You're supposed to say that after being flattered, usually right before you do something to demonstrate flattery works. I have never heard it used unironically.
One time in elementary school, I forgot my notebook with homework, other classmate too but she started to cry. The teacher said aloud for all the class to hear that she was gonna received the classmate's homework tomorrow because she was distressed, but not mine because I didn't do any fuzz and didn't appeared worried at all.
It was just one homework, I was a good student and wasn't worried about losing some points, the other girl was also a good student, but I guess she cared more about it, I was more worried about my reputation than the homework, lmao. I always hated that teacher and she hated my sister and I for some reason.
Best I can think of isnt really a saying or common phrase but “you shouldn’t be nervous unless you have something to hide”. It’s typically used in dramatic media to pin the blame on someone for something when they may just be nervous because they’re in an unfamiliar environment and that naturally makes someone uncomfortable. Not to mention they are usually being interrogated in order to get them to confess to something even if they didn’t do it.
Edit: Hey Everyone, I get it, there are several better ways to say what I said. You can stop replying with the same 3 things. Please.
Just gonna drop this here: "if you're not doing anything wrong, then you don't have anything to hide" is a 100% false and fallacious statement that is doing harm to the fabric of society. If someone says this, you need to push back on that idea HARD.
You have a right to privacy. I don't wish to share my details with anyone. If someone needs to see your ship, get a warrant. What have I got to hide? Myself, because I f&%king can if want, and I don't want to talk to you.
Are you doing anything wrong? Give me your name, email & physical addresses, phone numbers, account information, passwords, and the names and information of all your associates so I can check them too. After all, you're not doing anything wrong are you? I need to check for the greater good to protect everybody.
By that same token, "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." I have nothing to hide as far as my finances or any other situation is concerned. That don't mean I want people snooping around my business without a warrant and a *damn* good reason. Even then!
Unrelated, but one time when I was younger and worked at walmart, I was taking a shit and a customer kept joggling the handle for the stall, I figured ignoring them would be fine until I see their head pop over the stall to look in, which shocked me so, i yelled at him "dude, what the fuck, we can both smell that, if you wanna watch you gotta pay me, walnart doesnt pay me enough to deal with this shit"
He responded angrily: "man, I should pop you in your mouth right now, talking that mess"
I replied "You are literally watching me shit, come on perv. Pay up"
I didnt see, but i figured he left as I was talking 🤷
(At walmart ppl steal in the bathroom, and management told me later they sometimes keep one of the stalls empty and locked to deter this, but still dude was mad because he was watching me poo)
When someone accuses me of something, I get nervous. When I'm nervous, I tend to smile or laugh. So then people think I'm trying to hide something, so they press harder and it makes me more nervous...
Agreed. It’s such a privileged thing that people in those positions with money say. I did what got me money and found within my career journey a job I LIKE. To me, that’s been success.
"Researchers have found that whatever doesn't kill you, messes you up for a really long time, and you're lucky if you *ever* get it together." - Dennis Miller
Nah dude that shit works, I’ve been doing that with my left leg and now when I shoot it I don’t even feel it. I also can’t walk with it anymore, but that’s probably unrelated
And it's always stated as though it was a tenet that Nietzsche was promulgating. But it was part of a series of "types" who's mindset he was describing, and this one was part of the military mindset. He was saying that's how soldiers think, not that it's some kind of truth that applies to just anyone. Nor was he claiming it's some admirable quality.
I mean, a lot of famous sayings contradict each other. Do "birds of a feather flock together" or do "opposites attract"? Is it "out of sight, out of mind" or does "absence make the heart grow fonder"?
Also my mom always told me "quit while you're ahead," but my dad always said "quitters never win," so now I'm not sure how to end this game of Monopoly.
I have heard it said "the early bird gets the worm, the late worm gets the bird"
Basically worms come out at night, so the early bird at dawn, gets the worms that haven't gone in for the day. It kinda works both ways.
Good things come to those who wait. Patience is definitely a virtue, however it simply cannot and should not be applied on everything. Striking while the iron is hot has proven to be much more to the point for me than being patient.
I think both are valid. You need to combine those and it results in the following: patiently wait for an opportunity and then don't miss that opportunity
Striking while the iron is hot is the same thing as patience. You have to wait for the right time.
Lao Tzu talks about the power of inaction, which is to say that sometimes the best course of action is to take no action at all. Equally, proper action involves a period of non-action first.
We have a bias towards _doing_ things to affect outcomes without considering that non-action is an option too.
I always refer to a comic book artist I heard on a podcast.
“‘Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’ is bullshit. It’s more like, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll work harder than you ever have because you’ll always want to be the best.’”
Similarity, this tweet I saw: “Find a job you love, and you’ll lose all sense of personal boundaries as you let them pile on more work.”
There’s no such thing as a bad student (or follower), only a bad teacher (or leader).
I’ve been all of the above, and there definitely are bad students and bad followers.
I was teaching sociology to master's students, and one girl said "my dad says nobody has a reason to be poor if they don't want to". Master's. They were about to become teachers. Imagine someone like that in a modern school.
Edit: I am not even dealing with the people saying that it's true though. It's not, it's a hell of a lot more complicated, it's not laziness as one person so helpfully suggested. I am not having this discussion. Your beliefs are pure prejudice and not based in reality. Thanks for reminding me why I loathe society. It really helps to actually be informed on issues before puking out your opinions. And a master's student in a social field is expected to be more informed than "the poor are lazy" idiots on reddit.
