Sayings that annoy you
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"For the longest time" its something we never say in Australia, we just say "for a long time"...the American way sounds retarded.
TopazFusion said:inb4 "Am I the only one?", and this comic . . .
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For me, it would be "It could be worse", when things aren't going right for you.
So very helpful saying that.
Daystar Clarion said:
While I agree could care less doesn't make any sense. Everyone should be saying Couldn't care less. I have to point out holding the fort when looked at the same way he looks at holding down the fort makes just as little sense. What am I supposed to hold the fort for? If I let go is it going to run away? See you can make almost anything make no sense if you just look at it in the right way. What I'm trying to say they both make sense if you don't over think it.
"You only live once" is a phrase that I hate. People seem to use it as an excuse to do stupid things when it should instead be a reason to, y'know, NOT do stupid things.
Then again, "people" and "stupid things" seem to go together better chocolate and peanut butter, so I guess that's to be expected.
Then again, "people" and "stupid things" seem to go together better chocolate and peanut butter, so I guess that's to be expected.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
I'm pretty sure some things don't kill you but they sure as hell don't make you any stronger..
I'm pretty sure some things don't kill you but they sure as hell don't make you any stronger..
Wouldn't that work in certain context though.Daystar Clarion said:
"So you still wanna go see The Avengers?"
"I could care less."
"Alright lets go."
See it works.
OT: You don't understand. Every freakin month. I understand the cramps are painful and put you in a foul mood, but I didn't spend a hour bitching at you when my leg was broken because you left a shoe in the hall that my crutch caught on sending crashing to the ground. Pain isn't a free pass to be a *****.
No offense meant to any ladies reading this.
I can think of several.
"It is what it is." - Not only is this a "no shit" kind of saying, but it also creates a sense of almost arrogant dismissal on the part of the person talking. I hate that.
"Irregardless..." - This and any other occasion of someone mispronouncing a common-knowledge saying. Like someone saying "Doggy dog world" instead of "Dog-eat-dog world" or someone saying "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".
"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - Another "no shit" saying. Yes, you are technically right. However, that does not mean that what you're saying is true either. It's pure conjecture. So stop trying to pass it off as truth. Kind of like someone saying, "You can't prove Big-foot doesn't exist. Therefore he must exist."
"Nobody cares.." - Actually...I'm pretty damn sure at least one person cares. So kindly stop acting as though only your opinion (or absence thereof) is important.
"How can you love someone, or expect someone to love you, if you don't love yourself?" - Bull. You can easily...EASILY...love something or someone and not love yourself. In fact, I tend to trust people who aren't in love with themselves as I find people who are to be arrogant and selfish.
It's saying that an honest person takes the blame for their mistakes while a dishonest person blames others. Frankly, much of todays society could learn from this old saying.
I think a lot of the rage in this thread towards some sayings is due to not quite grasping the meaning behind them. Which is understandable. A lot of the sayings being presented have their origins from upwards of centuries ago.
"It is what it is." - Not only is this a "no shit" kind of saying, but it also creates a sense of almost arrogant dismissal on the part of the person talking. I hate that.
"Irregardless..." - This and any other occasion of someone mispronouncing a common-knowledge saying. Like someone saying "Doggy dog world" instead of "Dog-eat-dog world" or someone saying "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".
"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - Another "no shit" saying. Yes, you are technically right. However, that does not mean that what you're saying is true either. It's pure conjecture. So stop trying to pass it off as truth. Kind of like someone saying, "You can't prove Big-foot doesn't exist. Therefore he must exist."
"Nobody cares.." - Actually...I'm pretty damn sure at least one person cares. So kindly stop acting as though only your opinion (or absence thereof) is important.
"How can you love someone, or expect someone to love you, if you don't love yourself?" - Bull. You can easily...EASILY...love something or someone and not love yourself. In fact, I tend to trust people who aren't in love with themselves as I find people who are to be arrogant and selfish.
That saying is implying that while a poor craftsman blames his tools (for shoddy work), a good craftsman blames himself.The Diabolical Biz said:
It's saying that an honest person takes the blame for their mistakes while a dishonest person blames others. Frankly, much of todays society could learn from this old saying.
I think a lot of the rage in this thread towards some sayings is due to not quite grasping the meaning behind them. Which is understandable. A lot of the sayings being presented have their origins from upwards of centuries ago.
The classic parental saying, "If [insert best friend's name] jumped off a bridge, would you?!". Really bugs me when it's used as a comparison to some completely incomparable situations.
Also, is there any explanation behind somebody being the "bees knees"? Why the bees knees? Why not he elephants eyebrows. Anyone have an explanation?
Also, is there any explanation behind somebody being the "bees knees"? Why the bees knees? Why not he elephants eyebrows. Anyone have an explanation?
