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Does eating an apple a day really keep the doctor away? What about lightning striking in the same place more than twice if it is made out of certain material? These questions arise when someone throws you one of the good old sayings to make a certain point or just to show some general domestic wisdom. But do they actually make sense?
Reddit users on their popular group r/AskReddit with over 32.7m members decided to actually debunk all of the sayings that we have been hearing so often. One of the community members, u/OptionsTrader14, dropped the question ‘What popular sayings are actually bulls***?’ Bored Panda selected the best answers so you can vote for your favorites.
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#1
"What does not kill you makes you stronger."
Statistically that which almost kills you leaves you weaker, with PTSD, and medical bills.
On a brighter note, whatever kills you,makes you dead.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
life is full of s**t, when you look at it...
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I *hate* this phrase. "I'm toughening you up" is a favorite phrase of abusers to their children. Nope, I got left with scars, PTSD, and nightmares.
SilentSyst3m 4 years ago
That phrase does definitely not apply to trauma, but more to inconveniences. I feel you and truly, wholeheartedly wish you will heal.
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Benjamin Thor Collier V 4 years ago
My 4th favorite T-shirt: "That Which Does Not Kill Me....should run."
Birgit M 4 years ago
I think it is now your obligation to make a post about your top ten.
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Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
I’ve always joked, “What doesn’t kill you wears you down, so it can finish you off on the next pass.”
Erik Granqvist 4 years ago
Both me and my wife are dissabled. Our respective car crash did not kill any of us. But it sure as... something hot... did not make us stronger.
Jessica Parker 4 years ago
Cancer didn't kill me, and it sure as heck made me stronger emotionally. I use this saying all the time, it applies for me.
Reynard 4 years ago
Yeah, cancer made me stronger emotionally, but tore me up physically. I'm glad to be alive (most of the time).
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IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
The vaccine is basically a training dummy that is too weak to effectively do anything, so the immune system learns to recognize and fight it.
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#2
'Money can't buy happiness'.
The saying itself is true enough - it's about greed and it is meant to mean that however much wealth you have you can't buy your way to happiness. Being a millionaire, or a billionaire won't necessarily make you happy.
However, people badly misuse it almost as a refrain for those who are destitute - as if they don't deserve any more and it won't make them happy. It's that which is utter bulls***.
Because, being able to afford healthcare, to feed your family, a roof over your head and to not everyday have a gnawing, desperate anxiety and unending stress about whether you can afford to live each week will make someone a f***-ton happier than the alternative. And that's nothing to do with greed.
Troux 4 years ago
There was a study done about ~10 years ago which found that happiness caps out at around ~$80,000 USD per year, per person in the US. This is the point at which basic needs are comfortably met - medical coverage, independent transportation, healthy food, etc. - suggesting that happiness is not about having things you want, but about not worrying about things that you need. Real happiness comes from social/community interactions. Yes, even for introverts, though they may be significantly smaller interactions.
Dynein 4 years ago
I wish yours was the top comment, because this is factually true and much more differentiated than the other comments. Although I disagree slightly with your last point - I can think of many more things that make me happy than nice social interactions - a tasty meal, fragrant blossoms in the garden, a morning walk on a nice day, beautiful music, a good book...
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Deson 4 years ago
Money might not buy happiness but it sure makes misery a lot more bearable. All I ask in life is the opportunity to disprove this saying.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Yeah, I for one feel SO much more cheerful and relaxed when I don't have to worry about money.
John Baker 4 years ago
Money may not buy happiness, but it's better to be unhappy in a mansion than a shack.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Wish I could upvote this a thousand times. Having money reduces stress; reducing stress increases happiness.
Manuela Martins 4 years ago
Money buys Comfort. Comfort reduces Stress. Less Stress means better Health. Mental and otherwise. I can afford to travel a bit and money let's me have unforgettable experiences and adventures that put a smile on my face whenever I think about them. So, yes, it also buys a certain amount of happiness.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
To quote Gertrude Stein, "I have been poor. I have been rich. Rich is better."
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
money may not buy happiness, but it sure makes your suffering easier to endure
#3
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.
Wounds heal, but words can crush a spirit. They hurt far worse.
Nevena 4 years ago
in Bulgaria there is the oppsite saying - A bad wound heals, a bad word is never forgotten
Mumchkin 4 years ago
I can attest to this. After being told every day (at school) I was ugly, a loser, fat etc (there were physical things done to me as well, that wasn't until age 12)...starting at age 7 until I graduated high school at 18, I heard something along those lines. My husband, and our friends can tell me otherwise all they want, I can only see what I was conditioned to see.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
Same. Growing up I was never called handsome by anyone but my mother. Never had a girl tell me I was cute until I was about 20. So no matter how much my wife tells me I'm cute or sexy sometimes, I never believe it. It's just not me.
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Virgil Blue 4 years ago
My struggles with panic attacks are proof words are far more dangerous.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
My brain still plays hateful messages from 5, 10, 30, 45 years ago. I will never be fully healthy and confident because yes, those words hurt me beyond repair, and yes, that is the fault of the people who said them.
Reynard 4 years ago
This really his home because when I was ayoung my father repeatedly told me that I was worthless - among other physical and emotional abuse. It injured me more than anything in my life.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I’m so sorry...that’s just fluffed* up. [*My favorite substitute for the F-word.]
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v 4 years ago
I always heard it and said it as Sticks and stones can break my bones but YOUR words will never hurt me. Each of us, through a large portion of our lives, give power to or keep power away from those we interact with based on nothing more than if we let their words harm us or uplift us.
John Baker 4 years ago
This is partly true. In order for someone to hurt me with words, I'd have to care what they think - and I'll be honest, unless they're a close friend or immediate family, I probably don't.
