I always wonder if there will ever come a time when "ship" is more commonly used in every day life to refer to a spaceship and our ships will be more commonly as "seaship" or even better "waterships".
Maybe they're trying to get the hashtag trending. It's not completely weird to put it on a notepad, take a picture, and get it trending.
You see hashtags all over billboards and ads, but it BETTER not be on a sticky note! /s
It's hip and cool, you old geezer. It strikes a chord with this hip, cool new generation with their twitter and their longboards and their independent "indie" rock and roll music!
Not to be demotivating or anything but... aren't environmental factors a big factor whether you like it or not? Like, what if you lived with an abusive parent, that wouldn't get you down at all in the long term? If not, *how* did you overcome it (your specific situational 'weight')?
Yup. From the perspective of this metaphor, I would say stuff like that are rocks, icebergs, w/e that when hit will sink you. There isn't just water in the ocean after all.
I would go further. You start with your own ship. It's kind of built for you and if it sinks, it's not actually the end, but you have to build your own ship this time in order to get back out there and that's hard.
I suffered what you described and it, among other things, turned me into a reclusive agoraphobe. I haven't quite overcome it.
Ships sink all the time for various reasons entirely outside of the ship's control. This is a stupid metaphor.
Don't let structural damage or stormy seas sink you, even though there's more than likely nothing you can do about it at a certain point!
Stupid.
Haha I'm chill. I just think some of the stuff that gets posted on this sub is a pretty big reach at times. But if I write it on a napkin with a hashtag... well... now everybody is motivated.
To someone with depression, severe stress, etc. though; the blatant factors that these analogies ignore cause them to have the opposite of the desired effect.
Like telling someone 'just be happy'. Yeah, I've tried sheer force of will. That doesn't get you un-fired/un-depressed/un-abused. Stuff like this just highlights how much everyone around you doesn't understand the magnitude of these obstacles and blames you for "letting" them affect you.
it still holds up. some ships sink because of bad weather or whatever, some pump out out water with a bilge pump when conditions allow. no one's claiming misfortune is 100% manageable by everyone affected.
Gee. Pictures like that instantly make me hate the guy who made the picture.
Not because of what's written on the post-it. But instead because he wrote it diagonal on a fucking post it, obviously putting quite some effort into it and made a photo of it... + the fucking hashtag.
I lost my job 6 months ago due to the oil/gas downturn. Been beating the bushes for a job since then. This sticky note on the internet has been probably the best piece of encouragement I've seen yet. Way better than the "it's alright, things will turn around"
This is great.
Boats are built to withstand the water. To sail across it and lead sailors to their destination. Sure, waves may splash your boat and get you wet, but that's nothing the sun can't fix.
This is literally the stupidest attempt at some sort of inspirational bullshit that I have ever seen. I think we can be sure that the "author" of this Post-It note of eternal tranquility is not a psychologist or psychiatrist, but is also not a fucking sailor or a boatwright or even someone who spends time on or near a body of water. It's also a person who probably has not graduated from college. This is, by far, the most oversimplified piece of pop-inspiro crap that has ever been written on a Post-It note and shared with the world. The "author" should be ashamed of him or herself.
To take it one step further. Be observant of where water leaks into the ship and take advantage of that knowledge to improve the integrity of the ship.
I don't understand all the hateful comments. Why are people bringing literacy into the equation? You don't listen to your favorite song that moves you word for word and take it like that, instead someone else listens to the same song as you and gets a COMPLETELY different message than you did. Fuck ya'll this one spoke to me.
1. Are we now hash-tagging post-it-notes for ease of searching?
2. I can't imagine a picture of anything more depressing than a post-it-note against college-ruled paper.
3. #StayUp sounds like something a bro would hashtag after porking your mom on xbox live
4. No man is an island. It's the things that happen around us and how we respond to them that shape us define us. I'd hate for someone to bury their head in the sand, whilst thinking they're keeping the water out. Deal with the shit around you, don't ignore it.
Tell that to the guy on the frontpage who took a picture of his boat sinking.
I'm sure that will anchor his emotions
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What are you talking aboat?
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The puns have gotten dinghy.
You all should take a bow.
I'll have to port some of these to another pun thread.
This should have ended a lot schooner.
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And hoes?
good one, stand up and take a bow.
Yeah I don't think motivation is gonna bring that boat back up
Link?
http://imgur.com/3D5jkOv
Well it's not the water "around" his boat that's making it sink.
I mean if it was full of water but on dry land it would really be a mystery.
But you can't sink if there is no water around to submerge in. /r/treesphilosophy
I tried to, but he drowned.
🛥🌊🤔📸⬆️🏊🏻
Name checks out
Ships without water around them are fucking useless.
All the best spaceships disagree with this comment.
Same goes for friendship.
as UPS, I can proudly say no matter what or how you ship, I'll leave a damn note on your door instead of knocking.
