# Why are some people losers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-losers/819496>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 12, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-losers/819496 "2018-08-12T21:07:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-people-losers/819496/125 "2018-09-01T04:37:56Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> So when Annie dies and hundreds of people turn out to show their respects (even Mahalia Jackson!) at the funeral, Miss Laura is blown away. She realizes that Annie might have been just a housekeeper and may not have had a man on her arm , but she was a pillar in her community and had a rich life. Annie was a social success–probably even moreso than Laura was. But she looked like a loser if you just focus on one or two metrics and only compared her to Laura.

What a loser! I want people to be so jealous of my success, no one shows up to my funeral!🆒

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