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
When you're young, and discovering the world and people around you, while needing acceptance from outside, because we're a social species, no matter how introverted you are.... that's when you secretly care about everyone. Therefore, everyone's opinion matters. Until you learn who are the people whose words shouldn't. But the damage done can leave deep scars. And by deep scars, I'm talking about lack of some survival skills considered normal usually. Like serious lack of social skills, getting into criminally abusive relationships and passing it on to your children, or become an abuser yourself. Getting into a life of crime as well, when things go far.
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#4
“It takes two to fight.” Not if someone is intent on bullying/harassing someone else. The policy where both people are punished is grossly unfair.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I also don't agree with the saying..."in a break up/ divorce both sides are to blame"
Deborah B 4 years ago
Often both sides are. Often both partners let themselves grow apart, didn't work on their relationship, didn't communicate well enough, etc. Not always, of course, sometimes one side is an asshole.
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Jason Jack 4 years ago
My daughter was terrorized by a bully at school and was punished.I had to go to the district superintendent to get it to stop. Long story short, the principal was fired.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
Oh, I always thought it was "it takes two to TANGO", which is of course correct.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Happened to me all the time when I was in school. The bullies would harass me until I snapped, and then gleefully watch me get into trouble
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
That was their intent, and sounds like it worked.
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Ian Bartels 4 years ago
Oh, I hate this one. You absolutely can have one person that is ALWAYS antagonizing the other person.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
Ah, yes, an entire childhood of my brother breaking my things, throwing stuff, hitting me, terrorizing me... and my mom screaming at both of us because "it takes two to fight" and I should have ignored him. Good luck ignoring someone who is pulling out strands of your hair one-by-one or farting in your face repeatedly to get a reaction.
Essex Eagle 4 years ago
My son was bullied at school he was told that he needed to understand why the bully did it by the head teacher. She got short thrift from us.
#5
Sleep like a baby. A more accurate description for it would be pissed the bed twice and woke up screaming
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Eat like a bird (to mean eat relatively little food). Birds eat a LOT.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
And the smaller the bird, the more frequently it needs to eat...
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Benjamin Thor Collier V 4 years ago
You just described every early Saturday morning I've ever had. Ever.
Ben Smith 4 years ago
You don't have kids then I assume. Babies can and will sleep through ANYTHING. I've had smoke detectors go off in my house while my youngest child slept and nothing....slept right through it. The expression doesn't mean they slept a long time or woke up happy. It means while they were asleep, it was a sound, deep sleep.
Ki Li 3 years ago
I wish my kid was like that! He has always been a very light sleeper and at 6 now he has yet to sleep through the night.
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#6
The customer is always right.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
IN MATTERS OF TASTE!!!!!!! Jeez!!! Whoever cut this phrase should burn in hell with horrible customer service!!!
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Many of these common phrases have been cut in half, rendering their meanings the opposite of what was originally intended. Example: we say "blood is thicker than water" to mean that the bonds of family are stronger than other bonds. But the original phrase was "the blood of the covenant is stronger than the water of the womb," which means exactly the opposite.
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Stacy s 4 years ago
I HATE this saying, and i don't work retail or food service. Thanks someone for clarifying the whole terms end with 'in matters of taste'. This saying has allowed the abuse of many employees and unfair conditions. And discards all the customers that have to wait in line or be subjected to listening to bullies/Karens/etc.
Erik Granqvist 4 years ago
As an accountant having small bussinesses as customers, I can say that the customer are far from allways right.
Deson 4 years ago
In away that can be true. It refers to inventory of a store. You look at what's selling popularly and you then know what to stock extra of. That is what it meant originally and it's true but only for that instance but some idiot decided to think it was true of everything and not just that. I used to work in a Pet store and I know that the customer is not always right.
Melissa Spencer 4 years ago
This can't be upvoted enough. It was originally meant for small issues that leave the customer happy at little cost to the business. Now it has grown in to an excuse to abuse employees for any, or no, reason.
Data1001 4 years ago
But there's also a growing trend I see for people who work in customer service to do nothing but complain, complain, complain about their customers. Granted, there are some bad eggs out there, but to me this underlies a more concerning issue: that people who deal with the public aren't willing to put themselves in the other person's shoes, and do what it takes to make them happy. Yes, of course, to circle back to my earlier comment, there will be times when you need to "get the manager", but in almost all cases, that manager should also be instructing his or her employees to abide by that rule. Losing a little bit of money because you think someone doesn't deserve a refund or replacement or whatever, is small beans compared to the word-of-mouth that the business could gain (or lose, depending on the actions taken). Kindness and compassion are being thrown out the window in some cases. You never know what the customer may be dealing with -- so give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Forrest McCanless 4 years ago
Smart guy once told me, "No, but the client is always the client."
Marvin Purser 4 years ago
not even always right for themselves. examples: impulsive and compulsive buying
#7
"You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
As long as you are alive, you are capable of learning.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
This saying is so wrong.... just imagine a doctor stop learning and stick to what they knew 30 years ago
Ozacoter 4 years ago
This is sadly very accurate when it comes to doctors.
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Evy 4 years ago
My mum is a classic example of how this isn't true. At 70, she learned to use the Internet, shop online, use online banking and now at 73 is learning Spanish and wants to start on Korean (cos she loves Kdramas lol)
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
People like your mom give me hope, to be honest. It reminds me to move on and live for the moment, because you're never too old to enjoy doing whatever you want to do. Oh, and btw, 10 years ago, when I was still attending the Korean language course, we had a senior lady as a colleague. Your mom may be next. ^_-
Load More Replies... Bear Hall 4 years ago
Have you ever tried to teach an average 70 years old to use the basic functions of a smart phone? I know people with several technical and teaching degrees, life long learners with decades of experience in different fields, curious of new scientific and technological advancements, still fixing their electric wires, old appliances and cars and YET barely able use their phone or remote. After a while most of our brains just stop absorbing new information in a way that translates to efficient actions.
