Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - December 2015 | Page 32

SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN Journalist: HillarySwift Resident - Photo: Jane Doe / @jnedoe “Some people never learn. “ At least that’s how the saying goes, when we come across people who seem to display the same unproductive behaviour over and over again. Intensive research is not even needed, common sense would lead us to drop behaviours that have led to bad outcomes. Most of the time that’s how life goes. We make a best guess about what might work, then we try them and if the outcome is not so good, we might review what we did, tinker with our strategy, then maybe try again. If it still leads to an outcome that is not so good, we might just stop and take a long hard 32 NU VIBEZ & ROLEPLAY GUIDE MAGAZINE look at just where the problem lies before charging ahead again with another variation on our plan. This way of navigating the world works fine for most of us most of the time. In the course of this tria l and error, we learn about ourselves and others and the world at large. Mostly we can split these trial and error behaviours into those directed at inanimate objects, for example, an obstacle course, or tinkering with the car, and those that involve animals such as pets and humans.