About the idea that being beaten is to be considered a good thing
I've always hated this saying. It's one of those platitudes we just say to make ourselves, or others, feel better in a bad situation, but it's blatantly false, as you have proven.
We say so many things – a problem with that is that people sometimes believe it, simply because "everybody" says so.
Each person must make their own mind up, of course, but it often pays to think a bit about the aspects of the saying.
I've always hated this saying. It's one of those platitudes we just say to make ourselves, or others, feel better in a bad situation, but it's blatantly false, as you have proven.
We say so many things – a problem with that is that people sometimes believe it, simply because "everybody" says so.
Each person must make their own mind up, of course, but it often pays to think a bit about the aspects of the saying.