Daria B 4 years ago
This is true too, but it seems to me that we're all different. I've seen elderly people who, as you say, can't adapt, as well as elderly people who are eager to challenge the new and keep themselves updated. And this is all good and normal.
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Old animals with white or gray in their faces absolutely turn my heart to mush. I had a cat who lived to be 19 years old and all she ever wanted was for me to sit down so that she could lie on my lap and purr!
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Kristy MacGregor 4 years ago
I always thought when someone said this it was because older people are more reluctant to want to try to learn new ways of doing things. Like my grandmother who doesn't agree with putting a baby on their back to sleep & says "well my children turned out just fine on their tummies didn't they?!" (Face palm)
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I decided to go childless, so I didn’t know about this. What’s the reasoning behind the reversal?
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Flexiegirl94 4 years ago
i taught an friend's really old dog how to shake hands. it died the next week... :(
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
I am utterly certain that I will learn something new every day until I die. If I'm not learning, I might as well be dead.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Not true at all. I provided end of life care for my rescue group, so all my dogs were old, and they learned just fine.
Random Anon 4 years ago
It's a pet peeve of mine when people using this as an excuse to remain inefficient and basically doing a bad job. Over the years, I've seen too many people got made redundant because they refused to skill up even when the costs were covered.
#8
"If you can't handle me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my best"
Basically emotionally manipulating people to live with your s*** because you may give them something better someday. Highly recommend considering breaking off these kind of people from your life.
Me Potter 4 years ago
This is true in some ways - if someone leaves you because you're depressed, or poor ,or struggle with anything else that isn't your fault; just to come back when they can get something from you, they suck. If you struggle in a way that affects them, like anger issues that mean you're abusive, they are completely right to leave you, wait until you got therapy and gotten well enough to be around, and then come back if they want to.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Yes it depends how you read it.... in my mind i thought of these cases of people that don't seek for help and make other people's life miserable... in this case i don't agree with this phrase..
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Daria B 4 years ago
The problem with this saying is that "worst", "handle" and "best" are all arbitrary terms, thus heavily depending on context. If my worst is being a stinky bloated crying mess, bringing irrational decisions sometimes, and getting easily irritated once a month... If "my worst" refers to those days when you're just tired and lazy and untidy temporarily, until you get better.... if it means acting like an asshole, then realising it and properly apologising, striving to get better... if "my worst" simply means "my weakest" health wise, then I kind of agree with this one. However, if one's worst is being a criminal, then, the best way you can "handle" them is run away or report them.
Kristy MacGregor 4 years ago
Like some of the previous posts on this list, the original saying is not written here...this saying originated from Marilyn Monroe the full quote from her is as follows: "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." I have always been a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe and as someone who lives with auto immune diseases, this is something I have said in the past numerous times! I don't agree that in every situation it is someone being emotionally manipulative at all quite the contrary actually!
Isobella GOURLAY 4 years ago
I am VERY difficult to deal with at my worst - think crying in a heap on the floor, screaming at every breath you take and not being fully aware of my surroundings. If you try to help me, you deserve MORE than my best. I'm a scary person at my worst.
renee brack 4 years ago
That arrogant, entitled saying always makes me shudder as it tells us to put up with domestic violence.
Jessica Aubé 4 years ago
I think originally I liked this .. there’s some truth to it .. we need to love each other even when we’re not at our best .. but it turned into the toxic diva girl saying where these bitches be crazy … it’s almost always quoted now by abusive toxic people to excuse bad behaviour … nah man , I adore my best friend and sometimes she’s a bit of an asshole but in general she’s a wonderful person and a good friend so ya I handle her at her worst , and vice versa .. we’ll all have our s**t days and s**t moments for sure … but toxic abusers ? I don’t want you at your “best” get on with yourself
#9
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
That cover has one damn job and it's to convey to me what is in the book so I don't have to read all 600 pages to know if it was my cook book or Harry Potter.
BlackestDawn 4 years ago
A good modification of this would be: Don't judge a book only by it's cover.
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
Ummmmmm... This saying has nothing to actually do with books. It's related more to people. Don't judge people by how they look on the outside.
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
True. And, interestingly, I knew people with a nice cover who turned out to be rather.... toxic. So, it goes both ways, really. And, just a reminder, the "how they look on the outside" part is not only aesthetics. It's also about first impressions, which is a skill, not merely luck.
Load More Replies... John Baker 4 years ago
The OP seems to be missing the point, which is that this saying isn't really about books at all.
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
EXACTLY!!! The OP is apparently not alone, as most of the commenters are talking about book, too. LOL!! Whoooosh!
Load More Replies... Kristy MacGregor 4 years ago
This has to do with first impressions and not actually books at all. Some don't realize this.
Nicholas Kraemer 4 years ago
How far into Harry Potter did you get before realizing it wasn't your cookbook?
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
I'll be honest, if a book cover has a big "Now A Major Motion Picture" and the cover art is a picture of the actor, I will not be purchasing that book.
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
YES! I will search for the original version, if I like the summery
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'If you are born poor, then it is not your fault. But if you die poor, then it is your fault!!' Please tell that to a hardworking person with 3 jobs and still very POOR!!
ChinmayGhule 4 years ago (edited)
But hard work (mostly physical) does not equate to earning more money!
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
The problem with capitalism is that it turns everything into a commodity to be bought or sold whether or not that item should be a commodity. Education, health care, and politicians should not be commodities.
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Ben Steinberg 4 years ago
“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.” --George Monbiot
• Lemønchu • 4 years ago
Never heard of this quote either, and I live in America
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#11
Everything happens for a reason.
iblowsheep 4 years ago (edited)
one of my...... what? what word is the polar opposite of favorite?
