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Consider me in, if this counts...

2 sayings come to mind

1) (invented by me, now in my 60's), "If I had known that all the abuse I gave to my body over the years would lead to this...
...I woudn't have changed a thing. (Abuse as in late nights, contact sports in all weathers, booze until age early 20's).

2) (seen on a birthday card)
"Don't dwell on the past - what's done is done,
Don't worry about the future - what will be will be
Forget about the present - I didn't get you one!"

If this doesn't get me in, thanks anyway and +1
I am in.

Unsolicited advice? How tasty to get to preach, and all for a good cause.

Since the pandemic is affecting so many people globally, here come a couple tips for mental health. So it is assumed that you have a mind, and that it is at least moderately healthy, and that you want to keep it somewhat healthy, at least on Sundays, possibly Monday mornings as well. So here you are:

First, a reminder of four complementary strategies to deal with stress. The four As:

Avoid. Like, DRM, microtransactions, and being outraged all day to the point that your blood pressure becomes a concern for your physician.
Alter Like, if you are buy games with DRM, stop doing that. Get your games DRM-free
Accept Like, games have bugs, the sooner you accept that, the better! Also, you will probably never own all the DLC for Crusader Kings II, at least, not this decade. Deal with the fact that this wonderful person that you just met and stole your heart just plays on console.
Adapt. Like, get a controller if you think it might help you with that platformer that you find so frustratingly hard. Find a walthrough if you get stuck on that adventure game. Embrace THAC0 if you are to play Baldur’s Gate as if it made any sense.

Now seriously

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044476


Also, if you are being affected by anxiety due to the pandemic or its many ramifications, or just because the world sometimes becomes even more crazy than usual sometimes, maybe you can try to let it pass through you, so that it does not get compounded by your worry about your worry. Or worse, you might be worried about how you will be worried that you will be worried.... You get the idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCp1l16GCXI

Good luck, stay healthy, or at least stay.
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TheDudeLebowski: It could be argued that the advice itself is paradoxical.
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WinterSnowfall: Not by someone who has seen people worn by their clothes and the minds of men consumed by dreams of expensive cars and houses. It is funny, in a way, how truth finds ways to transcend time and culture, so I'll let Omar Khayyam take this one:

I desire a little ruby wine and a book of verses,
Just enough to keep me alive, and half a loaf is needful;
And then, that I and thou should sit in a desolate place
Is better than the kingdom of a sultan.
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WinterSnowfall:
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bluethief: My advice is: always be humble. Even when things go your way, stay humble. Don't let the success get into your head. Treat people with respect and if they helped get to where you are now, always be thankful and share your success with them.
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WinterSnowfall: We should all have someone whispering "memento mori" in our ears.
It has been a while since I heard someone quote Rubayats. Kudos for that.

Memento mori is a double edged sword. Great for oneself, harsh medicine when thinking about those we love. Yet frank acceptance that our days are limited, sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, might help making said days actually better and fuller of meaning for us and for others.
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TheDudeLebowski: It could be argued that the advice itself is paradoxical.
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WinterSnowfall: Not by someone who has seen people worn by their clothes and the minds of men consumed by dreams of expensive cars and houses.
Ah, but how is it possible to follow said advice if you end up being owned by it? Afterall, it is a belief. Do we adopt beliefs, or are we indoctrinated into them, letting them eventually define us? If we try our hardest not to be owned by things around us, are we not owned by that very advice?
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WinterSnowfall: Money is a construct. It serves as a means to address certain issues in our society and nothing more.

Property is guaranteed and inalienable (in most places), yet all we can ever be are temporary custodians of the microverse around us. Don't fool yourself into thinking you actually own anything. You own life is very much like a rental agreement.

Most people are narrow-sighted. Don't live your life thinking that if you go out of your way for someone you will get the same treatment in return. It doesn't work that way. Expect nothing, appreciate what you are given. Try to be nice, even to assholes - they are the ones missing out on most of what life has to offer.

And, most importantly, giveaways are things people set out to do when they run into an unexpected flow of constructs. No, it's not cryptomining or speculation on that market, because that is wasteful and should not be encouraged. Bad Elon! We waste tons and tons of mostly non-renewable energy on solving centralization issues, or to satisfy our own greed for social constructs of our own design. Madness wrapped in more madness.

