What popular saying is actually bull####?

[SirAndrew]

5 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

"Money doesnt buy happiness"

 

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

Definitely the winner. I could go with the more rare “Money can’t buy love” also. 

[DrDawkinstein]

5 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

LOL I tried!

 

4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

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.

 

Bros, I am LIVING IT as well. 🤣

 

Johnny, pretty much same situation. 👍

[ExiledInIllinois]

 

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

“Laughter is the best medicine.” No, medicine is the best medicine. 

[Irv]

“To Die For”

 

Ohhhh Susie this cake is “to die for”.  Good.  Go ahead and kill yourself. 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

"steps in ***** and comes out smelling like roses"

[TBBills]

"The customer is always right..."

 

 

Yea except when they are wrong.

Edited December 3, 2020 by TBBills

[LeviF]

"A watched pot never boils."  It absolutely ***** does.

 

"The pen is mightier than the sword."  Great, let's duel.  You get a pen, I get a sword.

 

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."  Bull.  Sometimes the right thing is to NOT shoot.

 

"Follow your dreams."  Your dreams are stupid.

[LeviF]

 

Another: "a penny saved is a penny earned."  No, a penny saved is a penny saved, and you won't get rich by saving money.

[Mark80]

12 hours ago, Muppy said:

The customer is always right.                                 

Blondes gave more fun

 

The phrase originally was "The customer is always right in matters of taste."  Meaning if they want a neon pink toyota camry, well, that's their taste so sure.  Somewhere down the line the last part got dropped and some people felt they had the right to now act like complete a** holes to businesses.

[WhoTom]

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

 

Good luck teaching something if you don't know how to do it.

 

 

 

 

[Nextmanup]

On 12/2/2020 at 1:40 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

“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.

Yeah, but width (circumference) and not length is the important part.

 

 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

4 hours ago, WhoTom said:

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

 

Good luck teaching something if you don't know how to do it.

 

 

 

 

 

Having worked in the education field for nearly 2 decades, I can say confidently that there a plenty of people who can’t do or teach.

[WhoTom]

38 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Having worked in the education field for nearly 2 decades, I can say confidently that there a plenty of people who can’t do or teach.

 

Three decades in higher education here, and I've seen my share of the people you're talking about. But your point doesn't refute mine, since those people don't actually teach. (In fact, most of the the ones I've known have become administrators.) 

 

 

 

 

[Mark Vader]

I'm posting this without having read the entire thread, hope I am not repeating anyone else's post.

 

"Money can't buy love." Oh yes it can.

[SDS]

1 minute ago, Mark Vader said:

I'm posting this without having read the entire thread, hope I am not repeating anyone else's post.

 

"Money can't buy love." Oh yes it can.

posted. 🙂

[LeGOATski]

On 12/2/2020 at 12:30 PM, SDS said:

Is that really a popular saying though?

I've heard it a lot more recently. More of a trendy one I guess, rather than historically popular,  along with the whole "alpha" theme that seemed to manifest as a reaction to the latest "me too"/women's lib movement. A variation of other over-compensating statements of the same nature.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 hour ago, WhoTom said:

 

Three decades in higher education here, and I've seen my share of the people you're talking about. But your point doesn't refute mine, since those people don't actually teach. (In fact, most of the the ones I've known have become administrators.) 

 

 

Sadly true.  The woman who is the current curriculum director in my district is a former building level administrator.  She was so bad at her job and so hated in the community that they promoted her to curriculum director because they couldn’t fire her.

[frostbitmic]

It's not over til the fat lady sings ...

 

Maybe at the opera but never any other time.

[SDS]

2 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

 

That’s over the line.

[WotAGuy]

3 minutes ago, SDS said:

That’s over the line.

Apparently you’ve missed all the posts about women having sex with young boys. Oh - there’s one now!

[SDS]

6 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

Apparently you’ve missed all the posts about women having sex with young boys. Oh - there’s one now!

There’s a difference between adult stories in the news, and being over the top crude.

[BADOLBILZ]

On 12/2/2020 at 6:13 PM, Buffalo716 said:

Winners never cheat and cheaters never win

 

 

Pretty sure a very effective cheater came up with that.

[BADOLBILZ]

12 hours ago, LeviF91 said:

"Follow your dreams."  Your dreams are stupid.

[Special K]

 

“Fake it ‘til you make it!”

 

 

 

[SDS]

4 minutes ago, Special K said:

 

“Fake it ‘til you make it!”

 

 

 

Why do you think this is false?

[Special K]

52 minutes ago, SDS said:

Why do you think this is false?

 

"Fake it till you make it" (or "Fake it until you make it") is an English aphorism which suggests that by imitating confidence, competence, and an optimistic mindset, a person can realize those qualities in their real life.

 

To me, people who use this concept are saying "I don't have to learn anything or apply myself or work hard, I'll just act like I know what I'm doing to fool everyone into thinking I'm competent."

