man_in_mudboots Posted January 17, 2004 #1 Share Posted January 17, 2004 luck probably predates religion. i dont think there is one person on earth that doesnt have have some sort of lucky belief, even if they wont admit it. i voted no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphina Posted January 17, 2004 #2 Share Posted January 17, 2004 hmm...luck is something very hard to put your finger on...I don't believe in it as some kind of 'force' that looks out for people, but I do believe that something can be 'lucky', or 'luck' can be considered a factor in events... Luck, in my opinion, isn't so much any kind of tangable force, but simply a name applied to a set of benificial circumstances. Nothing in particular may cause these circumstances, but it'll still be put down to the ever enigmatic idea of 'luck'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosswarrior Posted January 17, 2004 #3 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Luck is one of those things like "Murphy's Law." It doesn't really exist per say; but at the same time it does But then as long as I am lucky I don't give a hoot where it comes from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azael Posted January 17, 2004 #4 Share Posted January 17, 2004 I don't believe in "luck". I believe in "fate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nethius Posted January 17, 2004 #5 Share Posted January 17, 2004 hmm...luck is something very hard to put your finger on...I don't believe in it as some kind of 'force' that looks out for people, but I do believe that something can be 'lucky', or 'luck' can be considered a factor in events... dito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novo Posted January 17, 2004 #6 Share Posted January 17, 2004 hmm...luck is something very hard to put your finger on...I don't believe in it as some kind of 'force' that looks out for people, but I do believe that something can be 'lucky', or 'luck' can be considered a factor in events... dito I agree to but Its Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Posted January 17, 2004 #7 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Yes "luck" does exist but only as term for something random going in you're favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novo Posted January 17, 2004 #8 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Yes "luck" does exist but only as term for something random going in you're favour. Thats exactly what the last three posts said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nethius Posted January 18, 2004 #9 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I agree to but Its Ditto and it's "it's" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_in_mudboots Posted January 18, 2004 Author #10 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Yes "luck" does exist, but only as term for something random going in you're favour. if i was webster and i had to define luck, that would be what id write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancin'hamster Posted January 18, 2004 #11 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Erm......... I actually believe in luck. Not the white rabbits' foot kind of luck, but the power of positive thinking. Thinking happy, being happy, and striving to make other people happy makes good luck. Sheeeeeeesh, I know that sounds really cheesy ...... Happy-Go-Lucky Hammy x x x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent_21 Posted January 18, 2004 #12 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I caught a bit of an interview with Dr Richard Wiseman a week or two ago in which he seemed to be suggesting he could teach people to be lucky. Interestingly I noticed his book on 'Luck' was recently being sold off substantially lower than the cover price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted January 18, 2004 #13 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Don't ask me where I got this information from as I can't recall it , however somebody did a study somewhere once that showed people who are more likely to start random conversations and try new foods and experiences without hesitation , are far more likely to have what would be concidered good luck . I guess this is beause they open themselves up to more opportunities than most of us might . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_in_mudboots Posted January 20, 2004 Author #14 Share Posted January 20, 2004 showed people who are more likely to start random conversations and try new foods and experiences without hesitation , are far more likely to have what would be concidered good luck . I guess this is beause they open themselves up to more opportunities than most of us might . that would explain why we have the worse luck ever (or what you would call luck). we are terribly antisocial(therefore we dont meet any people we dont know if we dont have to) very fixed in our habits and schedules and diets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loque Posted January 20, 2004 #15 Share Posted January 20, 2004 mm, Maybe Red Dwarf was right!, It could be a sought of virus? we loose it when we have created anti bodies? it then mutates and we catch it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted January 21, 2004 #16 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Erm......... I actually believe in luck. Not the white rabbits' foot kind of luck, but the power of positive thinking. Thinking happy, being happy, and striving to make other people happy makes good luck. Sheeeeeeesh, I know that sounds really cheesy ...... Not cheesy at all Hammy....It is the truth! Luck happens....mostly as a matter of accessing opportunites at hand. My sister always finds a place to park at the mall up close. Lucky? She told me (and I have found it to be true) that if you expect to find a parking place up close, you always will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted January 21, 2004 #17 Share Posted January 21, 2004 so if i expect to get good grades, win the lotto and score with beautiful women, i will? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted January 21, 2004 #18 Share Posted January 21, 2004 so if i expect to get good grades, win the lotto and score with beautiful women, i will? uh....If you expect to get good grades and study hard you will! Lottery? Hmmmmmmmm...if you blindfold yourself and stand in the middle of a basketball court and turn around twenty times real fast and then throw the basketball and expect it to go in one of the baskets.......yeah, sure. If you expect to score with beautiful women and you go where beautiful women are....(and you bath first and don't act goofy) ...yeah, sure! On the other hand........if it weren't for bad luck..... ....I wouldn't have no luck at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirini Posted January 21, 2004 #19 Share Posted January 21, 2004 you make your own "luck". Like joc said by "accessing opportunites at hand." Bathory, winning the Lotto is called "chance"... that's why only people who suck a math play! "Destiny and Fate" as my grandma put it, is somthing you can't change...you can void it for a while, but it will always catch up with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_in_mudboots Posted January 25, 2004 Author #20 Share Posted January 25, 2004 luck could be a sought of virus? we loose it when we have created anti bodies? it then mutates and we catch it later. hmm, interesting, not at all plausible....... but interesting . *many may wonder how a bucket of swamp water like myself would know enough to spell antibodies, let alone know what they are. my mother is a dermatologist, and i had a good ed-ju-ca-shun! * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambyglam Posted January 26, 2004 #21 Share Posted January 26, 2004 as a believer in energy, i think that part of luck is energy related. for example if you are a positive person you shold attract negative energy (im not saying negative luck here just energy) but as a positive person you get on with life and see these small negativities as nothing, however if you are a negative person the reverse happens but all too often a negative person will overlook the positive because of a state of mind, which is y when something great happens they see it as good luck because it is the one thing which is positive that they actually sit up and take notice of. so i think what im trying to say (and badly) is that whether you are positive or not its not the luck u actually look for, its the frame of mind you are in, and what u expect from life which effects whether the luck is good or bad for you personally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netindtm Posted November 30, 2023 #22 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 1/17/2004 at 7:07 AM, man_in_mudboots said: luck probably predates religion. i dont think there is one person on earth that doesnt have have some sort of lucky belief, even if they wont admit it. i voted no. I view luck as a 2 part phenomenon: on one hand it’s human belief/desire for something extraordinary to happen; on the other hand is jealousy as if one can be more lucky than another one. It’s almost like when we don’t take any responsibility and just “wish” for something to happen or simply feel “jealousy” for someone’s else luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 30, 2023 #23 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, netindtm said: I view luck as a 2 part phenomenon: on one hand it’s human belief/desire for something extraordinary to happen; on the other hand is jealousy as if one can be more lucky than another one. It’s almost like when we don’t take any responsibility and just “wish” for something to happen or simply feel “jealousy” for someone’s else luck. Good post but this thread is almost 20 years old. The OP hasn't been around forever and necro-posting is frowned upon.🙂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antigonos Posted November 30, 2023 #24 Share Posted November 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Piney said: Good post but this thread is almost 20 years old. The OP hasn't been around forever Too bad, judging from what he wrote in his profile he sounded pretty cool. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccr8 Posted December 4, 2023 #25 Share Posted December 4, 2023 What does luck have to do with ancient or alternative history? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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