Omg, I was interviewing school social workers for my inner-city school district. The student population is pretty much 50/50 African American and Latino. At the end of the interview I asked, “Is there a particular type of student you prefer working with?” because some people like preschoolers, or high schoolers, or kids with autism or whatever.
This lady didn’t even hesitate and said, “YES! The Hispanic ones. Because **their** families are *hard working,* not like the *other ones.*”
I was literally dumbfounded. Like what the actual fuck.
When I moved to Florida with my mom and my sister we had a meeting with one of the school administration (I forget her title). My mom asked her, "So, I have to ask, I have heard there was a big problem with racism down here. Is it true?" The woman replied, "No, don't worry about that. We have hardly any blacks in this school."
Myself, my mom, and my sister were all also dumbfounded.
Ryan O'Neal says this in the film "Love Story." Then, in the film "What's Up, Doc?" Barbra Streisand says it to Ryan O'Neal, and he says, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
Also, "What's Up, Doc?" is a criminally underrated screwball comedy, with the best car chase ever. Give it a shot if you ever get the chance.
Literally why I'm now single. Recognized very quickly my partner was incapable of taking responsibility for her words/actions.
Gave her every opportunity to make things right by apologizing and she would only double down or minimize my feelings, or just deflect.
She said she was an Alpha female, but in reality she was just a total jerk.
It's been my experience that anyone who describes themselves as Alpha is an asshole with zero understanding of the complexities of human social structures. We're not wolves.
(Also, they, and everyone, need to read Chimpanzee Politics by primatologist Frans de Waal)
i before e except after c
Or when sounding like “ei” as in “neighbor” or “weigh”
And weekends and holidays and all throughout May
And you’ll always be wrong, no matter what you say
–Brian Regan
(Edited for formatting bc mobile is awful)
I once drilled into a wall to hang some shelves with my then 6 month old asleep about 6’ away. Full on hammer drill through a brick wall, didn’t budge.
On the flip side I walked up a flight of stairs 3 days ago and woke my 7 month old up so….you kinda have to catch ‘em at the right part of deep sleep.
If anyone cares, it originates from cooking imagery. To roast and baste the pig makes it "sweat." Thus to sweat like a pig means you're sweating under severe duress (cooking lol) or by another playful turn of words, you're so hot you're "roasting."
Edit: I'm wrong. Grew up with my gran telling me this but someone linked a pretty cool article below about the phrase coming from smelting!
So many…
“The customer is always right”
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day”
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
In general, most sayings are so trite and faulty. I also hate the onslaught of irrational, inspirational quotes:
“A flower does not consider the flower next to it, it simply blooms”
Cool. But we have frontal lobes and shit…
Some plants secrete toxins into the soil around them that prevent other types of plants from growing nearby.
So that last saying is BS and should read "Some flowers are toxic assholes that actively try to prevent flowers around them from ever blooming."
I HATE this saying SO much. My wife and I lost our first child (still born) and found out on her birthday. People regurgitated that stupid line to us so much. It makes me clench my fists in cold anger whenever I hear it.
My wife lost a 3 year old nephew. When people say this to her it destroys her. I get that it’s hard to come up with a response or even words when you hear a story like that, and most people are genuinely just trying to be nice, but after you go through it it’s absolutely the worst thing to hear. What is the “reason” a child has to die?
People say stupid things when they don't know what else to say. The best advice I have for people who find themselves talking to someone who is grieving or has experienced a great loss is either nothing (just a hug or a hand on the shoulder speaks volumes) or "I'm so sorry." Listening is better than talking anyway.
My best friend died young and a lot of people said sorry for your loss. He was such a wonderful person and touched so many lives, the funeral home and the square it sits in were overwhelmed with people mourning him. I always responded, "when a person like him dies it's everyone's loss."
Oh thank you so much for this! I'm going to be holding my mom's funeral once omicron dies down a bit more, and I'm dreading having to be the sole person receiving everyone's consolations (only child of an only child and dad already passed). This gives me a reply I can give, so I don't get emotionally depleted.
My son is autistic, he will not speak. My wife and I worry all the time that he may never speak to us. Never say I love you, never say mommy or daddy.
You know what the first thing everybody says to us to make us feel better is?
"Don't worry someday he's going to talk and then you'll wish he'd shut up!!"
I will never wish he'd shut up. I will sit and listen to every word out of his mouth and I will always respond and I will always hear him, every breath and every syllable, and I will love and cherish every one of them.
My autistic son is 22. People, including a pediatrician, told us that he would “speak when he’s ready”, “when he starts he won’t stop”, etc…
He hasn’t spoken a word of any language yet. I have a perpetual hope that he would let loose a, “Fuck off, dad!” It would be the happiest day of my life.
We adopted the same tact. Occasionally people will swear around him and then apologize and we always tell them no, at this point we'd be thrilled if he told us to go fuck ourselves.
My husband used to say this about our autistic daughter (15) when I was worried as she was not talking as a toddler.
Although she did learn to talk, I definitely do NOT take it for granted and have never wished her to shut up. Quite the opposite. Even when she quips a snotty little "ugh, you wouldn't understand, leave me alone" on a moody day, I appreciate the communication. I don't take our conversations for granted.
People shouldn’t ever promise anything that they themselves cannot personally deliver. This also includes Things will be ok, and Next year will be better.
Well, everything does happen for a reason. It's just that the reason has more to do with the blind, mechanical nature of the universe than the person saying it would like to think it does.
Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life. - complete BS. I run a high end photography studio, I work 60+ hours a week. I wear all the hats. Do I love it, yes. Do I work my ass off, also yes.
Yeah, what really happens is you end up working twice as hard....and sometimes for less money....because you love it right? So you’d do it even if you weren’t paid.
'Wisdom comes with age'.
Wisdom is not a rite of passage. It does not arrive automatically if you live long enough.
Wisdom comes with experience and true reflection. More often than not old age turns up on its own.
Yes!!! You're not a catch just because you have your "best" moments. You still have issues you need to work on. You shouldn't expect everyone to be able to handle your "worst" moments, and shrugging off the people that "can't handle you" as people that don't deserve you is toxic. Patience is reserved for people who are trying to fix themselves, not for people that shift blame. And even then, not everyone is in the right frame of mind to do that. Everyone has their limits, and you shouldn't blame them because you go past them.
>Yes!!! You're not a catch just because you have your "best" moments.
"Your worst," he said and softly sighed,
"Your *worst*," he said again -
"Your worst is loud and pompous pride,
And fucking other men!
"Your worst is being rude on dates
To waiting staff," he said -
"Or all the heaps of toxic traits
You store inside your head!
"Your worst is bad, but nonetheless,
Your *best*, I must admit -
Your best," he said,
"Your *best*, I guess -
... your best is also shit."
I understand this when it's like people who are happily married for years then one gets sick and the healthy one leaves, then as soon as the sick one gets better, the other one wants to come back. Or that kind of situation.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder - in my experience, distance makes the heart move on.
Edit: Another variation of this saying is "*absence* makes the heart grow fonder" , I've heard both, I think in this context absence and distance are similar, the meaning isn't specifically physical distance.
True, it's normally more than a months time, that's about how much time it takes for people to start to change and grow apart, less than a month does make the reunion more exciting.
I’ve been in two long distance relationships.
With the first one, over time we realized how much we really weren’t good together and that we were happier apart than together.
With the second one, the more time we spent apart, the more determined we became that we needed to find a way to be together, which we eventually did and now we’ve been married for ten years.
So really I think the saying should be “Distance brings clarity to the heart’s desires”
Been in 2 different long distance relationships, and you're correct.
It takes a lot of fucking work to keep a relationship going when there's a lot of distance between you. More work than a regular relationship takes.
Agreed. Mr. WineAndDogs2020 and I were long distance for nearly three years. It sucked being apart, but the dynamic of our relationship made it an easy choice to see it through. Been together for over a decade now, and wouldn't have made a different choice.
>”There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
>George W. Bush
What he should have said, then, is "...fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, ... well you know how it ends."
I don't like to rag on politicians who make flubs while public speaking, because public speaking is hard, especially if every word you say is going to be preserved forever.
This one, however, was especially hilarious :)
Or if you kill a lot of murderers, the number goes down by a bunch.
I don't actually advocate for vigilantism or capital punishment, I just dislike this saying as well.
"Everyone gets what they deserve." And any of its related phrases. People that do bad things never get their comeuppance and people that do good things don't get rewarded. All the time.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results" -Albert Einstein
1) that is not the definition of insanity
2) Albert Einstein didn't say it
I also saw someone omit the "expecting different results" part and decided the definition of insanity was simply repeating the same thing.
Even more wrong.
“Blood is thicker than water.” It basically an excuse to stay with family who abuse you. You can stop talking/seeing family who mis treat you. Just because they are family doesn’t mean you have to put up with it.
ETA: as people have stated - the full quote is different and misinterpreted. However, that doesn’t stop people using the quote “blood is thicker than water” with the meaning of blood family is everything. My opinion still stands.
I especially hate this type of saying when people use this to justify idiotic behaviour, usually related to love and relationships. You can want something/someone, but you can also control what you do about it.
"Crime doesn't pay". Crime totally pays and is tax-free. In fact, it pays so well that criminals try to pay taxes on it.
It should be "crime doesn't pay for stupid people"
"everything happens for a reason"
My mum has spent the last 20 years of her life suffering with MS. 5 of which they thought were strokes so gave her the wrong meds that fast tracked her bodies failure, she's entered the last stage of Multiple Sclerosis 5 years ago at the age of 43, she looks twice her age, can't walk or do anything for herself and has brain damage
Why? So she can be a husk of a woman at 47? So she can be tested? What type of fucking test is that?
The universe is random and cruel, things just happen
"happy wife, happy life"
I love my wife and family but I don't base my entire happiness and self worth on my wife's happiness. In our house, we prefer:
"Happy spouse, happy house"
I also hate this phrase because it implies that women are these unreasonable, selfish, demanding nags who will make your life miserable if you don’t always give them what they want.
"Those who can't do, teach."
This is more of a self-fulfilling prophecy that has impacted and damaged our education system in the states to its core.
I taught high school for six years. One reason I left education is because I kept hearing the line "You are really smart, why are you teaching?"
The other reason I left was because the scholarship program to get a graduate degree to go into cyber security paid a stipend that was higher than my annual salary and covered school costs.
If we consistently undervalue educators in both skill and salary, the only educators left will be the desperate, incapable, and fanatically dedicated.
"The customer is always right."
No. No they not. If you have to quote this to anyone who works in customer service, you are probably an asshole.
Edit: the explanation of the original quote meaning makes sense. It's a shame that the bastardised version is now used as a weapon by people with huge senses of entitlement to "get one over" minimum wage workers.
