Twisting somebody else's cleverness to their own ends.
Any expression the user clearly does not understand or is utilizing to promote an agenda it actually has nothing whatsofuckingever to do with. Case in point:
IceForce said:
Alright, I thought of another phrase a bit more on topic. A phrase that DOES piss me off.
The "shitty lock" / "good key" analogy.
It just plays into sexist stereotypes, where a women who sleeps around is considered "slutty", whereas if a man does the same thing then that's perfectly fine.
That's really just a clever way of saying it's better to do one's job well than to do it poorly. But thanks to man-whores trying to justify prejudice and bad behavior, now it means "gurlz r slutz."
You just need to keep trying!
Don't get me wrong. Effort will get you lots of things. However, implying that happiness/success is inevitable is NOT helping. There are things that cannot be accomplished with any amount of effort. When I was a little kid I wanted to be Superman. I don't mean I wanted to be virtuous, I mean I wanted to fly and be bulletproof. My folks didn't say "keep trying" because they knew
that's fucking impossible.
Cynicism is the incompetent twin of wisdom.
I have two responses for this one. First, learn the difference between cynicism and realism. Example: A realist understands and accepts that sooner or later some part of his vehicle will fail and need repair. A cynic says, "I'll probably get a flat on the way home from work, 'cause my life just sucks," then fails to notice when it doesn't happen, and says the same thing the next day.
Second, spouting trite platitudes coined by people long dead is the incompetent twin of actually having something to say.
Like, you know, uhh, like, repeating, like, over and over again, you know?
This is less a phrase and more a filler. Words are coming out, but you're not speaking. Get your thoughts in order, for Pete's sake!
The customer is always right.
Douchebags who aren't getting what they want, in the mistaken and completely nonsensical belief that being even more of a douchebag is the answer to every problem, trot that little gem out like it's supposed to trump whatever is happening that they don't like. The actual meaning of the expression is the customer should be treated as well as possible. That does not include breaking every rule in the book, bumping them to the front of the line, etc.
Just about any phrase with the word "god" in it: god willing, it's god's plan, etc.
God is the lazy person's way of feeling important. If you want to feel special, maybe you should do something exceptional. Don't tell me god has a plan and I won't explain to you in painstaking detail how life is a chemical accident in a generic backwater of an uncaring universe the entirety of which will eventually turn utterly cold and dark.
