wendy's whims

We wouldn’t worry so much what people think of us if we realized how seldom they do. - Oscar Wilde

If you fail to believe you will procrastinate or become idealistic about how awesome you are at working hard and managing your time you never develop a strategy for outmaneuvering your own weakness.

[Source: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/]

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” – Kurt Vonnegut

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Completely random thing to think about at 1am. But was reading an article on the Sunk Cost Fallacy. Link at the end of this post.

Scenario 1: You are on your way to watch a movie which costs $10. On your way to the cinema, you lose $10 from your wallet. Would you still proceed [...]

McDonald’s Monopoly Chance Card

If you go to http://www.mcdwin.com/winners which is the Winner’s Gallery page and scroll down to “W” (names are sorted alphabetically), you might see a familiar face hehehe.

Here’s the important portion zoomed in, for the benefit of the thick-headed/stamp-eyed:

Lololol. Something about this is very funny but I can’t really [...]