What popular saying is actually bull####?

[SDS]

“This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you…“

 

I’m guessing no on that one.

[Jauronimo]

"The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results"

 

Its literally not the definition.  To make matters worse, this "quote" is universally misattributed.

[Wacka]

I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.

[SinceThe70s]

It's not you, it's me.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

 

This is from Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.”

 

I think the quote is popularly understood to Suggest that you want to have boundaries to keep your annoying neighbors away.

 

But, actually, Robert Frost’s point was how he and his neighbor would come together each year to repair their stone fence, and the act of rebuilding together is what strengthened the relationship with the neighbor.  So, basically the opposite of how I think most of us understand the normal saying. 
 

A buddy of mine just recently clued me into the original meaning in the Frost poem, which I thought was pretty cool and at total odds with how I always understood the quote. 
 

 

 

[Bill from NYC]

I don't like "it is what it is." Imo it seems to over simplify life, which as we all know can be very complicated. It has also become very trite.

25 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

 

Actually, I agree with this lol.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Bill from NYC

[Jauronimo]

29 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

I don't like "it is what it is." Imo it seems to over simplify life, which as we all know can be very complicated. It has also become very trite.

Actually, I agree with this lol.

Its a worthless statement.  Has it not ever been what it, in fact, was?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

“There’s nothing to it but to do it.”  My Father used to say this to me all the time.  Pissed me off to no end.  Some things are really hard to do 😂

[SDS]

“Looks don’t matter”

 

The literature is rife with studies on how attractive people benefit in countless ways that unattractive people get penalized for.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 minute ago, SDS said:

“Looks don’t matter”

 

The literature is rife with studies on how attractive people benefit in countless ways that unattractive people get penalized for.

 

“Size doesn’t matter” is complete BS also.  Too big is usually not good, and too small is definitely not good.  Ask any woman who you know will give you an honest answer.

[Bill from NYC]

51 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

Its a worthless statement.  Has it not ever been what it, in fact, was?

Absolutely and many people who say it act as if they are the very first ones to utter these empty, hackneyed words.

 

I used this expression about a week ago and was starting to hate myself lol.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Bill from NYC

[WhoTom]

"It's better to seek forgiveness than to ask for permission."

 

[LeGOATski]

"I'm an alpha"

 

Because anyone who actually says that about themselves is really a beta.

[SDS]

20 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

"I'm an alpha"

 

Because anyone who actually says that about themselves is really a beta.

Is that really a popular saying though?

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

“Good fences make good neighbors.”

 

This is from Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.”

 

I think the quote is popularly understood to Suggest that you want to have boundaries to keep your annoying neighbors away.

 

But, actually, Robert Frost’s point was how he and his neighbor would come together each year to repair their stone fence, and the act of rebuilding together is what strengthened the relationship with the neighbor.  So, basically the opposite of how I think most of us understand the normal saying. 
 

A buddy of mine just recently clued me into the original meaning in the Frost poem, which I thought was pretty cool and at total odds with how I always understood the quote. 
 

 

 

I was just gonna post this!  

 

Mending Wall
BY ROBERT FROST
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And some are loaves and some so nearly balls
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
One on a side. It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
‘Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.
He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice...🤔

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😂😂😂

[dpberr]

"It is what it is."

 

All my brain sees and hears is Faith No More when I hear it.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by dpberr

[DrDawkinstein]

"Money doesnt buy happiness"

 

Uhhh, in our capitalist world it absolutely does. Financial security and independence, healthcare, etc...

[ICanSleepWhenI'mDead]

"Do.  Or do not.  There is no try."

[DrDawkinstein]

"Opposites attract"

 

Maybe in magnets and lust, but try being married to your opposite and deal with that everyday. No thanks.

[SDS]

7 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

"Money doesnt buy happiness"

 

Uhhh, in our capitalist world it absolutely does. Financial security and independence, healthcare, etc...

poverty doesn’t buy anything.

[Warcodered]

4 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

I don't like "it is what it is." Imo it seems to over simplify life, which as we all know can be very complicated. It has also become very trite.

Actually, I agree with this lol.

Honestly it feels like that phrase just gets a lot of back lash for it usually being used for a bad situation. To me it's basically a phrase about sometimes life is unfair/sucks and you can either be stuck on it or find a way to move on.

3 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

“There’s nothing to it but to do it.”  My Father used to say this to me all the time.  Pissed me off to no end.  Some things are really hard to do 😂

Misread this one as "There's nothing to do but to do it." which always made sense to me to be about procrastination.

[teef]

"suck it"

 

 

very rarely when i have said that, have i actually wanted anyone to suck it.

