True words to live by.
EDIT: Basically the point is being a bit nicer to your team instead of yelling at them for the entire game is probably better for getting things done. Hence the "mountain of salt" and "ounce of sugar" differences.
Princess Emma2 votesI don't know man... That's a lot of salt.
Masterkerfuffle2 votesThink of how much money you could sell the salt for!
BlueThingamajig2 votesActually though, salt was incredibly valuable for thousands of years, before refrigeration. Salt was used to preserve foods, making it one of the largest industries of the ancient world. In some places, it was an accepted bartering medium (read: currency). One of the earliest roads in Rome was called the Via Salaria (Salt Road), which shows its value.
Sugar came much later; honey was used as the major sweetener for many years in many civilizations.
Doctor Dyment1 votesI'll uh... I'm just going to add something to the post. I'm going to assume that you were confused about the meaning.
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I'll uh... I'm just going to add something to the post. I'm going to assume that you were confused about the meaning.
I understood the meaning, I decided to make a joke and history lesson out of it instead. Essentially if you had a mountain of salt, you're rich. If you're rich, you can get things to happen via paying others. I agree with your premise that a little kindness is better than raging.
Doctor Dyment1 votesI literally just tore this from the self aware tip box in Guns of Icarus. I guess people don't like it then, eh?
Dominick Destine1 votesWhat if you're cooking a steak?
Pour some sugar on that and it ruins the steak.
Doctor Dyment2 votesThat's a hell of a lot of salt to have to eat through to get to that perfectly cooked steak good sir.