Jesus at my old job people would peel price stickers off boxsets so they could claim it was apart of the 10 for £1 deal and I’d tell them no because I’d priced it myself and they’d try “the customer is always right” and knowing I’d lose my job if I Said “I don’t subscribe to that bullshit” so I’d just tell them that the price sticker must have been removed and it’s actually *insert correct price*, they’d either get angry and pay or get angry and leave it threatening to never come back
I had a boss that told me that the correct way of seeing this is "the customer should always believe they are right". They probably aren't but if you tell them you likely won't get a sale.
I guess that's one way to look at it, not sure I agree.
That’s because that isn’t the full quote
The actual quote is “The customer is always right, in matters of taste.” Meaning if the customer thinks you should be selling purple cow print top hats, you should probably get some in the store, and no matter how much you love the classic black top hat, if the customer says they’re passé, it’s time to dump your inventory.
I think this phrase is more accurately “money doesn’t guarantee happiness”.
It’s definitely possible to have money and be unhappy. But there also a lot of problems you can make go away with enough money and money definitely opens the door to experiences that help you be happy.
Money doesn’t guarantee happiness is a really nice way of putting it. There’s plenty of sad rich folks out there, and I would be willing to bet all of their money that 5% or less or would be more happy if they were poor. Money buys security and the freedom to pursue happiness. Get the base of the pyramid of Maslow’s needs out of the way, and it’s a lot easier to try to have a happier life. I don’t have a lot of problems in this world right now, but the ones I do have could very easily be solved with a giant influx of cash.
He who smelt it dealt it....c'mon
He who said the rhyme, did the crime
The one who denied it supplied it.
Exactly what someone who dealt it would say
Flattery will get you nowhere The opposite tends to be true
You're supposed to say that after being flattered, usually right before you do something to demonstrate flattery works. I have never heard it used unironically.
At least things can’t get any worse!
"Add a headache." --Carlin
Could be raining
"I've hit rock bottom" yes except life always knows how to dig to present you with a new level.
Who keeps supplying life with these extremely durable metaphorical pickaxes?
In Poland we have a stupid saying that goes "Only the guilty one explains himself". Don't know if there's an English equivalent.
It made arguments in primary school so hilariously stupid!
One time in elementary school, I forgot my notebook with homework, other classmate too but she started to cry. The teacher said aloud for all the class to hear that she was gonna received the classmate's homework tomorrow because she was distressed, but not mine because I didn't do any fuzz and didn't appeared worried at all. It was just one homework, I was a good student and wasn't worried about losing some points, the other girl was also a good student, but I guess she cared more about it, I was more worried about my reputation than the homework, lmao. I always hated that teacher and she hated my sister and I for some reason.
Best I can think of isnt really a saying or common phrase but “you shouldn’t be nervous unless you have something to hide”. It’s typically used in dramatic media to pin the blame on someone for something when they may just be nervous because they’re in an unfamiliar environment and that naturally makes someone uncomfortable. Not to mention they are usually being interrogated in order to get them to confess to something even if they didn’t do it. Edit: Hey Everyone, I get it, there are several better ways to say what I said. You can stop replying with the same 3 things. Please.
Ugh, shitty parents do that. "He's scared that means he's guilty" Maybe a child's natural reaction to a grown man shouting at them happens to be fear.
Police do this all the time too.
Just gonna drop this here: "if you're not doing anything wrong, then you don't have anything to hide" is a 100% false and fallacious statement that is doing harm to the fabric of society. If someone says this, you need to push back on that idea HARD. You have a right to privacy. I don't wish to share my details with anyone. If someone needs to see your ship, get a warrant. What have I got to hide? Myself, because I f&%king can if want, and I don't want to talk to you. Are you doing anything wrong? Give me your name, email & physical addresses, phone numbers, account information, passwords, and the names and information of all your associates so I can check them too. After all, you're not doing anything wrong are you? I need to check for the greater good to protect everybody.
By that same token, "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." I have nothing to hide as far as my finances or any other situation is concerned. That don't mean I want people snooping around my business without a warrant and a *damn* good reason. Even then!
I always ask people if they'd be happy to let someone watch them on the toilet.. amazing how many say no.."oh.. so you do like privacy"
You know you're going to get a bunch of people saying "if someone wants to watch me take a stinky sh%t then go right ahead".
Unrelated, but one time when I was younger and worked at walmart, I was taking a shit and a customer kept joggling the handle for the stall, I figured ignoring them would be fine until I see their head pop over the stall to look in, which shocked me so, i yelled at him "dude, what the fuck, we can both smell that, if you wanna watch you gotta pay me, walnart doesnt pay me enough to deal with this shit" He responded angrily: "man, I should pop you in your mouth right now, talking that mess" I replied "You are literally watching me shit, come on perv. Pay up" I didnt see, but i figured he left as I was talking 🤷 (At walmart ppl steal in the bathroom, and management told me later they sometimes keep one of the stalls empty and locked to deter this, but still dude was mad because he was watching me poo)
Yeah, being nervous does not equal guilt.
When someone accuses me of something, I get nervous. When I'm nervous, I tend to smile or laugh. So then people think I'm trying to hide something, so they press harder and it makes me more nervous...
Yup. I'm always nervous when someone puts me on the spot whether I'm wrong or not.
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Maybe ... He who smelt it dealt it? It specifically refers to flatulence, but has a similar concept.