Mere Cat 4 years ago
Least favorite? Is there a one word option for this? In Finnish, there's a term "inhokki": "most despised one", opposed to "suosikki": "most favored one".
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ejfs 4 years ago
Everything does happen for a reason, but that reason is so complicated and long in the making that we will never really know the root cause. Perhaps because my parents decided to have children? Perhaps because humans evolved? Perhaps because of multicellular life forms? Perhaps because of the Big Bang? HOW FAR BACK DO I GO?!?!?!
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
It's a futile attempt from religious people to explain why their all-seeing, all-knowing and all-loving gods let very bad things happen to good people.
Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
Jesus, I hate this one. Yeah, the reason is cause and effect. Look at Mount Vesuvius killing almost the entire population of Pompeii in 79CE. It so throughly destroyed the city that current estimates range from 1,500 to 16,000 dead. It took approximately 15 minutes to kill people, starting by suffocating people with poisonous gases, and then moving on to crushing homes and people under falling rocks and then hitting them superheated air and ash clouds. Every death was painful, and some were prolonged. What reason did this happen for, other than the fact that people who didn’t know any better lived close to a volcano that exploded?
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
It's supposed to try and make you feel better and move on from pain and disappointment in life instead of dwelling on it and turning into prince harry
Dillon Hughes 4 years ago
Everything does happen for a reason... things don't just magically happen
#12
“Love is never having to say you’re sorry.” I think from the movie, Love Story. Stupid and ridiculous.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
That is the most stupid line from a movie that i never understood why it became famous! It's a crazy line that makes no sense!!!
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Agreed! If you love someone, you apologize !!! We apologize to strangers, for pity's sake. Love means... be nice!
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
Romance movies depict romance as accurately as porn depicts sex.
Benjamin Thor Collier V 4 years ago (edited)
Fun fact: Not long after he starred in Love Story (where that line originated), Ryan O'Neal appeared in a comedy with Barbara Streisand called What's Up, Doc? (Hilarious, btw).Her character tells him "Love means never having to say you're sorry." O'Neal's character hesitates for a moment, then says, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard...."
AspieGirl88 4 years ago
If you’re in a relationship & don’t know how or when to appropriately apologise for an attitude that wasn’t wanted, that’s not a healthy relationship! Even 4 year olds tell their parents “sorry” when they realise they’ve done wrong, so there’s no excuse for ANY person! 🤷♀️🤨
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
Likewise, even parents apologise to their 4-year-olds when they accidentally hurt them. (The healthy families at least)
Load More Replies... Beans 4 years ago
Ugh this again. It makes sense of the context of the movie. It's because she's dying and their relationship is rocky. It's not meant to speak for everyone, it never was. I don't get why people think it's supposed to be love advice directly to them.
Dandelion Patch 4 years ago
I don't think the trouble is the movie. I think the trouble is that this became a huge saying for a while and was repeated by people who never saw the movie and didn't understand the context. I can remember little figurines and postcards and such being manufactured that had the saying on it and people had them for decoration in their houses. It seems like the problem with many of these sayings is that they're either cut in half or removed from their original context. That's what happened with this one.
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Time heals all wounds. No. Not all. At least not in 1 lifetime.
For some wounds, they never heal, just only dulled.
Flash Henry 4 years ago
I forget what band it was, but some of my fav song lyrics: "time heals the wound, but then there's still a scar"
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
Just because a wound has healed, it doesn’t mean there won’t be a scar.
Mabel Maney 4 years ago
I agree so much with this. Whenever people talk about closure I want to scream. I’ve had a lot of death recently in my family, I’m not looking for closure. I’m looking for a way to live in peace with the grief I carry.
righttoopinion 4 years ago
How many lifetimes does it take to heal from the wounds that these stupid sayings leave?
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Time doesn't heal. It just... gives you a perception of distance from the pain. IMHO.
Casey B 4 years ago
Some wounds aren't dulled either... They remain as fresh and raw as the day they were inflicted. Some can rip your heart out, even 35 years later.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I fell in love with a dude I knew deep in my heart I would be with forever. My family moved away, and I have no way of contacting him without telling my parents about him, and they would most likely disapprove. This sounds like an overemotional little kid, but I still love him and I want nothing more than to find him again.
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Happy wife happy life. Both people need to be happy in a relationship. Happy spouse happy house.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
This saying was not at all about happiness of the wife... they meant that you have to keep her satisfied so she doesn't complain and like that the husband will have a calm and happy life without hearing whining... it's actually a sexist saying
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Yeah is sort of "i need to do x so my crazy wife stops nagging me". Very sexist.
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Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
Same. I mean, I recognize the patriarchical origins of the saying, but I find it to be pretty applicable to my life. I have a very difficult time being happy when I've upset my (soon to be) wife, but it's easy to be happy when I make her happy.
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James Arvidson 4 years ago
So you give up on all your dreams just to keep someone from complaining. Sounds miserable.
LivingTheDream 4 years ago
I hate this one... I have watched men give up their identity trying to please their wife so they can "Live in Peace" What utter manipulative garbage. Sometimes what you want is not what you need and being unhappy in not the end of the damn world!
Jose Zavala 4 years ago
But there's a study that say this Is true! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140912134824.htm
Libstak 4 years ago
I can see 2 sides. Some men need to be reminded that their wife's well being is what will ensure a good partnership. Shouldn't be like This, but for the sake of all the women married to self centered men I'll let it slide as an ok thing to bring up in specific circumstances.
#15
'The lightning never strikes twice in the same spot'
Yes, it does. Especially if that spot is a high metal structure, it will be struck twice, even more than just two times.
François Carré 4 years ago
It's just a question of probability. Which is very high in the case of a high metal structure, hence the multiple strikings, but very low in the case of, say, a tree in the middle of a forest that has been struck by the lightning once : it's very unlikely that it will be struck again.
