"If you ignore a problem, it'll go away"

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Your opinions on this as a guide for day-to-day living?

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 21 August 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

Or "no problem is too small to run away from".

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 21 August 2005 13:58 (twenty years ago)

I find it really stressful to "ignore" real problems.

― Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 21 August 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

DUD, for all sorts of big and little things.

― juliaaa, Sunday, 21 August 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

classic for serious medical illnesses

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

Excellent advice for small problems, which probably aren't even problems. Maybe not so great for big problems, but even with those, waiting can help. My sister gets frustrated when my parents ignore health problems, but I empathize with their point of view (as I understand it).

― youn, Sunday, 21 August 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

If it didn't actually work sometimes, I'd be absolutely against it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 21 August 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

If it actually worked sometimes, I'd be absolutely for it.

― , Sunday, 21 August 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

I'm ignoring 'heart strain' right now.

― jeffrey (johnson), Sunday, 21 August 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Youn is right: it's the best way to deal with problems that don't exist. But it's still hard.

― the bellefox, Sunday, 21 August 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

If it didn't actually work sometimes, I'd be absolutely against it.

For example, my backyard needed to be mowed and I didn't want to do it. The grass got longer.

Then it got really hot this month and all the grass died. I ignored the problem (too tall grass) AND IT WENT AWAY.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 21 August 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

I dont imagine the tax office would like me ignoring my "problem". heh.

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 21 August 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

(not that I have a tax problem but you know).

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 21 August 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Because of Dubya, it's a dud.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 21 August 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

i don't think ignoring my beer gut is going to help it go away

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Monday, 22 August 2005 00:02 (twenty years ago)

Elephants? What elephants?

― I Dream Of Sleep (kate), Monday, 22 August 2005 06:53 (twenty years ago)

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"If you ignore a problem, it'll go away" — Classic or Dud?