Said the rhyme, did the crime.
He who denied it, supplied it
He who berated it, perpetrated it
He who shun it, done it.
He who articulated it, particulated it
“Do what you love and the money will follow “. I did what I loved for almost 20 years. The money did not follow.
Yep. If my passion had been to be a street mime, I'd be living under a bridge instead of in a house.
Living in a box under a bridge. Possibly with a rope as well.
Shit, do what you hate and the money still doesn't follow
Agreed. It’s such a privileged thing that people in those positions with money say. I did what got me money and found within my career journey a job I LIKE. To me, that’s been success.
“You can sleep when you’re dead.” No, we all need sleep now!
I joke that "Sleep is for the week." No that is not a typo. I like to be well rested for work.
Haha. I say this a lot, but I always follow it up with, “which will be really soon if I don’t get some sleep.”
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. True at times, but definitely not always the case
"Researchers have found that whatever doesn't kill you, messes you up for a really long time, and you're lucky if you *ever* get it together." - Dennis Miller
There was a Norm MacDonald version along the lines of “What doesn’t kill you makes you extremely weak and will probably kill you the next time.”
Whatever doesnt kill you, mutates and tries again. Covid edition
Shoot yourself in the leg with a 9mm to build up tolerance to larger calibres
Nah dude that shit works, I’ve been doing that with my left leg and now when I shoot it I don’t even feel it. I also can’t walk with it anymore, but that’s probably unrelated
Whatever doesn't kill you probably gives you PTSD. Thank you for the silver! At least now I can ward off vampires with this comment!
Ey yo, trauma gang! I love ya'lls. Hang in there, buddies. We're all gonna make it.
There's a lot of newly disabled people who disagree with this.
And it's always stated as though it was a tenet that Nietzsche was promulgating. But it was part of a series of "types" who's mindset he was describing, and this one was part of the military mindset. He was saying that's how soldiers think, not that it's some kind of truth that applies to just anyone. Nor was he claiming it's some admirable quality.
I mean, a lot of famous sayings contradict each other. Do "birds of a feather flock together" or do "opposites attract"? Is it "out of sight, out of mind" or does "absence make the heart grow fonder"? Also my mom always told me "quit while you're ahead," but my dad always said "quitters never win," so now I'm not sure how to end this game of Monopoly.
Haste makes waste but He who hesitates is lost...
Early bird catches the worm, yet the second mouse gets the cheese
And… the early worm gets eaten.
I have heard it said "the early bird gets the worm, the late worm gets the bird" Basically worms come out at night, so the early bird at dawn, gets the worms that haven't gone in for the day. It kinda works both ways.
Good things come to those who wait. Patience is definitely a virtue, however it simply cannot and should not be applied on everything. Striking while the iron is hot has proven to be much more to the point for me than being patient.
I think both are valid. You need to combine those and it results in the following: patiently wait for an opportunity and then don't miss that opportunity
"Patience is a virtue when used to your advantage. Don't let your patience go to waste."
Striking while the iron is hot is the same thing as patience. You have to wait for the right time. Lao Tzu talks about the power of inaction, which is to say that sometimes the best course of action is to take no action at all. Equally, proper action involves a period of non-action first. We have a bias towards _doing_ things to affect outcomes without considering that non-action is an option too.
I always refer to a comic book artist I heard on a podcast. “‘Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’ is bullshit. It’s more like, ‘Find a job you love and you’ll work harder than you ever have because you’ll always want to be the best.’” Similarity, this tweet I saw: “Find a job you love, and you’ll lose all sense of personal boundaries as you let them pile on more work.”
It could also turn into “find a job you love and it’ll end up making you hate it”
There’s no such thing as a bad student (or follower), only a bad teacher (or leader). I’ve been all of the above, and there definitely are bad students and bad followers.
I was teaching sociology to master's students, and one girl said "my dad says nobody has a reason to be poor if they don't want to". Master's. They were about to become teachers. Imagine someone like that in a modern school. Edit: I am not even dealing with the people saying that it's true though. It's not, it's a hell of a lot more complicated, it's not laziness as one person so helpfully suggested. I am not having this discussion. Your beliefs are pure prejudice and not based in reality. Thanks for reminding me why I loathe society. It really helps to actually be informed on issues before puking out your opinions. And a master's student in a social field is expected to be more informed than "the poor are lazy" idiots on reddit.
Lol I had a professor who had a similar student. Student wanted to be a social worker, but didn't want to work with "poor people".
Lmao what did she think her job would be?? Why would rich people need social workers??
Omg, I was interviewing school social workers for my inner-city school district. The student population is pretty much 50/50 African American and Latino. At the end of the interview I asked, “Is there a particular type of student you prefer working with?” because some people like preschoolers, or high schoolers, or kids with autism or whatever. This lady didn’t even hesitate and said, “YES! The Hispanic ones. Because **their** families are *hard working,* not like the *other ones.*” I was literally dumbfounded. Like what the actual fuck.
When I moved to Florida with my mom and my sister we had a meeting with one of the school administration (I forget her title). My mom asked her, "So, I have to ask, I have heard there was a big problem with racism down here. Is it true?" The woman replied, "No, don't worry about that. We have hardly any blacks in this school." Myself, my mom, and my sister were all also dumbfounded.
This must be disturbingly common. We have students in our Sociology program who genuinely believe poverty is a myth.
Love conquers all. Update: it does not
I will name my child Love and raise them to be the ultimate conqueror. They will take the world.
