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A comment on Ask HN: Should we start celebrating failure just like a success?.

Re:Ask HN: Should we start celebrating failure just like a s... by ai_ia on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:12PM (#17202320)
This will be akin to the participation certificateband consolation prizw that are being handed out to every kid who participates in a race so that he doesn't feel bad. And my take will be firmly against this sort of infantilism.
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Re:Ask HN: Should we start celebrating failure just like a s... by mkovji on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:13PM (#17206799)
Many did not even participate, so they don't get any certificate. So its a perfectly good thing to give a participation certificate to those who are willing to join the game.

Everyone gets a participatory certificate and one person ended up becoming a winner. I don't think the winner knew upfront before the race that he would be the winner.

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Re:Ask HN: Should we start celebrating failure just like a s... by lioeters on Friday June 01, 2018 @06:00AM (#17203956)
Well, I think every child deserves a prize just for participating.. It would make the contest/game of life a little kinder, if every person got at least a consolation prize for giving a good try.
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