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[(PS4)NIXXSAXX]

nothing more to say

[(PS4)NIXXSAXX]

Yes I will keep saying and asking the same thing

[Silverfire]

insanity (noun): the act of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

[Gueber]

At this rate MMR will be turned off soon (along with the rest of the game).

[William_Adama]

I cant even find what the update 7 for ps4 and xbox has, I do not have ps4 or xbox so I cant see for my self  R.I.P

[thedark20]

Turn off howken

[(PS4)NIXXSAXX]

The update did nothing I could see they say they changed the controller schematic but I haven't been able to play to see

[(PS4)NIXXSAXX]

Lol it jus seems like they don't care at all smh how the hell do they get paid? For doing what? Jus looking at a pc screen all day

[StubbornPuppet]

insanity (noun): the act of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

 

That is neither the definition of Insanity, nor usually is the original quote accurately attributed.

 

Insanity is actually defined as mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.

 

And it wasn't Albert Einstein or any other famous person who said it.  It was a line from the original Alcoholics Anonymous handbook from the 70's as part of the recovery mantra.

Edited by StubbornPuppet, 21 September 2017 - 08:25 AM.

[Silverfire]

That is neither the definition of Insanity, nor usually is the original quote accurately attributed.

 

Insanity is actually defined as mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.

 

And it wasn't Albert Einstein or any other famous person who said it.  It was a line from the original Alcoholics Anonymous handbook from the 70's as part of the recovery mantra.

 

[EM1O]

 

And it wasn't Albert Einstein or any other famous person who said it.  It was a line from the original Alcoholics Anonymous handbook from the 70's as part of the recovery mantra. citation needed

Albert Einstein knew that someday people would be falsely attributing internet memes to him.

heh.

Snopes.com doesn't even address this, although they do have an excellent (hilarious) article on how golf was really invented by eastern european jews (knowing a little hebrew/yiddish helps).

 

Edited by EM1O, 21 September 2017 - 03:30 PM.

[StubbornPuppet]

The origin of the phrase is something I learned about somewhere around 90-92.  Since that predates the internet (mostly), I had to go do some digging to provide citation of the origin belonging to AA.  I found this Huffington Post article that mentions it, but it's dated and the link in the article to the original 81 AA book is broken.

 

http://www.huffingto..._n_1159927.html

 

But, at least a somewhat reliable source is saying the same.  The next earliest example of this phrase being published is in Rita Mae Brown’s novel, Sudden Death, it was written in 1984.  There are interviews from 82 where Rita Mae Brown used the phrase in an interview, but says she heard it from a person who was in NA (narcotics anonymous) in 82.  So, I'd say that NA borrowed it from AA.

 

There are quotes from the founder of AA in the 70's that have the founder of AA using a very similar phrase during seminars - "Making a mistake once is called learning. Making it twice means you’re not learning."

 

But, etymology historians widely agree that there is no evidence to attribute this phrase to anyone, famous or otherwise, prior to 1981.  But, it's still possible that the phrase was passed by word-of-mouth up until the point that the author of the AA handbook published it... but evidence is completely lacking.

Edited by StubbornPuppet, 22 September 2017 - 10:22 AM.

[Gueber]

The origin of the phrase is something I learned about somewhere around 90-92.  Since that predates the internet (mostly), I had to go do some digging to provide citation of the origin belonging to AA.  I found this Huffington Post article that mentions it, but it's dated and the link in the article to the original 81 AA book is broken.

 

http://www.huffingto..._n_1159927.html

 

But, at least a somewhat reliable source is saying the same.  The next earliest example of this phrase being published is in Rita Mae Brown’s novel, Sudden Death, it was written in 1984.  There are interviews from 82 where Rita Mae Brown used the phrase in an interview, but says she heard it from a person who was in NA (narcotics anonymous) in 82.  So, I'd say that NA borrowed it from AA.

 

There are quotes from the founder of AA in the 70's that have the founder of AA using a very similar phrase during seminars - "Making a mistake once is called learning. Making it twice means you’re not learning."

 

But, etymology historians widely agree that there is no evidence to attribute this phrase to anyone, famous or otherwise, prior to 1981.  But, it's still possible that the phrase was passed by word-of-mouth up until the point that the author of the AA handbook published it... but evidence is completely lacking.

 

Congrats you have gone wildly off topic.