# Try something else.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 27, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578 "2018-10-27T08:38:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/1 "2018-10-27T08:38:50Z")
“Ooh, that didn’t work!”
THEN TRY SOMETHING ELSE. Do you think Grandpa Neanderthal gave up that easy?
Fuck, I’m sick of being around people who give up.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/2 "2018-10-27T13:01:12Z")
No responses.
I don’t think the title of your OP is working very well.
mmm
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/3 "2018-10-27T13:03:57Z")
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL, NO!
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/4 "2018-10-27T15:21:25Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> No responses.
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> I don’t think the title of your OP is working very well.
> mmm
I’m an engineer. If Plan A doesn’t work go to Plan B.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/5 "2018-10-27T15:58:58Z")
Do not try. Do, or do not. There is no try.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/6 "2018-10-27T16:48:23Z")
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” - W.C. Fields
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/7 "2018-10-27T17:37:19Z")
No. It’s a question of cost-benefit analysis. You have a cheap electric appliance which has a problem. First you spend some looking at it, tearing it apart, and research repair methods on the internet to see if you can fix it in a reasonable length of time. If you can’t you don’t “try, try, again” you give up–throw it away and buy a replacement.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/8 "2018-10-27T17:39:23Z")
If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.
If you still don’t succeed, give up. There’s no sense being a damned fool about it.
ETA: Beaten by **Rufus T. Firefly**. I should have read the thread first. :smack:
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/9 "2018-10-27T17:42:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” - W.C. Fields
Yeah, but she’s bounced her way into Plan A, which would’ve been great two years ago, but Today I’m not sure. I don’t recognize her. OTOH, there is nothing more attractive than someone who finds you attractive.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/10 "2018-10-27T22:36:35Z")
There’s the rub.
Maybe plan A is shy.
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/11 "2018-10-27T22:48:45Z")
Trying is just the first step towards failure.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/12 "2018-10-27T22:52:05Z")
A girl likes to see a guy trying. You can’t just stand in the corner, hoping. That’ll never do. Get in the game.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/13 "2018-10-27T23:02:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#):
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> I’m an engineer. If Plan A doesn’t work go to Plan B.
I don’t have a plan B, just different ways to make plan A work.
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### Author:  [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/14 "2018-10-27T23:05:10Z")
Many seem to follow a sort of governmental approach where if you’re doing something and it’s not working, you just need to do more of it. It seldom works i.e. The war on drugs and anti-gun legislation.
Doing the opposite of what has been tried can often be effective.
Another defect in process is stirring emotion into a fact-based scientific decision. Swearing and throwing a fit don’t matter of bit to that leaky pipe or that flat tire.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/15 "2018-10-29T02:41:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#):
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> Do you think Grandpa Neanderthal gave up that easy?
I mean, maybe? They did die out.
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### Author:  [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/16 "2018-10-29T16:57:09Z")
“Kids, You Tried Your Best and You Failed Miserably. The Lesson Is Never Try” - Homer Simpson
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### Author:  [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/17 "2018-10-29T18:08:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#):
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> “Ooh, that didn’t work!”
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> THEN TRY SOMETHING ELSE. Do you think Grandpa Neanderthal gave up that easy?
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> Fuck, I’m sick of being around people who give up.
[Insanity!](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Insanity)
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### Author:  [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/18 "2018-10-29T18:10:33Z")
> [@dropzone](#):
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> “Ooh, that didn’t work!”
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> THEN TRY SOMETHING ELSE. Do you think Grandpa Neanderthal gave up that easy?
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> Fuck, I’m sick of being around people who give up.
Hillary Clinton advice thread?
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/19 "2018-10-29T18:16:35Z")
“If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” - Steven Wright
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-something-else/823578/20 "2018-10-29T18:21:19Z")
As always, there’s an XKCD cartoon for everything: 😃
> **[Tech Support Cheat Sheet](https://xkcd.com/627/)**
>
> 'Hey Megan, it's your father. How do I print out a flowchart?'
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