Jason Jack 4 years ago
Or my Uncle. Three direct lightning strikes and two so close they knocked him on his butt.
Parmeisan 4 years ago (edited)
Guy I know claims to be at 5. I never knew him to lie about other things, but then again I didn't know him super well. Being hit by lightning 5 (completely separate) times before 30, and living to tell about it, is a little hard to believe.
Load More Replies... s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
It's a metaphor meaning great fortune or opportunity can be a very rare occurence. Everyone here takes things so literally.
Kendra Miller 4 years ago
I wonder how old this saying is? Perhaps it is from the days of old, where the tallest structures were made out of stone? How often does a castle without metal lightening rods get struck?
IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
You'd think people who believed this would be gradually filtered out of the population through natural selection.
Neill Powell 4 years ago
A lightning bolt usually actually strobes about 3-4 times. PER STRIKE
#16
"Rome wasn't built in a day." People often forget the whole quote, or just don't know it as I never hear it: "Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour"
cheers, cassidy 4 years ago
i thought the full quote was “rome wasn’t built in a day, but it burned in one.” oh well.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
It was actually burned in five days, though...
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Valerio Chiodino 4 years ago
Erhm... I don't think you got this right: https://archive.org/details/liproverbeauvila00tobluoft/page/42/mode/2up?view=theater&q=rome
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
On Taskmaster New Zealand, Paul Williams (the Taskmaster's assistant) started a conspiracy theory saying that Rome *was* built in a day - he'd heard the saying so often he thought it must be covering something up.
#17
“Cheaters never win”.
They often do. Doesn’t mean cheating should be encouraged though.
John Baker 4 years ago
The way I've always heard it is "cheaters never prosper." Still bullshit, but not quite the same. ;-)
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I understood that to be a lesson in ethics. If you cheated and won, you're still a cheater.
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AppleDragon 4 years ago
I remember the time I was playing Among Us. I waited weeks to be Imposter. When I finally got Imposter, someone (red) hacked and told everyone. I was like "DUDE, WTF?!" I really hate cheaters. >:(
Sorican 4 years ago
tell that to all the professional athletes that dope.
Load More Replies... Denise Morley 4 years ago
I always took it to be from a moral standpoint. Cheaters can never honourably win.
Carmen Sandiego 4 years ago (edited)
In the long term, though we may not be there to see it when they lose.
#18
"Follow your hEaRt 💕"
..... uh yeah, my heart's kinda suuuuper dumb sometimes
Ozacoter 4 years ago
I think a mix of both. Our logic sometimes is too afraid of risk while the emotional part is too naive
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Claire Elizabeth 4 years ago
"The heart is deceitful above all things; who can understand it?"
IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
Listen to your heart, and listen to your brain, but don't blindly follow one or the other.
#19
Not bulls*** but wrong. People always seem to say "I could care less" but its supposed to be "I couldn't care less"
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I thought everyone said i couldn't care less... never heard the wrong version
Robert Hughes 4 years ago
It pisses me off anytime I heat people say "I could care less." Literally it means something totally different. Then i get in trouble for correcting them
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
when i like something, i like to say "I could care less". It's fun to watch people scrunch their forehead trying to figure it out with their brains.
Neil Bidle 4 years ago
I hear and read the wrong versions of sayings all the time, or other stupid junk like adding "-gate" to scandals because of the famous Watergate scandal, which was NAMED AFTER THE HOTEL, NOT SOME WATER AND A GATE
Cordi Schmidt 4 years ago
It comes from "as if I could care less" but it got cut for some reason, I guess laziness. :D
#20
"Curiosity killed the cat" its not even the full saying, it ends with "satisfaction brought him back" but people still go with the first line only
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Today i learned that this phrase is not full! Why people cut the phrases???? Is it laziness?
Kira Okah 4 years ago
It's not, this is bollocks. The original prase is "care'll kill the cat"; care here meaning "worry". From Every Man in His Humour, a play from the 16th century. Was also copied into Much Ado about Nothing. "Curiosity Killed the Cat" is a late 19th century variant, the "but satisfaction brought it back" was from a newspaper article in 1912.
Candia Lee 4 years ago
Yes, but none of us are old enough to know a pre-1912 version.
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Charlotte Bednard 4 years ago
If anyone ever just says the first part, i always follow it up with the latter half of the saying.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
The full version is comparatively recent - it was first recorded in 1912. But the saying "Care killed the cat" (care in the sense of worry) was in use between the late 16th century and about 1898.
D. Pitbull 4 years ago
The looks of confusion on people's faces when I respond with the second half of the phrase... good grief. Another one that gets me is the whole "Blood is thicker than water"... which has been used by my family to deride, condemn and basically stomp all my friends and justify any abuse heaped upon me my whole life. Yet... the full phrase??? Blood OF THE COVENANT is thicker than THE WATER OF THE WOMB - which means exactly the opposite of how it's been hacked to pieces.
#21
People only use 10% of their brains.
Kat 4 years ago
Your Mondays are probably more productive than mine then...
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Sure, because the parts that regulate your heartbeat, breathing, digestion, etc. are in the 90%. The body does a LOT without our direct intention.
Ian Bartels 4 years ago
False. People use 100% of their brain. They only use about 10% - 20% at any given moment.
earringnut 4 years ago
10% of a person's brain is devoted to volunteery movement. Much more is dedicated to involuntary physical processes like heart and kidney functions. Even more is dedicated to emotions and thought.
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
And I use the other 90%of their brains...for breakfast, the most important meal of the day!
#22
"Flattery will get you nowhere!"
The opposite is more true in my experience.
deathrose 4 years ago
I think this one is more about being manipulated then being kind. If my husband does the dishes without being prompted, he wants something I would normally say no to. If my oldest sister calls me and starts talking about how cool my knitting is, she usually wants me to make her something. The flattery is nice but it shouldn't be used to manipulate me into doing something.
colonel Kira Nerys 4 years ago
rule of acquisition number 33 It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
Word Weaver 4 years ago
being kind to people will take you farther in life than you could ever imagine.
