So WATMM, tell me, what's your definition of a loser ?

Somebody who has no ambitions?

a person who, in playing a competitive game, did not win game

  On 1/18/2013 at 11:30 AM, spratters said:

Somebody who has no ambitions?

Is Karl Pilkington a loser?

I don't know, is he?

I also don't know...

one who is destined to fail (subjective) whether through bad luck or poor judgement.

People who hate others success despite it having no impact on their own.

Me

Also anyone who has a waifu or watches cartoons about ponies in their 20s

  On 1/18/2013 at 4:42 PM, sergeantk said:

Me

 

Also anyone who has a waifu or watches cartoons about ponies in their 20s

Hurr, but it actually has really great writing! Why can't you look past the pink ponies, derp? So good and ironic!

a loser is someone who thinks he can't win / succeed anyway, so he never fights or strive for something. and when he stands up for something, he is so amazed of finally being competitive that he believes that he is going to succeed just because of that. But instead he loses cos he's not really into competions. So his losing, reinforces in himslef the idea that he's never going to win.

You can frelly substitute he with she, even tho I reckon that this may be just a male attitude. I just can't seem to imagine a girl/woman behaving that way.

ooo boy there's so many unintentional lols in this thread.

The loser is society. Winners are the music makers.

Someone listed 53 ways of being a loser here. I mostly agree:

http://karol.gajda.com/loser/

posts on reddit

says girls instead of women

wears a fedora

says for the win

doesnt realise that no one gives a shit about their bullshit

people who dont realise that their revenge wank fantasies are exactly that

  On 1/18/2013 at 6:03 PM, Wyern said:

Someone listed 53 ways of being a loser here. I mostly agree:

 

http://karol.gajda.com/loser/

Thanks, I need to work on myself, hence this thread.

also i guess someone who is pathetic

I refuse to believe in the winner/loser paradigm.

Someone who wastes all the opportunities presented to them.

making six albums and not release them

watmmers

Anyone who listens to and enjoys juke is a loser.

  On 1/18/2013 at 6:03 PM, Wyern said:

Someone listed 53 ways of being a loser here. I mostly agree:

 

http://karol.gajda.com/loser/

lol that guy sounds so self-important.

THIS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21076703

…”my characterization of a loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive rather than enriched with a new piece of information, and tries to explain why he made the mistake rather than moving on.”

- Nassim Taleb in Antifragile

I like this definition a great deal.

  On 1/18/2013 at 10:52 AM, MisterE said:

  On 1/18/2013 at 2:24 AM, Adjective said:

a loser is someone who isn't progressing along whatever the namecaller thinks is a road to success

you just cut right through all the un-necessary over-long definitions, straight to the heart of the thing. i also like your definition because it reminds me of the 'Devil's Dictionary', which has similar wording and wit. A+!

devil's dictionary looks interesting but hadn't checked it out. looks like it's on project gutenberg, will add it to my phone's reader library thing!