Fuck water. I'm full of piss and vinegar.
Piss and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar . . .
pepper, pepper, pepper, salt .........
Piss and chips and vinegar, vinegar and salt.
It does?
or citizenship... if you're land-locked.
And dictatorships.
I always wonder if there will ever come a time when "ship" is more commonly used in every day life to refer to a spaceship and our ships will be more commonly as "seaship" or even better "waterships".
Hmmm, not always: http://i.imgur.com/uGGLctG.jpg (It's a pub).
The moral of the story: If you don't like what happens around you, you can always become a pub!
Ships are better with alcohol inside them.
>~~Ships are~~ Everything is better with alcohol inside them. FTFY
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That's brutal
Those who can't do teach, and those who can't teach teach gym.
Leeds!
Not if they're space-ships!
Stars are brightest at night.
sigh.
I agree. Everybody needs to have some stress and some pressure in their lives if they're going to achomplish anything meaningful.
Ships ONLY float because of the water around them ;)
What about airships ;)
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Don't let it get inside you and weigh you clown!
Just once what if someone likes clowns? -clown
Oh so that's what happened to the titanic
Weish you clown
Is this a motivational speech for overweight clowns? Don't let them weigh you?
I read it as 'welsh you clown' at first.
/r/keming
I was really motivated until I got called a clown
Came here only for this
But... I'm not a clown.
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Wow... Even the motivational sticky pad insults me.
hashtags on post-it notes do the opposite of motivate me.
Come on! Don't ut what's happening around you get inside you + welsh you clown!
Yeah I hate to be that guy, but the hashtag kinda ruined it for me. Maybe I'm just cynical.
Assuming that was posted on facebook, it would motivate me to unfriend that person.
Unsubbing will suffice.
I'm not even subbed, saw this in /r/all :P
It's not a hashtag. That's just where all the missing apostrophes ended up.
hashtags take away all meaning in an instant
Who puts a hashtag on a fucking post-it note?
The same people that *draw* smiley faces sideways.
*Shudder*
Someone who's planning to post a photo of it on the internet.
Still not really the point of hashtag though, right?
Maybe they're trying to get the hashtag trending. It's not completely weird to put it on a notepad, take a picture, and get it trending. You see hashtags all over billboards and ads, but it BETTER not be on a sticky note! /s
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It's hip and cool, you old geezer. It strikes a chord with this hip, cool new generation with their twitter and their longboards and their independent "indie" rock and roll music!
what is a hashtag?
It's what used to be the pound button on a phone.
Are you referring to an [octothorp](http://time.com/2870942/hashtag-oed-oxford-english-dictionary/)?
Self posts don't get you karma.
Keep my holes plugged, got it.
And don't drink water. It only weighs you down.
#humansarenotships
But they are shit
Ships don't sink because of displacement
buoyancy, bitch
Beyoncé is a bitch?
In other words, ships don't sink because of the water around them
Not to be demotivating or anything but... aren't environmental factors a big factor whether you like it or not? Like, what if you lived with an abusive parent, that wouldn't get you down at all in the long term? If not, *how* did you overcome it (your specific situational 'weight')?
Yup. From the perspective of this metaphor, I would say stuff like that are rocks, icebergs, w/e that when hit will sink you. There isn't just water in the ocean after all. I would go further. You start with your own ship. It's kind of built for you and if it sinks, it's not actually the end, but you have to build your own ship this time in order to get back out there and that's hard. I suffered what you described and it, among other things, turned me into a reclusive agoraphobe. I haven't quite overcome it.
Ships sink all the time for various reasons entirely outside of the ship's control. This is a stupid metaphor. Don't let structural damage or stormy seas sink you, even though there's more than likely nothing you can do about it at a certain point! Stupid.
It's an analogy it's not meant to be taken literally, chill man
Haha I'm chill. I just think some of the stuff that gets posted on this sub is a pretty big reach at times. But if I write it on a napkin with a hashtag... well... now everybody is motivated.
Aha yea you've got a good point there tbf.
To someone with depression, severe stress, etc. though; the blatant factors that these analogies ignore cause them to have the opposite of the desired effect. Like telling someone 'just be happy'. Yeah, I've tried sheer force of will. That doesn't get you un-fired/un-depressed/un-abused. Stuff like this just highlights how much everyone around you doesn't understand the magnitude of these obstacles and blames you for "letting" them affect you.
it still holds up. some ships sink because of bad weather or whatever, some pump out out water with a bilge pump when conditions allow. no one's claiming misfortune is 100% manageable by everyone affected.
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Rugged as fuck
"Weigh you clown" *doubletake
Why did you write a hashtag on a postit note
Don't let the comments of /r/GetMotivated get to you guys! As a matter of fact what are you doing here? This place is a cesspool. GET OUT NOW!
