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Running race through the eyes of Aries and Virgo…
While Virgos are still figuring out how to best tie their shoelaces for the race (and going through the manual “How to run races?”), Aries has already finished and won.
But Virgo still finishes the race, with extremely well tied shoelaces, perfect shoelaces, and perfect tempo, perfect posture, not sweating or anything.
While Aries is there, all muddy, laughing, bruises, cuts all over, and a big grin on their faces.
How the two cross the finish line?
Virgo crosses the finish line and complains to the referee that the stopwatch wasn’t stopped exactly on the right moment, and they would like their time to be revised and audited = by themselves. When they review it, they immediately understand that they are right, and now it’s time to file a formal complaint to the competition board.
Aries doesn’t care about the time = they are the first, the number one. The only time they care about is the world record, and that it’s theirs. Their name must be on that world record!
Stepping up to the podium
Aries carelessly is jumping up and down, waving to the crowd, showing with their fingers that they are number 1, playfully jumps on top of the podium, and jumps up and down even more. While kissing the flower lady…