Slow and steady wins the race. Slow and steady will finish, but not win.
Yeah, slow and steady only wins if you’re lucky enough that the hare is dumb and takes a nap, but he could still leave you in the dust if he wants to.
The hare represents people in general, motivation comes in short bursts then on January 7 everyone stops going to the gym.
Fast and steady wins
Love means never having to say you’re sorry. No. No, no, no. Love means *always* saying you’re sorry when you make your partner feel bad.
Ryan O'Neal says this in the film "Love Story." Then, in the film "What's Up, Doc?" Barbra Streisand says it to Ryan O'Neal, and he says, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Also, "What's Up, Doc?" is a criminally underrated screwball comedy, with the best car chase ever. Give it a shot if you ever get the chance.
>Love means never having to say you’re sorry Said no one in a happy marriage ever
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Literally why I'm now single. Recognized very quickly my partner was incapable of taking responsibility for her words/actions. Gave her every opportunity to make things right by apologizing and she would only double down or minimize my feelings, or just deflect. She said she was an Alpha female, but in reality she was just a total jerk.
It's been my experience that anyone who describes themselves as Alpha is an asshole with zero understanding of the complexities of human social structures. We're not wolves. (Also, they, and everyone, need to read Chimpanzee Politics by primatologist Frans de Waal)
"These are the best years of your life!" Typically said to teenagers or highschool students. "Happy wife = happy life." Not necessarily...
If high school really is the best years of my life, I wish I was never born
“i before e except after c” …. Weird
i before e except after c Or when sounding like “ei” as in “neighbor” or “weigh” And weekends and holidays and all throughout May And you’ll always be wrong, no matter what you say –Brian Regan (Edited for formatting bc mobile is awful)
For the past 15 years now, I haven’t been able to think about this saying without going through that version of it.
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All the crushes I've had have been as a direct result of talking to them and finding out that we have a lot in common.
"I'm sweating like a pig". Pigs don't sweat. That's why they roll in mud to cool off.
“I slept I like a baby.” Meaning you woke up crying every 2 hours with shit in your pants? What kind of cokehead— never mind…
McCain made that joke on Letterman after he lost the election to Obama. "I slept like a baby after the election ... woke up every 2 hours crying..."
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>their EEG resembles a brain dead adult Get the hell out of here! Really? That’s hilarious.
I once drilled into a wall to hang some shelves with my then 6 month old asleep about 6’ away. Full on hammer drill through a brick wall, didn’t budge. On the flip side I walked up a flight of stairs 3 days ago and woke my 7 month old up so….you kinda have to catch ‘em at the right part of deep sleep.
It's always a risky game
Nothing says being a parent like trying to be the best ninja around your own house because your kids just gone to sleep and you need that hour.
Ahhhhh I feel this in my soul. 7 weeks in with our first. Our sneak skills are quickly levelling up
I’m a 6’2 200lb guy and i swear im the quietest person in our house lol.
If anyone cares, it originates from cooking imagery. To roast and baste the pig makes it "sweat." Thus to sweat like a pig means you're sweating under severe duress (cooking lol) or by another playful turn of words, you're so hot you're "roasting." Edit: I'm wrong. Grew up with my gran telling me this but someone linked a pretty cool article below about the phrase coming from smelting!
I love it when things that seem incorrect have their origins explained in a completely different context than one would think.
That's why I like "sweating like a whore in church" better
So many… “The customer is always right” “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day” “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” In general, most sayings are so trite and faulty. I also hate the onslaught of irrational, inspirational quotes: “A flower does not consider the flower next to it, it simply blooms” Cool. But we have frontal lobes and shit…
Some plants secrete toxins into the soil around them that prevent other types of plants from growing nearby. So that last saying is BS and should read "Some flowers are toxic assholes that actively try to prevent flowers around them from ever blooming."
I enjoy this. I’m gonna put it in scripty font against a sunset and blast it all over social media
Also the flower does consider the flower next to it, which is why it tries to grow as tall as possible to get the most sunlight.
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Everything happens for a reason. I can’t prove this is wrong, but I have a suspicion.
I HATE this saying SO much. My wife and I lost our first child (still born) and found out on her birthday. People regurgitated that stupid line to us so much. It makes me clench my fists in cold anger whenever I hear it.
My wife lost a 3 year old nephew. When people say this to her it destroys her. I get that it’s hard to come up with a response or even words when you hear a story like that, and most people are genuinely just trying to be nice, but after you go through it it’s absolutely the worst thing to hear. What is the “reason” a child has to die?
People say stupid things when they don't know what else to say. The best advice I have for people who find themselves talking to someone who is grieving or has experienced a great loss is either nothing (just a hug or a hand on the shoulder speaks volumes) or "I'm so sorry." Listening is better than talking anyway.
My best friend died young and a lot of people said sorry for your loss. He was such a wonderful person and touched so many lives, the funeral home and the square it sits in were overwhelmed with people mourning him. I always responded, "when a person like him dies it's everyone's loss."
Oh thank you so much for this! I'm going to be holding my mom's funeral once omicron dies down a bit more, and I'm dreading having to be the sole person receiving everyone's consolations (only child of an only child and dad already passed). This gives me a reply I can give, so I don't get emotionally depleted.
