Philosophical ponderings

[HammerheadFistpunch]

Let's say I want to do better than half-assed work. But not great work. Would I be doing < half-assed work or > half-assed work?

Is 3/4 assed work better than 1/4 assed work? Does the ass refer to the amount of effort you bring, or the amount of suck? Would great work be full assed or no assed?

These the kinds I things I be thinking about.

[DipodomysDeserti]

@hammerheadfistpunch I’m looking forward to reading your thesis on this subject.

[ForSweden]

@hammerheadfistpunch

[farscythe]

@hammerheadfistpunch half assed work...means shoddy workmanship
half assing work means doing as little as possible on the bosses dime

[HammerheadFistpunch]

@farscythe yes, but which half is bad? The ass or the not ass?

[farscythe]

@hammerheadfistpunch in the first case its all fucking bad
in the second case its only bad if the ass paying you finds out

[farscythe]

@hammerheadfistpunch tho....i think its actually the not ass that is good
im basing this on showing the world your whole ass being a bad thing

[facw]

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[DipodomysDeserti]

@farscythe said in Philosophical ponderings:

im basing this on showing the world your whole ass being a bad thing

Depends on if you skip leg day.

[farscythe]

@dipodomysdeserti leg day?
im not american....i walk and cycle places....every day is leg day
its core day i need to stop skipping

[ttyymmnn]

@hammerheadfistpunch

When you redouble your efforts, does that mean you are quadrupling your original effort?

[DipodomysDeserti]

@farscythe said in Philosophical ponderings:

@dipodomysdeserti leg day?
im not american....i walk and cycle places....every day is leg day
its core day i need to stop skipping

Gotta get them squats in. Outside of the peninsulas, the continent is lacking in the glutes department.

[Rusty Vandura]

@ttyymmnn said in Philosophical ponderings:
@hammerheadfistpunch

When you redouble your efforts, does that mean you are quadrupling your original effort?

Or does that mean two times less?

[Urambo Tauro]

@hammerheadfistpunch Great question. I could hazard a guess, but you know what they say happens when you ass-u-me things...

[Sweedsinthestable]

@hammerheadfistpunch Definitely > half-assed work

[frinesi2]

@hammerheadfistpunch I prefer to work half fast.

[siennaman]

@dipodomysdeserti I find that even when I make leg day, no one wants to see my ass..

[Krusty Walnut]

@hammerheadfistpunch My view is the "assed effort" works just like negative numbers. The more assed a work is, the worse it is. Half assed is worse than 1/4 assed. The greater the ass, the worse things get. So zero assed work would be at an infinitely low positive effort. Conversely, negative half assed work is actually performed at a positive effort but only half the quality/quantity.

[ibRAD]

@hammerheadfistpunch More ass is better.

[kiltedpadre]

@hammerheadfistpunch And when something has been half-assed how has that ass been divided? Does one half-ass represent one full cheek or two half cheeks?

[Old Busted Hotness]

The term "half-assed" is related to the admonition "put some ass into it," meaning effort. Putting a full ass-worth of effort in would result in better work than half an ass.

Possibly related to the English expression "couldn't be arsed."

[JunkleMKVII]

I like to think of the “ass” in terms of donkeys. A full ass will do more work than half an ass.

[davesaddiction]

@hammerheadfistpunch

Ice Cube’s thoughts on the matter.

https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/ice_cube/put_your_ass_into_it-lyrics-34911.html

[ranwhenparked]

@hammerheadfistpunch 3/4 assed, which is enough to put you in the top 10% of American workers - half assed being the accepted norm.

[gmporschenut also a fan of hondas]

@hammerheadfistpunch I think of it as a parabola. Half ass is a negative .5, full ass -1, normal is 0, and busting ass +1.