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Text against a background of a dark forest. The text says: Don't chase your dreams. Humans are persistence predators. Follow your dreams at a sustainable pace until they get tired and lie down.
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Albbi piefed.ca albbi@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-25
#2 · Quote Reply

Haha, this is great. Good reminder to enjoy yourself while making progress.

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ceenote lemmy.world ceenote@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#3 · Quote Reply

Lucky for my dreams, I hate jogging.

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MutantTailThing lemmy.world MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-23
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I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going, and hook up with them later.

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damnthefilibuster lemmy.world damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
#5 · Quote Reply

That’s actually brilliant advice.

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Klear piefed.world Klear@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
#6 · Quote Reply

I tried this, but I got tired and had to lie down.

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hperrin lemmy.ca hperrin@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-12-13
#7 · Quote Reply

We’re also excellent marksman. If you sharpen a particularly straight stick, you can throw it at your dreams from a distance, hopefully wounding your dreams.

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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
#8 · Quote Reply

That’s actually brilliant advice.

Came here to say this.

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-01-08
#9 · Quote Reply

Stalk your dreams. Haunt your dreams' nightmares. Exhaust your dreams, then brain them with a big rock.

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Pat_Riot lemmy.today Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-09-29
#10 · Quote Reply

We’re also excellent marksman. If you sharpen a particularly straight stick, you can throw it at your dreams from a distance, hopefully wounding your dreams.

Instructions unclear, killed my dreams.

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Sabata ani.social Sabata11792@ani.social
Joined: 2024-06-02
#11 · Quote Reply

Instructions unclear, killed my dreams.

They were dead long before I found them.

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#12 · Quote Reply

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going, and hook up with them later.

hook up with them later.

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rizzothesmall sh.itjust.works rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-22
#13 · Quote Reply

Technically that's still chasing, it's just chasing in the terminator walk sense rather than the cheetah run sense

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lividweasel lemmy.world lividweasel@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-05
#14 · Quote Reply

I tried this, but I got tired and had to lie down.

What a coincidence, that’s my dream!

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nightofmichelinstars sopuli.xyz nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-09-21
#15 · Quote Reply

Technically that's still chasing, it's just chasing in the terminator walk sense rather than the cheetah run sense

In the human walk sense

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot lemmy.world WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#16 · Quote Reply

In the human walk sense

In the non-giving-up school guy sense.

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot lemmy.world WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#17 · Quote Reply

They were dead long before I found them.

It was coming right for us!

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itkovian lemmy.world itkovian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-25
#18 · Quote Reply

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Funkt4st1c lemmy.world Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-30
#19 · Quote Reply

actual good advice

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Emotional_Series7814 piefed.zip Emotional_Series7814@piefed.zip
Joined: 2025-12-16
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

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Azzu leminal.space Azzu@leminal.space
Joined: 2026-05-10
#21 · Quote Reply

"Humans are persistence predators"

So... The definition of persistence predator is that we keep chasing.

"Don't chase your dreams"

I'm sorry, I'm confused now

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baltakatei sopuli.xyz baltakatei@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-12
#22 · Quote Reply

We’re also excellent marksman. If you sharpen a particularly straight stick, you can throw it at your dreams from a distance, hopefully wounding your dreams.

And if possible, aim to pierce the lungs of your dreams, not the bowels. And be especially careful not to puncture the bladder or you will spoil the dream meat. Easy mistakes to make when field-dressing your dreams.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#23 · Quote Reply

"Humans are persistence predators" So... The definition of persistence predator is that we keep chasing. "Don't chase your dreams" I'm sorry, I'm confused now

Pursuing, following, chasing, they're all synonyms with different connotations. To chase implies haste and a degree of recklessness.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#24 · Quote Reply

We’re also excellent marksman. If you sharpen a particularly straight stick, you can throw it at your dreams from a distance, hopefully wounding your dreams.

What if my dreams have got a banana

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#25 · Quote Reply

Stalk your dreams. Haunt your dreams' nightmares. Exhaust your dreams, then brain them with a big rock.

Dog ate my rock

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#26 · (edited) Quote Reply

In the non-giving-up school guy sense.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#27 · Quote Reply

Lucky for my dreams, I hate jogging.

I got wheels (and turned into somebody's grandmother bicycle if I understand the idiom correctly) and as long as my dreams are downhill from me they can't escape

I don't go uphill

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OpenStars discuss.online OpenStars@discuss.online
Joined: 2023-12-31
#28 · Quote Reply

That’s actually brilliant advice.

I think so too. But for everyone else, do you want to explain what it means?

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