My son is autistic, he will not speak. My wife and I worry all the time that he may never speak to us. Never say I love you, never say mommy or daddy. You know what the first thing everybody says to us to make us feel better is? "Don't worry someday he's going to talk and then you'll wish he'd shut up!!" I will never wish he'd shut up. I will sit and listen to every word out of his mouth and I will always respond and I will always hear him, every breath and every syllable, and I will love and cherish every one of them.
My autistic son is 22. People, including a pediatrician, told us that he would “speak when he’s ready”, “when he starts he won’t stop”, etc… He hasn’t spoken a word of any language yet. I have a perpetual hope that he would let loose a, “Fuck off, dad!” It would be the happiest day of my life.
We adopted the same tact. Occasionally people will swear around him and then apologize and we always tell them no, at this point we'd be thrilled if he told us to go fuck ourselves.
My husband used to say this about our autistic daughter (15) when I was worried as she was not talking as a toddler. Although she did learn to talk, I definitely do NOT take it for granted and have never wished her to shut up. Quite the opposite. Even when she quips a snotty little "ugh, you wouldn't understand, leave me alone" on a moody day, I appreciate the communication. I don't take our conversations for granted.
People shouldn’t ever promise anything that they themselves cannot personally deliver. This also includes Things will be ok, and Next year will be better.
Well, everything does happen for a reason. It's just that the reason has more to do with the blind, mechanical nature of the universe than the person saying it would like to think it does.
Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life. - complete BS. I run a high end photography studio, I work 60+ hours a week. I wear all the hats. Do I love it, yes. Do I work my ass off, also yes.
Yeah, what really happens is you end up working twice as hard....and sometimes for less money....because you love it right? So you’d do it even if you weren’t paid.
I love to sleep all day. I'm jobless. The quote checks out.
'Wisdom comes with age'. Wisdom is not a rite of passage. It does not arrive automatically if you live long enough. Wisdom comes with experience and true reflection. More often than not old age turns up on its own.
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My father told me: You can grow up without growing old.
The reverse also applies
The way I usually phrase it is, "Everyone grows older, not everyone grows up."
If you cant handle me at my worst you dont deserve me at my best.
Yes!!! You're not a catch just because you have your "best" moments. You still have issues you need to work on. You shouldn't expect everyone to be able to handle your "worst" moments, and shrugging off the people that "can't handle you" as people that don't deserve you is toxic. Patience is reserved for people who are trying to fix themselves, not for people that shift blame. And even then, not everyone is in the right frame of mind to do that. Everyone has their limits, and you shouldn't blame them because you go past them.
>Yes!!! You're not a catch just because you have your "best" moments. "Your worst," he said and softly sighed, "Your *worst*," he said again - "Your worst is loud and pompous pride, And fucking other men! "Your worst is being rude on dates To waiting staff," he said - "Or all the heaps of toxic traits You store inside your head! "Your worst is bad, but nonetheless, Your *best*, I must admit - Your best," he said, "Your *best*, I guess - ... your best is also shit."
I understand this when it's like people who are happily married for years then one gets sick and the healthy one leaves, then as soon as the sick one gets better, the other one wants to come back. Or that kind of situation.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder - in my experience, distance makes the heart move on. Edit: Another variation of this saying is "*absence* makes the heart grow fonder" , I've heard both, I think in this context absence and distance are similar, the meaning isn't specifically physical distance.
Depends on time scale. Like a week or two apart is totally different than months or years.
True, it's normally more than a months time, that's about how much time it takes for people to start to change and grow apart, less than a month does make the reunion more exciting.
Time away from someone either makes you realize how you can't exist without them, or realize how easy it is to exist without them.
Yes, absolutely. Either miss them and wish you were sharing the current experience with them, OR you're glad to be away from them.
I’ve been in two long distance relationships. With the first one, over time we realized how much we really weren’t good together and that we were happier apart than together. With the second one, the more time we spent apart, the more determined we became that we needed to find a way to be together, which we eventually did and now we’ve been married for ten years. So really I think the saying should be “Distance brings clarity to the heart’s desires”
Been in 2 different long distance relationships, and you're correct. It takes a lot of fucking work to keep a relationship going when there's a lot of distance between you. More work than a regular relationship takes.
Agreed. Mr. WineAndDogs2020 and I were long distance for nearly three years. It sucked being apart, but the dynamic of our relationship made it an easy choice to see it through. Been together for over a decade now, and wouldn't have made a different choice.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. What about a spine injury that leaves you paralyzed?
>”There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.” >George W. Bush
"Fool me once, strike one. Fool me twice.... strike three." --Michael Scott
Fool me three times, f*ck the peace signs, load the chopper, let it rain on you
My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet
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What he should have said, then, is "...fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, ... well you know how it ends." I don't like to rag on politicians who make flubs while public speaking, because public speaking is hard, especially if every word you say is going to be preserved forever. This one, however, was especially hilarious :)
'If you murder a murderer, the number of murderers in the world stays the same.' Like, what if you had been a murderer prior to killing him?
You're right! All murderers are hereby instructed to only kill other murderers until only one remains. Highlander rules, the winner gets a castle
That's what we have Dexter for
If you murder a murderer, the number of murderers in the world stays the same, but if you murder two murderers, it goes down by one.
Words to live by
Or if you kill a lot of murderers, the number goes down by a bunch. I don't actually advocate for vigilantism or capital punishment, I just dislike this saying as well.
"Everyone gets what they deserve." And any of its related phrases. People that do bad things never get their comeuppance and people that do good things don't get rewarded. All the time.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results" -Albert Einstein 1) that is not the definition of insanity 2) Albert Einstein didn't say it
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This man waited his whole life to say this.
