So while reading The Dumb House (amazing book by the way, check it out) I came across the expression "pyrrhic victory" and became quite taken by it. To quote Wikipedia ('cause all college students are doing it anyways so why not):
[It] is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way, though the heavy toll negates a true sense of achievement or profit.
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