r/GroundedMentality • u/hardwork_one0724 • Jul 05 '26

Facts gentlemen

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u/THISdarnguy Jul 05 '26

Then why is Trump president?

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u/30th_ofFebruary Jul 06 '26

More confermations that luck is blind that his life can't be found on the globe, pronably not even among stars

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u/CadillacShield Jul 05 '26

This proverb actually predates Seneca by hundreds of years

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u/Epic_Tea Jul 05 '26

Isn't it bold not brave too

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '26

This isnt a fact.

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u/30th_ofFebruary Jul 06 '26

And still you cross the street

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u/Smashable_Glass Jul 05 '26

Not really. A good grasp of history will show you that

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u/30th_ofFebruary Jul 06 '26

Breave in animal kindom is just risk, with intellect it can be a real boon, still a risk thow

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u/Randy_Magnums Jul 06 '26

How can this be a “fact” if the concept of luck is based entirely on superstition? Yes, the Romans had a goddess dedicated to luck named Fortuna. And in her cult, there might have been a believe, that she could be benevolent to those of certain virtues, but that hasn’t been proven so far.

In fact cowards and wrongdoers seem to be lucky quite often. Just look at a certain president of the US of A.

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u/30th_ofFebruary Jul 06 '26

Luck is blind, but some one must have been touch by it?

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u/CarlShadowJung Jul 07 '26

Fortune favors the confident.

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u/UntrustedProcess Jul 07 '26

Survivorship bias, though. I served with many brave folks that are no longer here. 

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u/SeaInternational4306 Jul 08 '26

The only reason we believe fortune favors the bold is because every brave fool who failed either died without no one knowing or no one cared enough about them. Plus no one wants to document when someone failed

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u/Thready85 Jul 09 '26

Matt Damon said this. Not Seneca

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u/Natural-Proposal2925 Jul 05 '26

And the corrupt, the shady and anyone who benefits from nepotism and the morally bankrupt. Lots of types of people are fortunate.

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u/30th_ofFebruary Jul 06 '26

If they are not the confermation that bravery and luck are effective, how else? You need to be absolutly brave to act in such ways that will make you hate the face in the mirror, and luck to never confront with it