Nathan
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If you had to choose. Now, before you answer that question, I think we have to decide the difference between the two. Do you know what the difference between the two is? Because unless you're a smarty pants, which I think you are, I thought that they were literally the same word. Not literally the same word. That would be insane. I thought I've been using them synonymously. Is that the right word?
Interchangeably. My entire life. I never thought that there was a difference between the two. And there is. And I was wondering if you perhaps know what it is.
Interchangeably. My entire life. I never thought that there was a difference between the two. And there is. And I was wondering if you perhaps know what it is.
The difference is, even if you look very closely at those two definitions, envy, for lack of a better word, and this isn't science-y stuff. This is all my writing, so if I'm a little bit jumping, my apologies. Envy seems like is when you want what someone else has. Jealousy is when you're worried that someone's going to take what you have. Do you see the difference between those two?
The difference is, even if you look very closely at those two definitions, envy, for lack of a better word, and this isn't science-y stuff. This is all my writing, so if I'm a little bit jumping, my apologies. Envy seems like is when you want what someone else has. Jealousy is when you're worried that someone's going to take what you have. Do you see the difference between those two?
So if you want your neighbor's... This I found on the internet. If you want your neighbor's new convertible, you feel envy. Envious. If your neighbor takes your wife for a ride in that new convertible, you feel jealousy. You're jealous. You're afraid you're never going to come back and you just wave goodbye to your wife and she lives in a convertible now.
So if you want your neighbor's... This I found on the internet. If you want your neighbor's new convertible, you feel envy. Envious. If your neighbor takes your wife for a ride in that new convertible, you feel jealousy. You're jealous. You're afraid you're never going to come back and you just wave goodbye to your wife and she lives in a convertible now.
Right, because jealousy involves another party.
Right, because jealousy involves another party.
Usually, because you're worried that something will be taken. Correct. Envy is internal. Envy is something that you're feeling inside. Jealousy, well, jealousy is also something that you feel inside, but it's about other things. It's from, it's hard.
Usually, because you're worried that something will be taken. Correct. Envy is internal. Envy is something that you're feeling inside. Jealousy, well, jealousy is also something that you feel inside, but it's about other things. It's from, it's hard.
It's hard because also envy is internal, but it can lead to external actions because, you know, what's the most famous thing about envy if you had to pick? I don't know where we're going here. What is the most famous thing about envy? Well, envy is a deadly sin. Oh, it's one of the bigs. Envy, if you're comparing envy and jealousy, jealousy is not a deadly sin.
It's hard because also envy is internal, but it can lead to external actions because, you know, what's the most famous thing about envy if you had to pick? I don't know where we're going here. What is the most famous thing about envy? Well, envy is a deadly sin. Oh, it's one of the bigs. Envy, if you're comparing envy and jealousy, jealousy is not a deadly sin.
Envy is a deadly sin because where does the deadly sin come from? Do you know that from the Bible? You are going to be the one to answer that. That's a cell phone. It's Cain and Abel. Cain felt envious of... his brother's offering of lamb was chosen over his offering of wheat. And so Cain committed the first murder. He slow, he slayed, slain, slain? He slewed. He unbegadded.
Envy is a deadly sin because where does the deadly sin come from? Do you know that from the Bible? You are going to be the one to answer that. That's a cell phone. It's Cain and Abel. Cain felt envious of... his brother's offering of lamb was chosen over his offering of wheat. And so Cain committed the first murder. He slow, he slayed, slain, slain? He slewed. He unbegadded.
He slayed his brother like a real Bible jerk. I don't know any of the words. That's why it's a deadly sin.
He slayed his brother like a real Bible jerk. I don't know any of the words. That's why it's a deadly sin.
And thou shalt be pescatarian. So, okay, so those are the two. Are you able to separate them at least a little bit? One is more, you've got the stuff and you're afraid someone's going to take it away, or you don't have the stuff, but you want it. That's jealousy and envy, respectively. Yeah, okay. So... Now that we have that sort of, I want to try this again.
And thou shalt be pescatarian. So, okay, so those are the two. Are you able to separate them at least a little bit? One is more, you've got the stuff and you're afraid someone's going to take it away, or you don't have the stuff, but you want it. That's jealousy and envy, respectively. Yeah, okay. So... Now that we have that sort of, I want to try this again.
If you had to pick, because I know what I thought, but then I went and reversed it. Spoiler alert. If you had to choose one, would you rather be envious or jealous? And why? Really putting you on the spot.