fun.txt

Imagine you are walking down the street and you see your neighbor building a house out of cardboard.
Your neighbor sees you and asks for help with something about building his house. Now, if your neighbor
says it is a fun project and just for the practice, you might say, "Sure, that looks fun. I'll try to
help you make a door that works." Or you might say, "Sorry, I'm busy. Maybe another time." However, if
your neighbor says he is building the house to live in it, that is an entirely different story. You
might laugh at him. You might try to explain that cardboard is not going to work as it rains most weeks.
You might try to convince him to use wood. So long as your neighbor thinks he will live in the house,
though, you will probably feel it is a waste of your time and his time to help him build that house.

If you got a project where you are doing something just because or for fun or to try something out or just
or the experience, acknowledge or state that you know it's a fun project. Don't ask for help building it
right because people will first try to convince you to do it right then shake their heads and walk off.
Tell them you know it's just for fun and they might decide to have some fun, too.

If you ask for help and people laugh or try to convince you to do it a different way, consider that your
building materials might actually be cardboard. If you want to do this just for fun, that is okay - but
tell them it is just for fun. If you want to build something which will last, you should take another look
at how you are doing it.