Sayings that annoy you

[Rinshan Kaihou]

The phrase "It is what it is"
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And also "moving forward"
ugh.....

I hear these at work all the time and they drive me nuts. Every time I hear "it is what it is" I want to cut their fckn vocal cords out with a rusty stapler.

 

[Combustion Kevin]

"It's what's on the inside that counts."

but it's the outside they see and judge me for!

 

[KingHodor]

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."

Blind, stupid love, maybe. Your partner has a right to call you out on your bullshit. Heck, maybe you didn't even know your behavior was hurting them. Saying you're sorry is an admission that you actually care. You can't fault someone for occassionally wanting to hear that you're still emotionally invested in your relationship.

 

[Rose and Thorn]

I guess the two main ones that come to thought are...

*Play it by ear*...my family uses this one a lot, so I grew up hating this phrase, they use it for everything and the sound of it has always grated ear drums.

*Whatsup*...the main thing I used to see from text messages, you know before I started to ignore them. I had "friends" that would text me "Hey whatsup?", I would go "Nothing much, you?" instead of using the, "Nothing at all my life is boring why do you keep asking?". Then they would go, "Nothing much"...and that would be the end of our "conversation".

 

[Jakub324]

'The night is darkest just before the dawn.' GRRRRR! No, it fucking isn't! I'm sure humanity could come up with a better metaphor, one that actually works!

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

A poor craftsman blames his tools.

I mean what the hell is that shit.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

A poor craftsman blames his tools.

I mean what the hell is that shit.

Was that rhetorical?

EDIT: Nevermind, I get what you're saying. A perfectly fine craftsman could easily blame his tools.

'The night is darkest just before the dawn.' GRRRRR! No, it fucking isn't! I'm sure humanity could come up with a better metaphor, one that actually works!

Yeah it's bad, but I just love how Eckhart said it in The Dark Knight

 

[Zeraki]

"Just stop being depressed, and be happy."(If I could just 'shut it off' I would... asshole. Anyone who has never had to go through depression shouldn't try to give those who are suffering with it advice on how to deal with it.)

"You need to get out more."(Usually coming from people you hardly know, yet they like to pretend they know everything about you, and exactly how your mind works.)




One of my personal favorites. "You don't drink!? You don't know what you're missing out on man!!!!1." Then they huddle up to the toilet, and worship the porcelain gods as they spend the night vomiting.

 

[NathLines]

"That's just the way it is/That's just how things are".

FUCK ME! Everything is the way it is! God damn it!

 

[Smeatza]

"I don't want to live on this planet anymore." Or any anti-humanity saying.

Because of what one person or a small group of people did invalidates the whole species. Makes sense. What worse is the people that say this always give some half-assed excuse like were literally killing Earth or technology makes our lives too easy. My sister has this mind set that we should all live as if we were natives. But she fails to understand that she would have died without modern medicine.

It's not serious, it's a Futurama reference.

Its sounds as if people have been misusing the phrase in which case take it back.
It's too good to be corrupted by ignorance.

OT:
Many of my friends have taken to replacing every single question with "what you saying?"
Instead of "how are you today?" - "what you saying?"
instead of "what are you doing?" - "what you saying?"
instead of "where are you?" - "what you saying?"

So....so...annoying.

 

[Tartarga]

I really hate "We're burning daylight." or any variation of it.

It makes no sense, daylight has no physical presence so it can't be burnt. I wish I could set light on fire and make it night time but I can't, it's not possible. Stop saying that.

 

[OneBrokePony]

I'm really tired of hearing people say someone threw someone/something under the bus.

 

[King of Asgaard]

'It's always in the last place you look.'
No shit, Sherlock.
Of course it is, because once you find what you were looking for, you stop looking, making the place where you found the item the last place you looked!
My rage. Please take all of it.

 

[jdogtwodolla]

The phrase "Such and such has jumped the shark" has officially jumped the shark.

Well Maybe It's about time someone nuked the fridge then huh? (Or I guess maybe fried the coke but not really)

I hate the saying "Stop feeling sorry for yourself."
What Does this mean? I feel disapointed and that makes me apologetic towards myself?

 

[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.