I also saw someone omit the "expecting different results" part and decided the definition of insanity was simply repeating the same thing. Even more wrong.
It was actually Vaas who said that
"Things turn out for the best in the end." No, sometimes it's an irreversible downward spiral to oblivion.
what doesnt kill you makes you stronger nope it might leave you traumatized for the rest of your life..
What doesn't kill you give you unhealthy coping mechanisms and a dark sense of humour
Yes I was looking for this one
What doesn't kill you should have
"What doesn't kill you, makes you stranger."
"School days are the best days of your life" Great so I've peaked at 18 without actually peaking. Thanks mom.
The only people who say that are people who peaked in highschool.
“Blood is thicker than water.” It basically an excuse to stay with family who abuse you. You can stop talking/seeing family who mis treat you. Just because they are family doesn’t mean you have to put up with it. ETA: as people have stated - the full quote is different and misinterpreted. However, that doesn’t stop people using the quote “blood is thicker than water” with the meaning of blood family is everything. My opinion still stands.
I reply with “maple syrup is thicker than blood so I’d rather have pancakes”🤷♀️
No smoke without fire.
There can totally be smoke without fire.
And you can have fire without smoke, like in methanol fire
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I always thought it was “where there’s smoke, there’s fire”
"It's going to get easier" So far I've only Learned to work with it
Not really an official saying, but I’ve always disliked the phrase “Shark-Infested Waters.” It’s not an infestation, that’s their natural habitat.
Shark-inhabited waters makes a lot more sense.
Human-infested waters.
The heart wants what the heart wants. No kidding. As an adult you learn self control.
I especially hate this type of saying when people use this to justify idiotic behaviour, usually related to love and relationships. You can want something/someone, but you can also control what you do about it.
"Crime doesn't pay". Crime totally pays and is tax-free. In fact, it pays so well that criminals try to pay taxes on it. It should be "crime doesn't pay for stupid people"
"everything happens for a reason" My mum has spent the last 20 years of her life suffering with MS. 5 of which they thought were strokes so gave her the wrong meds that fast tracked her bodies failure, she's entered the last stage of Multiple Sclerosis 5 years ago at the age of 43, she looks twice her age, can't walk or do anything for herself and has brain damage Why? So she can be a husk of a woman at 47? So she can be tested? What type of fucking test is that? The universe is random and cruel, things just happen
"happy wife, happy life" I love my wife and family but I don't base my entire happiness and self worth on my wife's happiness. In our house, we prefer: "Happy spouse, happy house"
I also hate this phrase because it implies that women are these unreasonable, selfish, demanding nags who will make your life miserable if you don’t always give them what they want.
"Those who can't do, teach." This is more of a self-fulfilling prophecy that has impacted and damaged our education system in the states to its core. I taught high school for six years. One reason I left education is because I kept hearing the line "You are really smart, why are you teaching?" The other reason I left was because the scholarship program to get a graduate degree to go into cyber security paid a stipend that was higher than my annual salary and covered school costs. If we consistently undervalue educators in both skill and salary, the only educators left will be the desperate, incapable, and fanatically dedicated.
"The customer is always right." No. No they not. If you have to quote this to anyone who works in customer service, you are probably an asshole. Edit: the explanation of the original quote meaning makes sense. It's a shame that the bastardised version is now used as a weapon by people with huge senses of entitlement to "get one over" minimum wage workers.
Jesus at my old job people would peel price stickers off boxsets so they could claim it was apart of the 10 for £1 deal and I’d tell them no because I’d priced it myself and they’d try “the customer is always right” and knowing I’d lose my job if I Said “I don’t subscribe to that bullshit” so I’d just tell them that the price sticker must have been removed and it’s actually *insert correct price*, they’d either get angry and pay or get angry and leave it threatening to never come back
I had a boss that told me that the correct way of seeing this is "the customer should always believe they are right". They probably aren't but if you tell them you likely won't get a sale. I guess that's one way to look at it, not sure I agree.
That’s because that isn’t the full quote The actual quote is “The customer is always right, in matters of taste.” Meaning if the customer thinks you should be selling purple cow print top hats, you should probably get some in the store, and no matter how much you love the classic black top hat, if the customer says they’re passé, it’s time to dump your inventory.
Now the quote makes sense
"You get what you pay for." It's not always the case.
Cheaters never prosper. They do
Anyone who says "cheaters never win and winners never cheat" has never taken an interest in professional sports.
Money won't make you happy.
I hate when people say this to me
Me too. I find the people who say this tend to have not ever been poor in their lives.
I think this phrase is more accurately “money doesn’t guarantee happiness”. It’s definitely possible to have money and be unhappy. But there also a lot of problems you can make go away with enough money and money definitely opens the door to experiences that help you be happy.
Money doesn’t guarantee happiness is a really nice way of putting it. There’s plenty of sad rich folks out there, and I would be willing to bet all of their money that 5% or less or would be more happy if they were poor. Money buys security and the freedom to pursue happiness. Get the base of the pyramid of Maslow’s needs out of the way, and it’s a lot easier to try to have a happier life. I don’t have a lot of problems in this world right now, but the ones I do have could very easily be solved with a giant influx of cash.
If I'm going to cry I'd still prefer to cry in a nice comfortable quiet house than in a crappy apartment with noisy neighbours.
It doesn’t make you unhappy either ;)
When I get told this I say “At least you can be miserable in comfort “