RichardKennaway comments on Verifying Rationality via RationalPoker.com - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 28 March 2011 09:30:04AM 0 points [-]

So, a while ago I succeeded in phasing "good luck" out of my vocabulary, and I replaced it with "enjoy," which has the great virtue of being only 2 syllables. But reading that has inspired me to seek another replacement.

At the moment, what comes to mind are "make your own luck," "think positively," and "prepare well." All of those are longer, though, and it's not clear they're better. Thoughts / suggestions?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 28 March 2011 05:18:40PM 5 points [-]

How about just one syllable -- "win". Maybe this should be the standard well-wishing utterance among the Less Wrong Conspiracy.

Comment author: Vaniver 28 March 2011 10:36:00PM 0 points [-]

Between members, perhaps, but most of the people I interact with are not part of the Less Wrong Conspiracy, and it's not clear to me what that would mean to them, whereas something like "choose well" seems less ambiguous.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 29 March 2011 06:57:04AM 2 points [-]

Between members, perhaps,

Every Conspiracy needs a secret handshake.