Sayings that annoy you

[Alssadar]

"FML." Okay, sometimes its fine--your wife of five years it cheating on you, and so you post it anonymously to the internet. That's acceptable.
But, you have a two-sided worksheet? They ran out of the 'good salad?' (How can it be good without meat?) Your stupid first world problems?
It annoys me that all these problems are just minor inconveniences, and most people would enjoy not having to pay for all their stuff, living in a large house, or having to get out of school by 2:30. Yea, fml to your broken pencil, and shove it in your eye.

 

[Verok]

Same difference. I don't know who the hell came up with that one, it used to be same thing, same idea or whatever but it meant that the two things were the same or at least very similar. Same difference means that its the same but different it makes no goddamn sense.

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

I don't get these anymore, but when I was a kid, my parents always said, "We'll see" when they really meant no, as I'm sure everyone's parents did. I just wish that for once, they would have given me a straight answer.
Second, again from my childhood. When my parents said something they didn't feel like justifying and I asked why, they would only say "Because", and I asked why again, they simply replied with "Because that's the why"
NO THAT IS NOT THE FUCKING WHY! NOW GIVE ME A PROPER ANSWER!
(Sorry, little bit of pent up childhood anger there)

 

[game-lover]

Same difference. I don't know who the hell came up with that one, it used to be same thing, same idea or whatever but it meant that the two things were the same or at least very similar. Same difference means that its the same but different it makes no goddamn sense.

Ninja'd! I thought for sure no one would mention this. But yeah, pretty much that.

I believe according to my brother anyway that that's pretty much the point. He tends to say it when I correct him on using the wrong term for something or how something is completely nowhere near what he was thinking. So he says it. "Same difference"

You're right though. It's very irritating.

 

[The Funslinger]

"Get a life!" I'm sure many of us have heard this one. It roughly translates to 'waaaah stop liking what you like and like getting wasted like me which will then validate how i spend my time'. There is no real way you can reply to 'Get a life". Trying to explain that you do have a life makes you come across as lame. Seemingly witty comebacks aren't witty to anyone else.

'Smile!' is similar to the OP's. In middle school I was usually miserable and people would tell me to "Smile!" which would only ruin my mood more. Curb Your Own Enthusiasm explains it best with
Oh and 'Ninja'd'. I never got the popularity of pirates and ninjas. If someone mentions something before you then just say why you chose a similar thing. It isn't a race to see who can say the idea first.

Well, you said 'waaaah stop liking what you like and like getting wasted like me which will then validate how i spend my time'.

In the words of Dr. Cox: "I'd open with that..."

OT: When discussing my break up, a friend said "it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." The cheesiness almost made me break shit.

Edit: Oh yes, "exception that proves the rule" has been misused so much it's giving me a brain tumor.

 

[krazykidd]

Same difference. I don't know who the hell came up with that one, it used to be same thing, same idea or whatever but it meant that the two things were the same or at least very similar. Same difference means that its the same but different it makes no goddamn sense.

Wrong . It means the difference is the same . I'll give you two examples .

2-1 = 1
7-6 = 1

The difference between these two equations are the same . Thus having the same difference .

Let's put that in less mathematical setting .

Me: i have myopia
Friend:you are nearsighted
Me: same difference

The difference from normal vision is the same . Basically being nearsighted and having myopia is the same thing . Thus the difference between the each and whats normal is the same .

OT: There is always a silver lining . No there isn't. Sometimes bad shit happens and no good comes from it. I hate this optomistic crap.

 

[angry_flashlight]

Whenever someone says 'I could care less,' I simply reply: 'Oh, so you do care then!' If they don't get it, conversation over. X/

 

[thylasos]

Tis better to have love than lost...

Again...no.

It's "'tis better to have loved and lost (than never to have loved at all)", in fairness.

That is to say, it's better to experience something beautiful or amazing for a short time than not experiencing it at all.

Or, in more general term, you won't experience emotional peaks without risk of a reversal, but the endeavour remains worthwhile.

On the 'God works in mysterious ways' point, it's a fairly weak riposte to the existence of evil in a world created by a supposedly benevolent god.

Also, God does work in notably different ways in the Old & New Testaments, on a slightly different point. And creates man twice.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

"It could be worse". Yes it could be, thanks for reminding me.

A poor craftsman blames his tools.

I mean what the hell is that shit.

I always reply "a good craftsman wouldn't use bad tools". But yeah it is a rubbish saying, you try using a blunt chisel for anything useful. /enraged former joiner rant

 

[Luna]

'Just sayin'

Of course you're bloody saying. You're not making a poo castle with gummy bears and lamp shades whilst playing a game of leap frog choreographed to David Bowie's greatest hits. Fucks sake. All my rage.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

"Shoving it down your/people's faces". Whenever I hear that I just feel rage. Unless they are literally stalking you and saying "DO MY THING" to you ever second of the day, they are not shoving it down your face! You simply have an underlying problem with the subject matter and don't like it when you see it mentioned, there's no other reason why unless of course, the thing I just said is happening to you.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[neverarine]

never say never

makes me want to high five them in the face with a chair

 

[5-0]

"Fair enough" really annoys me, because people always say it as this generic response to anything I say. It seems like they've put no effort into thinking of an appropriate response. I didn't ask them if what I said was "fair", or if they agreed with it.

"m'kay".

Poor Mr Mackey

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Anything that starts off as a nice meme, but then gets abused the fuck out of when people post 'memes' on Facebook

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

'I lost my faith in humanity'

This, so much. For starters, who gives a fuck? Not only are you judging our entire species on the actions of pitifully few, but you're also assuming that your 'faith in humanity' (faith in humanity to do what exactly?) is anything that we care about or that needs to be shared. If you're the kind of raging bellend that throws a fucking tizzy at the whole human race over some orange shits from New Jersy, you deserve all of your supposed-misery.

 

[Matthew Kjonaas]

"What do you expect I am just a teenager."
"Don't worry be happy."
"Nothing bad will happen."
"Why are you so anger?"

All of these make me feel like whoever I am talking to a person that just uses overused saying because they have no idea what to say.

 

[rob_simple]

"It could be worse". Yes it could be, thanks for reminding me.

This, a thousand times this.

"Oh, thanks guy, well I'm sure I have no right to be upset about losing my leg as you've so kindly pointed out the chap in the bed next to me has just lost two."

Also, when I was growing up I absolutely hated the phrase, 'because I said so.'

If an adult said 'don't do that because I said so' it just felt like pulling rank and pissed me off so much. 'Don't do that because you'll break both your legs and they'll have to cut them off and then some dickhead will use you to prove a point to the one-legged guy in the bed next to you,' now you've got my attention...