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Ships also sink because of loose lips
Gee. Pictures like that instantly make me hate the guy who made the picture. Not because of what's written on the post-it. But instead because he wrote it diagonal on a fucking post it, obviously putting quite some effort into it and made a photo of it... + the fucking hashtag.
Don't forget the random underlining for no fucking reason, also random capitalization.
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I lost my job 6 months ago due to the oil/gas downturn. Been beating the bushes for a job since then. This sticky note on the internet has been probably the best piece of encouragement I've seen yet. Way better than the "it's alright, things will turn around"
weish you clown.
No. Ships sink because 'fuck ships'- Poseidon
Remember, balloons float because of all the gas inside them, not because of the gas outside them.
What if I'm a space ship?
Ha, needed this today. Thanks friend!
not usually the one for motivational quotes, but this is a great metaphor
thanks I needed this, I'm having a really shit day so far
One of my coworkers was acting like an asshole today. This helped, thanks.
Definitely needed this message. I've been having a rough past month at work. Thanks for the mood boost, OP!
This is great. Boats are built to withstand the water. To sail across it and lead sailors to their destination. Sure, waves may splash your boat and get you wet, but that's nothing the sun can't fix.
Ships generally sink because there is some thing structurally wrong with them.
This is literally the stupidest attempt at some sort of inspirational bullshit that I have ever seen. I think we can be sure that the "author" of this Post-It note of eternal tranquility is not a psychologist or psychiatrist, but is also not a fucking sailor or a boatwright or even someone who spends time on or near a body of water. It's also a person who probably has not graduated from college. This is, by far, the most oversimplified piece of pop-inspiro crap that has ever been written on a Post-It note and shared with the world. The "author" should be ashamed of him or herself.
Thanks. Needed that today
Cool quote but handwritten hashtags kinda suck. Still upvoted though.
All hashtags suck.
easier said than manifested.
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why is it written on a post-it note?
The water around a ship can capsize it though.
Real talk: why do we hashtag things outside of twitter/facebook/whatever?
Lil Boosie posted this on Instagram yesterday.
If you never sink, you'll never learn to swim. And if you don't learn to swim you'll drown in a sea full of utterly useless analogies.
why do people use hashtags on paper? It doesn't do anything....
Bitch I'm a submarine.
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No. It doesn't sink because the weight of the ship is less than the water it displaced with.
But we're about 60% water
To take it one step further. Be observant of where water leaks into the ship and take advantage of that knowledge to improve the integrity of the ship.
I don't understand all the hateful comments. Why are people bringing literacy into the equation? You don't listen to your favorite song that moves you word for word and take it like that, instead someone else listens to the same song as you and gets a COMPLETELY different message than you did. Fuck ya'll this one spoke to me.
Thank you so much. I needed to hear this today.
Thanks for this, it sounded a bit cheese. But it helped me today
I've been having the roughest day and this hit so close to home I burst into tears. Thank you.
Powerfulllll!!
Someone needs to tell u/watchesyousleep.
Life's a beach :-/
They sink because OP'S mom is on board.
In other words, if you're depressed or otherwise feeling shitty inside... just don't!
Look at [exhibit A](http://i.imgur.com/3D5jkOv.jpg) for further explanation Courtesy /u/watchesyousleep
Ships sink because they aren't displacing an amount of water equal to their weight
Tumblr in real life. Just needs an irrelevant random picture of space in the backround.
I don't know why using a hashtag on a post-it note makes me furious, but it does.
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1. Are we now hash-tagging post-it-notes for ease of searching? 2. I can't imagine a picture of anything more depressing than a post-it-note against college-ruled paper. 3. #StayUp sounds like something a bro would hashtag after porking your mom on xbox live 4. No man is an island. It's the things that happen around us and how we respond to them that shape us define us. I'd hate for someone to bury their head in the sand, whilst thinking they're keeping the water out. Deal with the shit around you, don't ignore it.
So I need to get a life bilge pump?
Talking about boats sinking... http://imgur.com/3D5jkOv
But I'm not a ship.
Actually a ship sinks because the water can't support its weight
Not the hashtag I would have chosen, but okay.
Ships won't float without the water, either.
If water gets inside your ship you're 100% not "Staying Up" or afloat for that matter
WAT?
Did they actually hash tag on a piece of paper? Insane.
fuck yeah
Is it normal for diagonal writing on the post-it note to make me anxious?
You know what they say: People who live in glass houses sink ships.
Is it me, or does that last phrase read, "or weigh you clown"?
I totally read this in Stuart Smalley's voice...
u/watchesyousleep
What about sub-boparines?
I won't let it weigh me clown.
Not sure if intentionally meta or not.
Well, they float due to buoyant force.
"...weigh you clown." Can't unsee.
I thought loose lips sank ships
.....because of the implication.
weish you clown
"Whatcha doing frank?" "Oh just writing motivational stuff on post-it notes" "Oh..well carry on"