While often misused its a legitimate and useful principle.Vigormortis said:
Nothing like that at all. It is a sound legal and scientific principle when used correctly. (for example even if a murder suspect cannot be placed at the scene, unless there is sufficient evidence proving them to be elsewhere then its still possible to convict)Vigormortis said:
"Yolo" grinds my gears to no fucking limit.
Saying "you only live once" doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's "yolo" that bothers me. I can't stand stupid abbreviations like that.
Saying "you only live once" doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's "yolo" that bothers me. I can't stand stupid abbreviations like that.
If you've ever been up all night, surely you've experienced a cloudy night where it is far, far brighter at 1am than it is at 5am.Jakub324 said:
It isn't true on cloudless nights, but in the middle of winter I've seen many a time where I'd look out the window and be able to see clearly at 1 or 2am, and then it become darker as it gets closer to dawn.
Edit: Always with a red tinge to the sky, if I remember correctly.
I can't say I find it annoying, but "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is a frustrating line. I can think of at least 5 ways I'd like to make these people "stronger" starting with a couple broken bones and finishing off with a nice needle full of HIV.
"Cheer up!" Especially when delivered by people who aren't just happy, but permanently giddy in a way that makes me think they got there using medication. Tell you what: I promise, no matter how happy you are, no matter how much your giddiness pisses me off, I will never ever tell you how to feel. Now you extend me the same courtesy.
Any of those insipid, overwrought cliches about love: "You'll meet someone someday," "There's someone out there for everyone," and so forth. You do not know any such thing. If you want me to feel better about being alone, congratulations, you have achieved it -- by making me glad I'm not with someone who insults my intelligence with ill-conceived platitudes.
"It takes all kinds." No. No, it does not take all kinds. We certainly have all kinds, but that is not the same thing at all. Please explain to me how serial killers and pedophiles make the world go 'round.
"It's what's inside that counts." Tell you what: Why don't you talk to that woman over there, the four hundred pound one with the uni-brow and the face like a bulldog's ass, who at the age of thirty-five has never been laid, never known real companionship, whose only function is to be "befriended" by some skinny attractive woman so that woman has someone to point to when she says, "I'll go out with you if you get a date for my friend here"..........Yeah, go explain to her that it's what's inside that counts.
Newcomer: It's made of millions of leathery objects. Are those....hearts?
Demon: Yes, we built the Gate from the hearts of cowards.
Newcomer: ...Cowards?
Demon: I know what you're thinking. Why not use the hearts of heroes? They're so much stronger. You're right, they are. And we would have, except for one tiny detail: We don't get many heroes here.
Any of those insipid, overwrought cliches about love: "You'll meet someone someday," "There's someone out there for everyone," and so forth. You do not know any such thing. If you want me to feel better about being alone, congratulations, you have achieved it -- by making me glad I'm not with someone who insults my intelligence with ill-conceived platitudes.
"It takes all kinds." No. No, it does not take all kinds. We certainly have all kinds, but that is not the same thing at all. Please explain to me how serial killers and pedophiles make the world go 'round.
"It's what's inside that counts." Tell you what: Why don't you talk to that woman over there, the four hundred pound one with the uni-brow and the face like a bulldog's ass, who at the age of thirty-five has never been laid, never known real companionship, whose only function is to be "befriended" by some skinny attractive woman so that woman has someone to point to when she says, "I'll go out with you if you get a date for my friend here"..........Yeah, go explain to her that it's what's inside that counts.
Read this in a book once. It's been a while, so I'm paraphrasing. Newcomer to Hell contemplates the enormous Gates.EmperorSubcutaneous said:
Newcomer: It's made of millions of leathery objects. Are those....hearts?
Demon: Yes, we built the Gate from the hearts of cowards.
Newcomer: ...Cowards?
Demon: I know what you're thinking. Why not use the hearts of heroes? They're so much stronger. You're right, they are. And we would have, except for one tiny detail: We don't get many heroes here.
But, in all honesty, anything is physically possible. Not everything is physically probable, however. Have you heard the joke about the Physicist in the bar? Every day he goes to a bar for lunch and orders two drinks, setting the second at the seat next to him. He never drinks the second. Finally the bartender asks him why he doesn't go and ask out any of the numerous girls in the bar instead of waiting for somebody who has never shown. The physicist replies, "The odds of an attractive woman materializing on the chair and falling in love with me instantly are better than any of those girls going out with me." Physically possible, but not at all probable.Kungfu_Teddybear said:I fucking love David Mitchell.TopazFusion said:inb4 "Am I the only one?", and this comic . . .
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For me, it would be "It could be worse", when things aren't going right for you.
So very helpful saying that.
Daystar Clarion said:
OT: "Anything is possible." OK then, see that building over there? Go up to the roof of that building, swan dive off, faceplant the solid concrete and get up and walk away without any injuries at all. Go on, do it, anything is possible!
Sayings that annoy me? Pretty much anything said by any player in most LoL matches. It truly Grinds my Gears to read some of the things these people say. Why can't we all just get along?