 

I would respect someone more if they said to me at my job "I don't know everything, but I'm willing to learn and work hard to get there.",  then someone who tells me "I know what I'm doing, I've got this.", then proceeds to show me that they do not "got this".

 

I'm glad I am not someone who is in charge of hiring people....I don't know how they weed their way through all the BS in job interviews to hire the people who actually have competence, instead of those who "fake it 'til they make it!"

Edited December 4, 2020 by Special K

[SDS]

9 minutes ago, Special K said:

 

"Fake it till you make it" (or "Fake it until you make it") is an English aphorism which suggests that by imitating confidence, competence, and an optimistic mindset, a person can realize those qualities in their real life.

 

To me, people who use this concept are saying "I don't have to learn anything or apply myself or work hard, I'll just act like I know what I'm doing to fool everyone into thinking I'm competent."

 

I would respect someone more if they said to me at my job "I don't know everything, but I'm willing to learn and work hard to get there.",  then someone who tells me "I know what I'm doing, I've got this.", then proceeds to show me that they do not "got this".

 

I'm glad I am not someone who is in charge of hiring people....I don't know how they weed their way through all the BS in job interviews to hire the people who actually have competence, instead of those who "fake it 'til the make it!"

I think you’re missing the make it part of the phrase. It isn’t fake it and do nothing. It’s fake it and then work hard to grow into the position.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, SDS said:

I think you’re missing the make it part of the phrase. It isn’t fake it and do nothing. It’s fake it and then work hard to grow into the position.

 

It’s a common phrase in the addiction world, and you are correct. LOOK good until you ARE good.

 

There’s a LOT of work and growth in between. 

[Special K]

20 minutes ago, SDS said:

I think you’re missing the make it part of the phrase. It isn’t fake it and do nothing. It’s fake it and then work hard to grow into the position.

 

I can see the positive uses of the phrase, but unfortunately, many people, especially young people, don't see the "hard work" part, they just see it as a shortcut to getting what they want.

 

Its just my opinion, I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just think the wording of the phrase can lead to misuse.

Edited December 4, 2020 by Special K

[ExiledInIllinois]

53 minutes ago, Special K said:

 

I can see the positive uses of the phrase, but unfortunately, many people, especially young people, don't see the "hard work" part, they just see it as a shortcut to getting what they want.

 

Its just my opinion, I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just think the wording of the phrase can lead to misuse.

Exactly.   People TODAY tend to use it not to get a foot in the door, then work hard, but to get to easy street (make it), then rest on their ill gotten laurels.

[Doc Brown]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."  I can't even find it on a menu.

 

"Good things come to those who wait."  I'm still waiting OBD.  

 

"All you need is love."  And a bullet proof vest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LeviF]

5 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

 

 

"All you need is love."  And a bullet proof vest.

 

 

 

 

lol I've always preferred Tina Turner's take - "what's love got to do with it?"

[Figster]

"Its hard to win in this league."

 

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

 

It wasn't hard for McD,

 

and a bird in the hand is not worth two in the bush If you go out and get it.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by Figster

[DrDawkinstein]

11 hours ago, Special K said:

 

I can see the positive uses of the phrase, but unfortunately, many people, especially young people, don't see the "hard work" part, they just see it as a shortcut to getting what they want.

 

Its just my opinion, I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just think the wording of the phrase can lead to misuse.

 

10 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Exactly.   People TODAY tend to use it not to get a foot in the door, then work hard, but to get to easy street (make it), then rest on their ill gotten laurels.

 

Kids these days... Right fellas? 🙄 😜

 

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

6 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

 

Kids these days... Right fellas? 🙄 😜

 

 

 

Vicious cycle!  It will become you too! 😉 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, ExiledInIllinois said:

Vicious cycle!  It will become you too! 😉 

 

You call that music!?

[Irv]

"It's water under the dam"

[BADOLBILZ]

12 hours ago, SDS said:

I think you’re missing the make it part of the phrase. It isn’t fake it and do nothing. It’s fake it and then work hard to grow into the position.

 

 

Yeah I have a friend who was very intelligent and hard working but hated school and just wasn't going to go to college.   He was stuck in jobs he hated and constantly complaining that he was better than the "educated" people he was beneath.   So I told him to just tell interviewers that he had a degree.   Problem solved.  He has been an asset everywhere he has been and he even forgave me for prank calling him on a voice changer saying someone had ran up $700 on his Sears credit card.  

 

Of course then you have the Jeffery Epsteins who faked school credentials so they ultimately could eventually get creepy massages and entertain others who faked it til they made it.

[Special K]

1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

 

Kids these days... Right fellas? 🙄 😜

 

 

 

 

Ouch.... that stings!!

 

OK, I’ll try another one:

 

”I am who I am, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.”

 

This is another phrase that while true at its heart, is unfortunately misused by many people to justify their bad behaviors or lousy personalities.

 

Instead of saying “man I was a real jerk in that situation, I need to be better.”, they think “I am who I am, if they don’t like it, that’s their problem.”