Truly, life is no more than an online game of checkers.
In general, and in the short run, you can predict the consequences of your moves and its outcome.
Sometimes, however, your moves do not have a desired outcome. This is usually a result of miscalculation on your own part, blinded by your own desire to fulfill a certain strategy for a certain result.
Typically, towards the start there is usually a definite set of 'best moves' that one can follow. Beyond that, however, the path is no longer fixed.
Sometimes, with one's own sacrifices, one can force upon others certain actions which, in the long run, will be beneficial to oneself.
It is usually confined within a box. Rules and regulations are enforced. However, even in something like online checkers, one can go as far as to hack the game. Likewise, if one tries hard enough, the rules and regulations in life do not necessarily have to be obeyed.
Alternatively, one can be a bitch. For example, in MSN checkers where there is a lack of an imposed time limit, and one is assured of defeat, one can merely choose to ignore the game when it is his turn to be make his move , ensuring that he or she will effectively never lose, even if he or she is unable to win as a result. Likewise, in life, there are some choices which ensure that you can never lose, at the cost of not being able to win either. People who choose these choices are generally called 'bitches'.
There also exists the 'gamble' in both checkers and life. In checkers, one can offer draw despite losing, in hopes that the opponent fumbles and accidentally clicks on the 'accept draw' button. However small the chance is, the possibility exists nonetheless. Likewise, in life, striking lottery, regardless of how unlikely it is, gives you the chance to be out of the shithole you currently are in, no matter how deep it is.
And finally, in checkers, you may anytime click the resign button. The parallel to this in life is the cold, hard finality of death. Which, indeed, may sometimes be as simple as the push of a button.
