아래 계시물을 보고 대체 글쓴이가 말하는 12법칙이란 무엇인가 싶어서 알아보았습니다.
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1 Stand up straight with your shoulders straight
1. 똑바로 서서 어깨를 펴라.
  Most lobsters are complete bastards left to their own devices. Most humans are complete bastards left to their own devices. This proves there is a God who wants us to have Order. Order is Masculine and Chaos is Feminine. Therefore to move towards Order, we all need to man up. Happiness is pointless. We are all on this Earth to suffer. So learn to suffer like a man. Not everyone can be as rich and successful as me, but try to be less of a failure than you already are.
  대부분의 랍스터들은 나쁜놈으로 진화했다. 대부분의 사람 역시 천성이 나쁜놈들이다. 이것은 신이 우리에게 질서를 추구하는 것을
원한다는 것을 증거이다. [질서는 남자다운 것이고 혼돈은 여성스러운 것이다.] 질서를 추구하기 위해 우리 안의 남성성을 끌어올려야 한다.
행복은 무의미하다.우리는 모두 고통받기 위해 태어났다. 그러니 남자답게 고통받는 삶을 사는 법을 배우자.
모든 사람들이 나처럼 성공할 수는 없겠지만, 적어도 실패하지 않기 위해 노력하자. [이거 한국에서 출판 가능할까...요?]

2 Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping
2 자신의 일을 남일을 도와줄 책임이 있는 일처럼 하자.
  The story of the Garden of Eden shows that we are all touched with Original Sin But you have a choice. You can either seek Heaven or be dragged down into Hell. Yes, you have a shameful, sinful nature but for God’s sake just make a bit of an effort. Stop waiting for other people to dig you out of your pitiful hole.

3 Befriend people who want the best for you
3 당신의 최선을 요구하는 사람과 친하게 지내라.
We are all Being. Just some of us are better Beings. Learn to tell the difference. Some people are beyond help. They are merely exploiting the willingness of good people to help them and, as Dostoyevsky rightly observes, will drag you down to their level. So stick with the winners. If people are determined to screw up, let them. They are nothing to do with the Divine Purpose.

4 Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not the useless person you are today
4 스스로를 어제의 자신과 비교하라.
Face it, you’re never going to be that smart, so don’t compare yourself to someone who is. Start by getting on your knees to pray. Even if you don’t Believe in God. Atheists are merely people who are blinded to the true way of Being. There, you feel marginally less useless already.

5 Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them
5 당신의 아이가 당신을 싫어하게 만들 일을 하지 마라.
Remember that children are born with Original Sin and have a huge capacity for Evil. They are not Innocent Beings. They need Discipline if they are going to grow up to be even vaguely worthwhile humans. And slap them if necessary – don’t listen to what the lefties say.

6 Set your house in order before you criticise the world
6 세상을 비난하기 전에 너부터 잘해라
Remember the story of Cain and Abel? Well, read it then. Yes, Abel was a schmuck who deserved to die and Cain wasn’t quite as goddamn perfect as he thought he was. He deserved to die, too. We all deserve to die. So stop moaning if someone is richer and better looking than you.

7 Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient
7 편한 것보다 의미 있는 것을 추구해라.
Life is suffering. The Book of Genesis tells us that. There is no easy way round this. So quit looking for short cuts and start reading Nietzsche.

8 Tell the truth. Or at least don’t lie
8 진실을 말해라. 적어도 거짓말은 하지 마라.
To be honest, I’m scrabbling around for thingsbut my publishers tell me I need 12. By telling you the Truth about this, I am an Improved Being. Certainly better than you.

9 Assume the person you are listening to knows something you don’t
9 당신과 대화하는 사람이 당신이 모르는 것을 알고 있다고 생각해라.
Just shut up, quit moaning and listen to me. I know things you don’t. So don’t expect me to listen to you. That’s not the way things work. I’m here to make you feel Better about Yourself by telling you things you already know in a way that makes you feel clever.

10 Be precise in your speech
10 정확하게 말해라
Confront the chaos of Being. Don’t try to beat about the bush. Things are going to be terrible. Oedipus killed his Dad. You may well kill yours. Get over it. Face up to the real horrors of the world.

11 Do not bother children while they are skateboarding
11 스케이트보드 타는 아이를 말리지 마라
This is the rule that’s the real catnip for right-wingers everywhere. Want to know why the world is falling apart? It’s because liberals are turning boys into girlies with their namby-pamby ways. Let boys do boy things and girls do girl things. Nowhere in the Bible does God say anything about this trans nonsense. There’s nothing wrong with men having all the best jobs and women staying home to look after the kids. So back off, ladies, and give us men a break.

12 Pet a cat when you encounter one in the street
12 거리에서 고양이를 만나면 쓰다듬어 줘라.
OK. So I really am scraping the barrel now. We’re all going to die. Probably painfully. So just make the best of what you’ve got. If you see a cat, stroke it. You might feel better. Though probably not. And if there are no cats, pet something else. Like a dog.


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