Starting any sentence with the words "I wish..." is the worst thing you can do. Stop wishing, start doing!

d0odx · 2012-07-19T22:46:43+00:00

Also a fun concept: E-Prime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime

Basically it's a way of communicating that excludes the verb "to be" and allows the communicator to convey his point without judgement.

This is off topic from your post but i think it shares some parallel because you become aware of how your language impacts your actions and the people around you.

And now for the e-prime version: ... nope.

zeester0101 · 2012-07-19T23:38:36+00:00

"I wish I had superpowers." How do I accomplish this?

Sporkfortuna · 2012-07-19T23:56:06+00:00

Worked for Skee-Lo.

truth_hertz · 2012-07-20T01:51:57+00:00

I wish I could kill people that annoy me.

That's it, enough wishing, I'm going to start doing. Cliftonixs said I could.

derGraf_ · 2012-07-20T00:02:43+00:00

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BipolarBear0 · 2012-07-20T00:41:04+00:00

I came here to make a comment about the song "I Wish" by Skee-Lo. I got beaten to the punch by two people. Two people.

It's not like the song is at the height of its popularity. It's well known, but it's not "Call Me Maybe". This subreddit isn't massively popular, either. It has 60,000 subscribers. How could this happen? Am I unoriginal? Is the internet comprised solely of Skee-Lo fans today? I guess we will never know.

skeena1 · 2012-07-20T02:27:58+00:00

My dad used to say "Wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which one fills up first."

Murmaider · 2012-07-19T23:07:00+00:00

This is an excellent reminder we all need to hear/read every once in a while.

2012-07-20T00:22:41+00:00

I like this kind of advice, going to start doing it.

xx6xx12 · 2012-07-20T00:35:40+00:00

I wish we would stop with these stupid mental masturbation pep talks.

ndhernandez · 2012-07-20T00:54:18+00:00

I wish I could summon thunder like Thor

Epoh · 2012-07-20T07:22:41+00:00

I wish I had a dog named funyon.

gtr427 · 2012-07-20T03:58:15+00:00

Came here to post lyrics to I Wish by Skee-Lo, too lazy to look up lyrics to I Wish by Stevie Wonder.

Title	Starting any sentence with the words "I wish..." is the worst thing you can do. Stop wishing, start doing!
Author	cliftonixs
Upvotes	127
Comments	27
Date	July 19, 2012 8:43 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/seduction
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/wu4kc/starting_any_sentence_with_the_words_i_wish_is/
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