[WhoTom]

"Ignorance is bliss." It may be bliss for the ignorant but for the rest of us, it's pretty damn annoying.

 

In reality, it's not bliss for anyone. Most of the ignorant people I know are constantly angry, and usually they're angry with the wrong people.

 

 

[Bill from NYC]

31 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

"Opposites attract"

 

Maybe in magnets and lust, but try being married to your opposite and deal with that everyday. No thanks.

LOL I tried!

[ExiledInIllinois]

"There is no 'I' in team"

 

Total BS!  ...Because,  there is a 'me' in team...

[Johnny Hammersticks]

44 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

"Opposites attract"

 

Maybe in magnets and lust, but try being married to your opposite and deal with that everyday. No thanks.

 

Story of my (married) life, brotha.  My wife is total type A....if she’s not doing something or preparing to do something she gets anxious.  I’m, well, pretty laid back 😂

 

 It has its advantages and disadvantages.  With regard to our marriage....our differences often present challenges.

[UConn James]

“It is what it is” or my preferred “it’s gonna be what it’s gonna be” isn’t bulls— when I use it to describe construction or DIY work. It’s the acceptance that things rarely come out absolutely PERFECT. You do the best with what you’ve got and you live with it.

Mine is:

“Time heals all wounds.”

 

Maybe for people with sh— for memory.

Edited December 2, 2020 by UConn James

[Augie]

“I could care less.”

 

If you don’t get me, think about it. It’s so common, but it means you DO care, because you could care LESS. 

 

I COULDN”T care less is what I think you are looking for. 

 

 

 

I’ll also throw in “no disrespect, but.....” We all know what’s generally coming next, right? 

 

 

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Edited December 2, 2020 by Augie

[SDS]

18 minutes ago, Augie said:

“I could care less.”

 

If you don’t get me, think about it. It’s so common, but it means you DO care, because you could care LESS. 

 

I COULDN”T care less is what I think you are looking for. 

 

 

 

I’ll also throw in “no disrespect, but.....” We all know what’s generally coming next, right? 

 

 

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I was thinking of something different than grammatical errors. 

[OZBILLS]

"That's the way she goes"

 

Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't. The way she goes

[Buffalo716]

Winners never cheat and cheaters never win

 

Ask old Marcia Brady about that

[OZBILLS]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

Winners never cheat and cheaters never win

 

Ask old Marcia Brady about that

Cheaters often win. Winners often cheat.

 

Nice guys finish last

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, SDS said:

I was thinking of something different than grammatical errors. 

 

I get that, but it is probably more common than the proper phrase, working it’s way into our national lexicon. It feels like more than a grammatical error because it’s so commonly used and has taken on a life of it’s own. 

 

 

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Edited December 2, 2020 by Augie

[Warcodered]

5 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I get that, but it is probably more common than the proper phrase, working it’s way into our national lexicon. It feels like more than a grammatical error because it’s so commonly used and has taken on a life of it’s own. 

 

 

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[WhoTom]

44 minutes ago, Augie said:

I’ll also throw in “no disrespect, but.....” We all know what’s generally coming next, right? 

 

Yeah, that's like "I'm not a racist, but..."

You KNOW the next thing they say will be racist.

 

And if I ever preface a statement with the phrase "With all due respect," the implication is that the amount due is zero. It's my equivalent of a southerner saying, "Well, bless your heart."

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I get that, but it is probably more common than the proper phrase, working it’s way into our national lexicon. It feels like more than a grammatical error because it’s so commonly used and has taken on a life of it’s own. 

 

 

.

This is very true. 

[muppy]

The customer is always right.                                 

Blondes gave more fun

[Orlando Tim]

8 hours ago, SDS said:

“Looks don’t matter”

 

The literature is rife with studies on how attractive people benefit in countless ways that unattractive people get penalized for.

If this is true I must have a truly spectacular personality.

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Muppy said:

The customer is always right.                                 

Blondes gave more fun

 

The customer is NOT always right. Back in my banking days I would kick some A-holes out of the bank. They would be abusive and treat the staffs like punching bags. I’d take them up to the teller line, total up all their accounts, waive penalties for closing CD’s early and hand them a check while asking politely that they never return. 

 

I could have gotten in trouble for taking away a guaranteed CD rate or something, but it would have easily been fixed if it got ugly. I shocked some serious jerks, and had extremely loyal staffs who appreciated someone sticking up for them as a result. The looks on the client’s faces are still a source of pleasure to me. They thought they owned the right to bully people. Treat people like trash and you deserve what you get. 

 

Some of these people had hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank and thought they were big stuff. Guess what....I had people with millions in the bank and would not allow that treatment of the staff from ANYONE. 

 

 

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Edited December 3, 2020 by Augie