Al Christensen 4 years ago
Or, "Flattery will get YOU nowhere, because I know what sort of awful person you are."
Niall Mac Iomera 4 years ago
This one is used in response to someone trying to flirt their way out of trouble though.
#23
"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" it's literally impossible and that's the point lol
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
I think this is one of those that started out as actually meaning "it's imposssible" but somehow got inverted. Much like terrific was once something truly terrible and not the "it's great!" We now know it as.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Worse, the people it's applied to (in the US) often don't even HAVE bootstraps to begin with.
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German Gargicevich 4 years ago
I believed that its meaning is; you should make an effort to recover from a setback without expecting help from others. Also, that applies mostly to emotional or private issues.
Gregory Gibbs 4 years ago
Didn't Roger Moore (as James Bond in "For Your Eyes Only") use his boot straps to ascend the mountain of St Cyril ?
#24
The past year it has been "We're in this together."
Mad Dragon 4 years ago
It’s more like, “We’re all in the same storm.” Some have yachts, some have canoes, and some are struggling just to tread water.
iblowsheep 4 years ago
no. no it hasn't. at least not in the US. the division has never been more on display.
Deson 4 years ago
"Moron Display" is how I would have put it however I agree with you on this.
Load More Replies... Something 4 years ago
It depends on what you take it to mean. When it means every individual's actions affect the group, it's true. We're in the same boat not in the sense of having the same experiences, but in the sense that the person who makes a hole in his cabin can bring the whole thing down.
Julie C Rose 4 years ago
This is why New Zealand said “Unite against COVID-19” and the Aussies made a poster saying “it only takes one dickhead” instead.
Load More Replies... Tamara Anthony 4 years ago
again with the lies.. I have been alone more often than together in a lot of stuff
James Arvidson 4 years ago
No. It is a manipulative marketing campaign. Is Toyota or some other corporation gonna pay your bills, buy you food, pay your mortgage? Didn't think so.
#25
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” This quote was originally a promotional slogan.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago (edited)
I haven't eaten breakfast in 20 years and I'm just fine, thanks. (in case you're wondering, i generally get up about 6:00AM and don't eat until about noon)
Ella Blackwood 4 years ago
I have never liked eating breakfast, even as a child. I have just never been hungry in the morning and also I don't really care for typical "breakfast food". Usually a big glass of iced tea or iced coffee is all I need to get going in the morning.
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Moneythink 4 years ago
Yes, breakfast is important, because if you always eat one like the picture, it'll kill you.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Newsflash: We all die. I’d rather die a few years earlier because I indulged myself and found satisfaction in that than to live a longer life because I denied myself the things I wanted. Of course, it helps that I will be leaving only siblings behind—I never wanted children and was emotionally trashed by sexual abuse, so yummy bad food fills an emotional need.
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
It is important because you have been without food and liquids for many hours and for most people that could mean a low blood pressure and potential health issues (like fainting and having an accident). It also gives energy that makes easier to focus on work or school. So it is important. But not "you need to eat 3000kcal in once important"
sylvanticx 4 years ago
i skip breakfast often. i'm not hungry in the mornings. dinner is the most important meal in the day, it's hard to sleep when you are hungry, although lunch is also very important because you need to stay strong during work hours.
Just a girl in a crazy world 4 years ago
For me, breakfast is the least important meal of the day. Some days I don’t even bother with eating breakfast
François Carré 4 years ago
It was a big promotional campaign launched by American milk and cereal producers to sell the enormous surplus generated by new industrial production techniques back in the 1960's. Very successful indeed, since people all around the world now firmly believe as a scientific fact that you have to eat a ton of stuff for breakfast at 7 am, while this is not true at all. It's common and perfectly normal, at least for adults, not to be hungry in the morning when you just woke up, then a simple cup of coffee can be fine and maybe have a snack later if you can't wait until lunch time.
Miss Cris 4 years ago
No. In my country, for example, most people have two big meals each day (and other two or thre smaller). Some people don't eat breakfast. It was healthy in this way, knowing that other ways are, too. However, making a big breakfast without changing everything else is highly unhealthy, as all studies say. Ofcourse, in cultures where the big meal is breakfast that's different. And it's not only a matter of quantities but what you're eating an how.
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“There are no dumb questions”
Aleksei 4 years ago
I saw a question that was "If dragons were real, what would it feel like to be swallowed alive by one?" I haven't used it since
Load More Replies... bonnyatlast 4 years ago
Exactly Kira...retired Elementary teacher here. Never make a child (or adult) feel stupid for wanting to learn. Explain the answer to them in terms they understand even if it is sit down with me while I show you how a step at a time. If they still don't get it rephrase the answer, show it visually, have a peer explain it in a child's understanding. There are hundreds of way an answer can be explained better for understanding.
chrissy goodman 4 years ago
agreed. plus wen a kid asks a dumb question its adorable bc they truly dont kno and the need to understand is just so cute. if an adult asks a dumb question its different they either really dont understand or if its something like "y is texting while driving bad" then they r an idiot and explaining isnt worth it. but even if an adult is an idiot u should never say they r just give them a simple answer so their more dumb questions dont hurt ur brain. trust me i had a headache after talking to my friends brother who is a 45 year old chemistry professor. intellegent guy but his common sense is just nonexsistent. he literally asked me y i worry about not taking my medications. i wanted to give him an earful but didnt. i just told him simply the meds help me stay healthy. im epileptic hes a chemistry professor he should kno taking meds saves my life but nope for some reason all common sense is no where in him.
