Sayings you hate

[DirtDawg]

"Don't worry, I have people for that."  "You are the boss, why don't you have people for that?"  "Where are the people for this mess?"

I hate this modern usage ...

If you have people, you should free them.

[Genesis]

"Then what the fuck do they pay you for?"

My response:

To clean the damn building, and its surroundings you old bat!

[renaeden]

"You know it's not going to happen right?"

daH quvHa'choHmoH jIHvaD ghu'mey rur.

Klingon, yes?

[Genesis]

"You know it's not going to happen right?"

daH quvHa'choHmoH jIHvaD ghu'mey rur.

Klingon, yes?

Yeah... I was using Klingon back then to insult the troll who was obsessive with me.

[DirtDawg]

"I'm just saying"

You can't just fucking "say" something without meaning something, idiots.

[Gopher Gary]

"I'm just saying"

You can't just fucking "say" something without meaning something, idiots.

I like saying that one, but I don't think I use it the way most people do because I mean it as a joke. Here's examples where I've done it here.

The fact that I'm even thinking of this particular guy this way tells me that I've officially lowered my dating standards down to "Mammal"

Gophers are mammals. Just saying.

The things you learn here.

I don't trust anyone who says they learn stuff from Oprah or Dr. Phil. Just saying. 

I was talking about not trusting Jack, so that was especially funny to me.

im not going to sleep with anyone on this forum you all took the shots

I'm already taken, but I'll still look at anyone's n00dz. Just saying. 

[DirtDawg]

You can get by with that. I generally give gophers a wide berth.

Just sayin' ...

 

[Gopher Gary]

 

[DirtDawg]

"facial hair"

God DAMMIT!
I am so tired of people, most especially younger women, complimenting me on my "facial hair" that I am ready to spew all over the next one.

Can we just keep word meanings meaning the same things?!?

Men do not have facial hair! Women have facial hair. Sorry sisters, we noticed, but plucking makes it more obvious.

Men have beards!
We do not have facial hair. Don't even think of my eyebrows as a kind of facial hair either. They are too long and bristly to be facial hair. They are the same as my beard.

Even a man who can not grow a substantial proper manly beard still has a beard with where ever his best attempts leave him.
It is a beard!

Facial hair, my ass! I have a beard.

 

[Gopher Gary]

Maybe it will grow on you. 

[DirtDawg]

 

Uhm, it does.

When I was twelve, I had some facial hair growing down my cheeks and when it was long enough to grab, my mom pulled it out. I think that made it stronger.

 

[renaeden]

This has probably been griped about already:

It is what it is.

Why even say this? It's like filling the air with empty words.

[Gopher Gary]

This has probably been griped about already:

It is what it is.

Why even say this? It's like filling the air with empty words.

That's a tough one because it means something can't be changed, so the context is possibly in response to someone complaining. For example, if someone is complaining about things like traffic or the weather, I might totally be in the mood to join them in an empathetic gripe fest. If not, I might instead say, well it is what it is, which is a nice way of saying I don't feel like being pointlessly negative with them right now. I also might say it in a context when someone is trying to give me sympathy for an unfortunate situation which I'm not overly upset about or have already grown to accept. Though I do agree it's frustrating to be venting and basically be told to accept things and move along. I'm also sure there's some situations that can't be changed, when it would be thoughtless or even hurtful to say that in response.

[renaeden]

Cool, thanks for giving it meaning, Gary.

[MLA]

Did we already cover "thoughts and prayers?"  It's a really old thread and I'm not gonna read all of it.