CronoDAS comments on Ask and Guess - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 01 December 2010 06:10:26PM 30 points [-]

Umeshism: "If nobody ever says no to you, you're not asking for enough."

Comment author: Document 02 December 2010 10:33:45PM 18 points [-]

Converse Umeshism: "If you never miss an opportunity to get something by asking, you're asking too much."

Second-order Umeshism: "If nobody ever says no to you and you never miss an opportunity to get something by asking, you're worrying too much about when to ask for things."

Comment author: Document 03 December 2010 01:54:30AM *  9 points [-]

Converse Umeshism: "If you never miss an opportunity to get something by asking, you're asking too much."

Possible more colorful version: "If you've never missed out on something you needed because you didn't ask, people find you too greedy."

Overlapping Umeshisms: If you don't ask for enough, people will still think you're greedy. If you ask for too much, you'll still neglect to ask for things you could've gotten.