I'm getting annoyed by it because I feel like I have to expend too much energy on rectifying mischaracterisations and preventing you from derailing things with what I perceive to be silly word games (like that thing about "trying").
Trying is a very real word. It has a specific meaning. If you try to have fun you won't have fun. If you give a suggestion in hypnosis for someone to try something that means the person exerts effort on the task and doesn't focus on a result.
Ideas like that are central to how to change how you feel about an activity. To the extend that you don't want to understand what it takes to change how you feel about an activity you aren't going to be in a position to judge it. This is inherently a discussion in which getting clear about what terms means matters.
Whether you believe it or not, some people fully intend to do X and fail for some reason, whether external or internal. The proper English phrase to describe what they did is "try to do X (and fail)". "You should not try to do X" entails "You should not X". "You should not try to do X" with strong focus intonation on "try" is an entirely different thing - but then you're not talking about trying, you're talking about the expression "try". You're making such metalinguistic statements, which are entirely besides the point that I was making. That's what I call silly word games.
On ChrisHallquist's post extolling the virtues of money, the top comment is Eliezer pointing out the lack of concrete examples. Can anyone think of any? This is not just hypothetical: if I think your suggestion is good, I will try it (and report back on how it went)
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If your idea requires significant ongoing time commitment, that is a major negative.