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LuckyCharms

(22,297 posts) Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:55 AM Thursday

What am I missing here concerning this increasingly popular statement? [View all]

This is probably a "me" problem...but I honestly cannot figure this out.

There is a saying that I'm starting to hear at least 3 times a day from various sources.

Something like: If you get knocked down 7 times, get up 8 times.

I'm sure you have heard this many times by now as well.

Is it me, or is there something messed up with that statement?

Get knocked down #1
Get up #1
Get knocked down #2
Get up # 2
Get knocked down #3
Get up #3
Get knocked down #4
Get up #4
Get knocked down #5
Get up #5
Get knocked down #6
Get up #6
Get knocked down #7
Get up #7

So shouldn't the saying be: Get knocked down 7 times. get up 7 (not 8) times?

What am I missing here?

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What am I missing here concerning this increasingly popular statement? [View all] LuckyCharms Thursday OP

you were standing first ShepKat Thursday #1

I still don't get it. LuckyCharms Thursday #2

"Get up 8 times" is the physical act of getting up off the ground. LuckyCharms Thursday #3

You have to be up to get knocked down. dem4decades Thursday #7

Right, you do indeed have to "be" up to start... LuckyCharms Thursday #13

if you got knocked down, you were standing to begin with ShepKat Thursday #15

Then you only need 5 stakes for the next section fargone Thursday #32

'Nana korobi, ya oki' Donkees Thursday #4

I understand the implied encouragement of the saying... LuckyCharms Thursday #6

It symbolizes resilience, you become that symbol, and you stand on behalf of others who cannot... Donkees Thursday #12

Maybe they were napping before the fight started? Scrivener7 Thursday #5

Try this ... MiHale Thursday #8

So it's an intentionally incorrect statement in order to imply encouragement? LuckyCharms Thursday #9

Makes ya think donut... MiHale Thursday #10

I have my own saying: LuckyCharms Thursday #11

Mine is... MiHale Thursday #14

If I get knocked down 7 times... LuckyCharms Thursday #16

In the culture that the statement originated, the number 8 has special meaning Donkees Thursday #17

Then why isn't the saying: LuckyCharms Thursday #18

Accountant response wouldn't symbolize standing up on behalf of others who cannot, just being focused on yourself Donkees Thursday #21

I understand what it symbolizes. LuckyCharms Thursday #22

The proverb is rooted in Bodhidharma, considered the founder of Shaolin Kung Fu Donkees Thursday #31

That's what it means in the original version, ''standing up'' not ''getting up'' Donkees Friday #37

My saying is some_of_us_are_sane Thursday #19

If you get knocked down 7 times... LuckyCharms Thursday #20

Yes, there are those times when you'd best be aware of certain limitations....you will fight another day! CTyankee Thursday #23

Mine: "Who the hell are you hanging with who is beating you up like that? Get better friends!" Scrivener7 Thursday #27

You're Right, Lucky ProfessorGAC Thursday #24

Maybe the equation takes as a given that you were born down (+1)... Harker Thursday #25

Yep, dumb saying for jocks to motivate jocks. Iggo Thursday #26

Ya gotta get up to get down unweird Thursday #28

"If you get knocked down 7 times, get up 8 times" LuckyCharms Thursday #29

Only if you don't count getting up in the first place unweird Thursday #30

It's not intended to be a math problem. fargone Thursday #33

#8 is getting out of bed the next day to go to a chiropractor. LudwigPastorius Thursday #34

Hope I'm not adding you your woes with darkstar Thursday #35

Maybe it's like the title to a famous Beatles song LogDog75 Thursday #36