forward. The new bottleneck is reading all ∞ books
topherclay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Zeno is gonna be really upset that you are reading from their diary.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
have to read it in parallel, not in series
gumball4933@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Race condition: You have solved the same 50% problems twice.
BlackLaZoR@fedia.io · 8 pts · 1y
Entire book: "Be rich"
uraniumcovid@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
we are about 30 seconds way from amazon selling books by chapter.
BlackLaZoR@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Chapter 1 How to be rich: Sell this book
LostXOR@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
Untold part of the book "Don't be black or a woman or with a disability or...
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
[off topic]
I once found a book that actually improved my life. It's "Discover What You're Best At" by Linda Gail.
I always thought I just hated work, and then I found out that if I have a job I don't hate I can enjoy life.
Dav09@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
Nice. I'll buy two of that... just to be sure.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
I've brought about half a dozen over the years. I give them away to people who are struggling. It actually helps.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
But my biggest problem is that I ran out of shelf space!
toynbee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Perhaps they should dance on the head of a pin while they read it.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y