Society will have rules, much like this giveaway. You need not follow them when you disagree. Do your own thing, care not about what others think. Unless you want to drink blood from the skulls of your enemies - then you probably need to stop and rethink things a bit.

The rules of this giveaway, however, you must certainly follow if you want the prize.

The prize, in life, much like in this giveaway, is something you'll have to set for yourself. Don't listen to others. There are no recipes for success, only misconceptions. Pick your own prize, in life and in this giveaway. Concerning the latter, it can be any single item on GOG, including ultra-master-ultimate-megapack-bundle-editions, the sky is the limit when it comes to construct amounts.

Oh, back to the rules.

Firstly, you must be an ancient GOG user that joined in pre-pandemic times. Then, well, say you want to participate (duh!). Post below. If you're old, give some unsolicited advice with it or share your views on the grand scheme of things, much like crazy OP here. And a winrar you will be, potentially! Just give me a week or so to liquidate my pretty-colored physical plastic constructs, turn them into digital constructs that I can then summon at will using the electronic writ I keep in my wallet, and pick a winner via random.org, based on his/her post number.

Good luck! It helps, in life and in giveaways. Still, you can make do with or without it.

And remember, always carry a towel and don't over-complicate things! (we have a saying in these parts: "Do what the minister tells you to do, not what the minister does.")

P.S.: One later addition to the rules: the winner must publicly declare his prize of choice, so that others can bask in his vanity :P. I kid about the last part. As I said, constructs are unlimited in the scope of a single item and there's no need to hold back. Pick to your heart's content. I know what I'm getting myself into (potentially) since I run a price tracking script, no worries.
I'm in for this giveaway, so I'll give some advice to everyone:

"Treat others as you wish to be treated", and also, try to avoid assholes as much as possible. :)

Game: https://www.gog.com/game/prodeus
I'd like to participate in the giveaway. Thanks.

Is the advice really unsolicited if you told us to provide it? Not sure how to parse that one out...

In any case, my advice is to read poetry. I think it's good for you. And why do I think it's good for you? Well, because it's good for me, naturally. And if it's good for me, well, then, it stands to reason it's good for you. I mean, what are you, some kind of relativist?

If I were the chosen one, I would choose The Medium as my just deserts.
I'm in. :) Thanks for the generosity.

My advice is:

Never buy stock options just because Elon Musk tweeted about them. And follow misteryo's advice, it's pretty good too.

As for my possible prize in this giveaway, I want Horizon Zero Dawn.
I wish to participate, if I may.

My one piece of priceless wisdom is that if you ever come across a piece of priceless wisdom, which is often a once in a lifetime event, write it down! If you don't, as you grow old, your memory will undoubtedly betray you, and you will forever forget it, unable to live by it, nor to share it with others.

Alas, I didn't write mine down.
Post edited February 27, 2021 by mrkgnao
I'd love to participate, major props to the OP for the creativity of this giveaway! As for my advice...

Regardless of how old or young you are, there is always more to learn about the nature of reality. Don't just give up on what you believe in when you start having questions. Instead, be open to not being certain, even if you never learn the answer to your questions. Continue believing and let yourself be in awe of the things that you're uncertain of. Chances are, when you stand firm in your beliefs, these questions will unravel themselves and you'll come out of it stronger in the long run. For me, I'm a Christian and I've had many questions over the years but I've always been happy to let them be learning opportunities even if I never learn the answer to my questions. Whatever your worldview is, don't obsess over things you aren't sure of or are questioning; curiosity was given to us to help us learn.

If I win, I'd very much like a copy of Baldur's Gate 3! I'm a big fan of Larian's but I've been waiting until later to see if I want to spend $60 on it or not. I'd love to win a copy!
Post edited February 28, 2021 by JakobFel
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KetobaK: My advice: Always tries to be nice and say something nice to the people you interact with, you never know how difficult their day or life has been and how much good can do a few kind words.
Alas, some people never do care to do much good. But, in the end, that only means we must better cherish those that do.

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bonzer: If this doesn't get me in, thanks anyway and +1
Mere intention gets you in, the advice only provides flavoring to the fates. There's also a "you must be this old of a user" sign near the entrance, but you check out alright.

