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Post by Lindarina on Aug 26, 2017 11:32:51 GMT
I'm always amazed at the hate for "it is what it is". I love that phrase because I'm a pragmatist. Sometimes things are what they are and there is no sense stewing about it or overthinking it. I'm curious, what would you use to replace that phrase that would communicate that same idea? I also like "not my circus, not my monkeys" because I'm a school teacher and it usually IS my circus and my monkeys. I still scrapbook (gasp!) and most of the phrases used on scrapbook products are stupid. I was about to write this exact post! I'm a teacher and yes, the monkeys are mine. Last year my father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. "It is what it is" has become my mantra of sorts for all the things I can't do anything about. All those "stay positive" mantras are all fine and dandy (to use another clichè), until you're faced with a situation where all you can do is accept what is. Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change = it is what it is.
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Aug 26, 2017 13:20:21 GMT
at the end of the day bless her cottons if you know what I mean (courtesy of my SIL)
The phrase that is currently irritating me is "go ahead and {do something perfectly unremarkable}" in every tutorial I watch.
Those are all fillers; phrases that add no meaning to what is being said, but are used merely to give the speaker time to think about what they are about to say next. I'd prefer not to have to listen to their brain cogs grinding through their mouths.
"Literally" when people mean "figuratively"
The phrase about God never giving us more than we can handle is a misquote from the Bible. The real quote is about temptation: No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10-13
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 28, 2017 11:40:58 GMT
"It is what it is." Uhhhh, no s**t Sherlock. What else would it be? Actually that phrase came in very handy for me at one point in my life.... After I separated/ divorced (married 32 years ) . So many people asking questions in what they seem to think was a kind, commiserating way, but I just found invasive. The phrase said it all... It is what it is, I don't like it, but I am dealing with it. Ended conversations nicely. All they could do was agree
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 28, 2017 11:43:26 GMT
I hate cray cray. And po po. A word I hate is anywho. When they mean anyhow..... Why?!!!! Also hate love me some----.
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 28, 2017 11:45:37 GMT
"On my Bucket List" makes me think less of people who use it because it's that stupid. I hate bucket list. Sometimes I think people use this to make themselves better than everybody else. I hate the phrase . A son is a son until he takes a wife, and daughter is a daughter all her life. My aunt would used this to keep me in my place. My brother was free to do what he wanted but I was to take care of the family for the rest of mine. how old Are you? I do use this phrase sometimes, because I am at a point in my life when I realize I won't be able to do everything I want to do.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2017 13:14:13 GMT
I hate bucket list. Sometimes I think people use this to make themselves better than everybody else. I hate the phrase . A son is a son until he takes a wife, and daughter is a daughter all her life. My aunt would used this to keep me in my place. My brother was free to do what he wanted but I was to take care of the family for the rest of mine. how old Are you? I do use this phrase sometimes, because I am at a point in my life when I realize I won't be able to do everything I want to do..... Not sure if you're asking her or me, but I'm just about 52, and I hate the phrase because it's so stupidly obvious that anything you want to do has to be done before you're dead. I don't like the ranking of things in life like that -- giving some things more importance than they deserve or minimizing small but glorious things. Such lists are set-ups for disappointment and failure.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 28, 2017 15:04:46 GMT
Actually, one reason I didn't have to study a lot in school was because we had to take notes and copy stuff by hand. That cements information for a lot of people. Your kids copying notes from the board for study purposes might actually improve scores. Oh, my students take their own notes. It does cement information. I mean they will have to copy math problems from the board instead of having a practice sheet. Copy a graph for notations instead of having it given. That was the norm for those of us raised in the mimeograph era, pre-copier. It took a few minutes but really wasn't a burden. There was emphasis on handwriting at the time so anything copied from the board, including numbers was practice. Budget cuts are sickening, but I can get behind fewer copies. It doesn't happen so much at our high school but our elem was so wasteful. It seemed to take all six years my oldest son attended to get them to not single face print a continuous document. The on-site machine and copy center had the ability, but the teachers didn't learn it or order it. Sorry, don't mean to hijack! I know teachers put up with so much c$&%^! ETA we also didn't grow up in the era of multiple state and national tests. After writing this I realize I might be downplaying the need to make EVERY single minute count- sorry!
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 28, 2017 15:10:19 GMT
Being told year after year by school admin, that staff does "more with less". We are told that every single opening day. Way to remind us that we've taken pay cuts every year and there won't be money for supplies and it will all come out of our pockets. We aren't doing more with less. They are just paying less. We make up the difference by spending our own money. When does this turn around? I hate how "more with less" gets paired with "work smarter" in the corporate world probably in teaching too. It's insulting, and implies one doesn't already work efficiently or deliberately find a solution as soon as possible. I'm lucky to mostly work with motivated people, we don't need to hear it.
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Post by bosoxbeth on Aug 28, 2017 19:06:50 GMT
cray-cray It is what it is
UGH! HATE THOSE
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Post by Chips on Aug 28, 2017 19:30:18 GMT
I just despise - "Living the dream"
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 28, 2017 20:26:50 GMT
Not sure if you're asking her or me, but I'm just about 52, and I hate the phrase because it's so stupidly obvious that anything you want to do has to be done before you're dead. I don't like the ranking of things in life like that -- giving some things more importance than they deserve or minimizing small but glorious things. Such lists are set-ups for disappointment and failure. My list is short.... When I get sonething done, I add to it. I guess I have a pail rather than a Bucket! Next on my list is a visit to the Galopagos. I, by the way, am about 14 years older than you. 4 of my classmates gave died of natural causes this year... I do think of things differently than I did just a few years ago.
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Post by FurryP on Aug 28, 2017 23:45:52 GMT
Haven't seen it in a while but:
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Gag!
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Post by ponsonby2 on Aug 29, 2017 0:59:28 GMT
We're pregnant!
No, "We" are not pregnant. "We" are expecting. "We" are going to have a baby.
Only "I" am pregnant.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 29, 2017 4:08:22 GMT
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 29, 2017 4:17:38 GMT
I just despise - "Living the dream" That one cracks me up because it is usually said sarcastically by someone who is clearly not living the dream.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 29, 2017 4:21:34 GMT
We're pregnant! No, "We" are not pregnant. "We" are expecting. "We" are going to have a baby. Only "I" am pregnant. This is my number 1 most irritating thing to hear. I just cannot keep my big mouth shut when I hear this. It is not only stupid it is insulting to the pregnant woman.
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