Bible verse Matt 14:25
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
To browbeat someone saying they presume sumthin sumthin when they’re just counting the cost is presumption. Then saying it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy is adding bullshiite to the equation. Count the cost before you engage in browbeating.
Thank you for adding a dose of reality. Please see my #46.