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Carradice: Also, if you are being affected by anxiety due to the pandemic or its many ramifications, or just because the world sometimes becomes even more crazy than usual sometimes, maybe you can try to let it pass through you, so that it does not get compounded by your worry about your worry.
I quote from the holy book of SF:

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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Carradice: Memento mori is a double edged sword. Great for oneself, harsh medicine when thinking about those we love. Yet frank acceptance that our days are limited, sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, might help making said days actually better and fuller of meaning for us and for others.
Learning to let go of the ones we love is a harsh lesson life teaches us. All we can do is enjoy our time together, for nothing is permanent in this ever-changing world. And, believe it or not, that is a good thing, no matter how sad it can appear at times.

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TheDudeLebowski: Ah, but how is it possible to follow said advice if you end up being owned by it?
Ah, I see what you mean now. I read it as physical possessions or yearnings for some owning one's mind. If we venture solely in the realm of our minds and start questioning if we own our thoughts or they own us, we might as well sit and chat all our lives with almost all ancient philosophers.

My subjective two cents on this is as follows: we incorporate notions and beliefs into our minds much like currents govern the flow of water in oceans. They are patterns that are hard to break, yet not the water itself. More stable than mere winds, they can still be changed. And that's the beauty of a flexible mind - it can bend when it sees there's a need for it.
Post edited February 27, 2021 by WinterSnowfall
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TheBigCore: try to avoid assholes as much as possible. :)
I've thought about living as a hermit on top of a mountain once, but these days I've learned to have patience and put up with everyone :P.

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misteryo: Is the advice really unsolicited if you told us to provide it? Not sure how to parse that one out...
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids! Let's just pretend I did not ask for it, and you're all just doing your unsolicited thing.

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misteryo: I think it's good for you. And why do I think it's good for you? Well, because it's good for me, naturally. And if it's good for me, well, then, it stands to reason it's good for you.
Don't take me too seriously, because I assure you I did not take the above too seriously. Still, I can think of at least a couple of wars that were started with that train of thought.

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mrkgnao: My one piece of priceless wisdom is that if you ever come across a piece of priceless wisdom, which is often a once in a lifetime event, write it down! If you don't, as you grow old, your memory will undoubtedly betray you, and you will forever forget it, unable to live by it, nor to share it with others.
You are very welcome to sit and be judged by the fates. As to writing things down, as an avid book reader, I can only attest to the fact that while memory is a very very imperfect and fickle thing, the (unconscious) mind is also selective and never forgets the really important stuff. We carry them around with us like ghosts we can't even notice or recall, yet they beckon and whisper in our ears.

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JakobFel: Whatever your worldview is, don't obsess over things you aren't sure of or are questioning; curiosity was given to us to help us learn.
I've always asked myself to what end must we really know everything, as our curiosity seems to ask of us. "Luckily", the universe provides plenty of insurmountable barriers to our knowledge, so we must strive to know the little we can.
Post edited February 27, 2021 by WinterSnowfall
I'm in for Ocean Heart
advice: post more in game specific forums, rather than general discussion subforum.
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WinterSnowfall: I've thought about living as a hermit on top of a mountain once, but these days I've learned to have patience and put up with everyone :P.
so, you are NOT Zarathustra, huh...
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SylvanFae: advice: post more in game specific forums, rather than general discussion subforum.
Such deep forum wisdom is bound to fall on deaf ears, I'm afraid.

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LynXsh: so, you are NOT Zarathustra, huh...
Just a traveler, like everyone else, perhaps a bit more observant than most. Unequivocally through time, occasionally through space as well.

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nevarRed: Aspire to be a GOGlodyte.
I almost missed your post. Now I'm no geologist, but that sounds dangerously close to a type of quartz mineral :P.

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Falci: Never buy stock options just because Elon Musk tweeted about them.
Another I nearly missed - must be a bug in my programming. I'll extend it to: never do anything just because Elon Musk tweeted about it. The world seems to be in need of a messianic eccentric billionaire with dreams of space exploration at the moment, and he fits the bill. It doesn't mean he's right about everything, even if his heart is in the right place. You do know what they say about the road to hell, right?
Post edited February 27, 2021 by WinterSnowfall
My words of wisdom: The best way to avoid being disappointed in not winning a giveaway is to not enter them in the first place

Not entering obviously