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
this is another one that's only a partial quote. The full quote: "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people"
Kira Okah 4 years ago
Just like all the rest of the partial quotes, this one isn't either. "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people" is from a book published in 2013, "There are no stupid questions." dates to the early 1990s and may be older.
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Tamsin Far 4 years ago
I always tell new colleagues : there are dumb questions, I myself have asked a lot of them, but it is so much better to ask dumb questions than to make stupid mistakes, so please don't stop asking, even if it is dumb...
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
Of course there are. Better would be a pithy version of "Don't be afraid to ask questions that will decrease your ignorance."
Candia Lee 4 years ago
50+ years later, roomie got emotional recounting that he quit school cause teacher said if you had questions ask, so he did (hard of hearing, wanted confirmation of assignment) and she berated him and told him to go read the book.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 years ago
I like a Chinese proverb that goes "He who asks is dumb for a second. He who doesn't is dumb for a lifetime."
#27
Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.
Well, I do what I love and I'm an unemployed alcoholic. Somehow, I don't think whoever said that first had this in mind...
Aliquid A 4 years ago
Well I think it is implied do do what you love as a career... not to binge watch Netflix.
Dynein 4 years ago
That, and I think the saying works better when using the opposites - "don't do (as work) what you hate, because then every day in your life will be a goddamn chore". You should definitely pick a career that suits your talents and interest. Although for a career, it can make sense to pick something that makes you content over something you love. The latter can make proper work-life balance extremely difficult and drain you in the long run.
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I took a job doing exactly what I loved, full-time. As soon as I started earning from it, it became gradually less enjoyable and more pressured until I had a breakdown. It doesn't matter what you do, just do it sensibly, don't burn out and don't put yourself - or let others - put you under too much pressure. If you manage all that, then you might, just might, end up doing something you at least like. Maybe love.
Katz 4 years ago
Exactly! Heard in one speech from some business coach explained, how when you make your hobby a work, then you soon find yourself working 24/7 and have no work- life balance and can not swich off from "work". Your hobby shiuld remain as hobby to load your batteries
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
I think what this quote is saying, is that if you pick a job that your really love, then it won’t feel like you’re working, it will feel like you’re just doing something you enjoy.
yellowphantom 4 years ago
If everyone was able to follow this, how would all the crap jobs get done? Personally, I think everyone who has a job involving grossness, danger or unmitigated boredom should be paid the highest wages and the personally fulfilling jobs paid the least.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
Unfortunately, I think phrases like that come from a time where all jobs paid a living wage and everybody could get a job. I love my job, I love what I do, but it's definitely work. My daughter is an artist and she generally can't get work. If she could work full time and support herself as an artist, she would, but there's no work for her.
#28
“Everything will be okay” bruh no, just no. It’s not gonna be okay, nor does everything always turn out okay in the end.
Deborah B 4 years ago
The second half is being forgotten again. "Everything will be okay in the end...if it's not okay, it's not the end." Things might be very not okay right now, but it's not the end, so keep going.
Mattie 4 years ago
I heard that one in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", I didn't know it was already a famous saying
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Kristy MacGregor 4 years ago
I love the saying in its entirety but without without second part I see how some could get discouraged!
K. Anderson 4 years ago
We all die in the end so technically it all works out as it doesn’t matter
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
it will all be ok in the end. we won't be here to experience it, but it will all be ok.
El muerto 4 years ago
bullshit...sometimes it gets worse, sometime it stay the same and then some get better...this mantra of trying to convince themselves that life is a tale and you are the hero that wins att the end...life can give really painful endings. long painful endings with not silver lining
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
Sometimes people live their whole lives in bad circumstances and then die.
#29
Good things happen to those who wait
Michelle M 4 years ago (edited)
This is absolutely false. I'm a Nigerian and I've heard a folklore that debunks this. Two men went to a wizard to know their fortunes. The wizard looks into their future and saw that the first man would be very rich while the second would be poorer than a church rat. After telling them these, the two men thanked him and went home. The first man who was promised riches sat in his house and waited for the good things to come while the second one started a business and put his all into it. Guess who died poor? Nothing would come to you if you don't go for it or meet it halfway.
El muerto 4 years ago
although you can read it as "not all good things happen right away" for impatient people that wants results right away
IcarusOfTheSkywings 3 years ago
Patience is a good quality, but has to be tempered with not-all-that-common sense.
James Arvidson 4 years ago
Nope. Good things happen to those who go out there and do things. When you just wait, be prepared to keep waiting. Patience is good but not just waiting.
#30
Basically, as has been pointed out, many of the common sayings we use only use part of the actual idiom. My personal cringe inducing one is "Great minds think alike, though fools seldom differ."
The second half means the exact opposite of just saying "Great minds think alike.."
This seems to be the case with a lot of our usage.
Anthony Picco 4 years ago
Actually the full saying says, essentially, great minds and fools do the same thing
Bill Anderson 4 years ago
Great minds DON'T think alike; that's what makes them greater than the average. And fools argue all the time because they share a they lack of analysis skills
Chaotic-Pansexual-Gemini 4 years ago
It basically says that just because someone agreed with you, it doesn’t mean you’re right
Kira Okah 4 years ago
And just like every one of these "did you know that this phrase is longer" thigs, this one is also bollocks. "Good wits doe jumpe" 1618, brought into the phrase "great minds think alike, you know" in 1816.
Nikki Owens 4 years ago (edited)
Often this one is used in a comment + response fashion: two people agree on something; the first says, "Great minds think alike!", suggesting they are both brilliant for thinking the way they do; the second responds, "... but fools never differ," implying that it's also possible they're both just idiots. It's a way of reminding yourself not to get too puffed up with superiority over your ideas snd opinions, but rather stay humble and consider that you could be wrong.
#31
There's someone for everyone.
iblowsheep 4 years ago (edited)
yeah but why would i want anything to do with someone who has such poor judgement to want anything to do with me?
Aliquid A 4 years ago (edited)
Statistically speaking with the number of people on the planet... I think it is true. Just because you can't find them doesn't mean they don't exist.
Dynein 4 years ago
Agree. Some people might have to search harder, but it's unlikely that truly no-one is a match. More likely that the person is looking in the wrong places and trying to appeal to the wrong people. There's a market for asparagus but not in a candy shop; the people who go there won't want it and the people who want it won't look there. The solution isn't to coat you asparagus in chocolate, but to go where the people who want it will be searching.
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
i'm sure there is someone for me, unfortunately I think they'll be born about 50 years after I die.
Daria B 4 years ago
I disagree. I think maybe you need to stop looking, and focus on improving yourself instead. Then that person might eventually come to you.
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 4 years ago
I sort of hope that isnt true. Abusers, serial killers and such shouldnt be in relations, better their "someone" stays far from them..
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
There's a lot of someones there for everyone. The idea of only one soul mate is from fairy tales and their modern equivalent, rom-coms.
#32
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
F***, the older I get, the more I wish it were that simple.
An Co 4 years ago
Full quote should be "An apple a day keeps the doctor away - if you can chuck them at 80 mph."
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Virgil Blue 4 years ago
This one was also mostly just marketing by the apple farmers to get people to eat more apples
Benjamin Thor Collier V 4 years ago
Very true but only if ya fling the apples really REALLY hard. Especially if ya freeze em first. And ya ambush em in the Doctors Only Parking Lot.
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
this could be absolutely true, but no body is willing to perform this simple act. Do you know anyone who eats an apple every single day, with out fail? exactly
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago (edited)
If it were true, I wouldn't need the insurance I can't afford!
Donkey boi 4 years ago (edited)
Again, the full saying: An apple a day will keep the doctor away, but bring your dentist ever closer.
#33
Crime doesn't pay.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
this is true if only the companion phrase is true - "it's only illegal if you get caught"
Ozacoter 4 years ago
Small crime doesnt pay. But steal millions as a politician and nobody will touch you
Scagsy 4 years ago
Or a corporation. How is not paying taxes illegal if you're poor and common practice if you are rich?
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
You gotta love that classic Simpsons episode where Bart tells Fat Tony "crime doesn't pay", and Fat Tony says "Yes, you are right", and then leaves in a limousine attended by a model who hands him a glass of champagne.
Al Christensen 4 years ago
Small time crime doesn't pay, but big time white collar crime does.
Nikki Owens 4 years ago
This is an ontological & theological statement. It assumes divine justice.
Christina McCausland 4 years ago
Do you live by THE BOOK ' Nikki.. or do you just use 'the book' as a fun swatter ?
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Turn your hobby into a career.
Randolph Croft 4 years ago
Absolutely! People keep telling me to sell photos. Fack Dat!
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Waterbaby 4 years ago
I did this actually. It's working out for me so far and I enjoy work every day now
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
then get a new hobby, and turn THAT into a career, then get a NEW hobby and turn THAT into a career. When will it end! I just want a damn hobby!
D. Pitbull 4 years ago
Only turn your hobby into a career if you enjoy and treat your hobby like a business anyhow. This requires self-awareness of how you do your hobby. Example: your hobby is... uhhh... making model boats. So career would be... making model boats to sell or by order. Now... ask yourself... do you like making only the boats you personally like? Or is it simply the act of making the boat - ANY boat that you love? Do you take a loooong time to complete one because you like the 'making' part the most and the finished product is 'great, but not the greatest' feeling? Or do you enjoy the making but also task yourself to complete it efficiently because of GREAT satisfaction upon completion? Because the moment it's a 'business' - you will have to make things you don't necessarily feel partial to and on a time limit.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
So I crochet and I really enjoy it, but there are now so many rules and regulations regarding what you can sell that's handmade and how you can sell it, and what safety checks and tests have to be performed, even for something as simple as crochet, that I wouldn't dream of trying to make a living off of it.
Little Wonder 4 years ago
I love to weave, and list what I've woven for sale but I lack the desire to hustle on that. If someone buys something, cool. If not, no worries. I don't want to turn my fun hobby into my income source, I'd end up hating it.
James Arvidson 4 years ago
No!!! Never!!! "Want to" becomes "Have to" and ruins any enjoyment. Do not listen to any fool who tells you this. Find something that is valuable as a contribution to society that you can be proud of. Keep your hobbies your hobbies and enjoy them. The worst is a craftsman that tries to turn what they do into a business. They hate it and go bankrupt because they are a craftsman but end up trying to running a business.
Vasana Phong 4 years ago
Hobbies are side gigs, whatever the reason, but you still need a solid foundation to fall back on, but if it turns out great 👍
#35
I before E except after C
iblowsheep 4 years ago
"and when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!!!!”
Mad Dragon 4 years ago
I before e, except after c. Or when sounded as 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'. Unless the 'c' is part of a 'sh' sound as in 'glacier'. Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like 'fancier.’ And also except when the vowels are sounded as 'e' as in 'seize. ‘ Or 'i' as in 'height.’ Or also in '-ing' inflection ending in '-e' as in 'cueing.’ Or in compound words as in 'albeit.’ Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in 'cuneiform.’ Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as 'science', 'forfeit', and 'weird.’
Krazy Onion (KJ) 4 years ago (edited)
I before E except after C, except when your foreign neighbor weighs your sleigh. Weird, right?
Karin 4 years ago
Except when your foreign neighbor Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. Weird"
Amy Mooney 4 years ago
Weird, caffeinated, seize, seizure, glacier, forfeit, forfeited, protein, eight, reign, beige, reindeer, their, heir I COULD KEEP GOING
#36
It is what it is..
No it isnt.. YOU MADE THAT WAY TOM!
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
It is what it is. This is about the truest statement known to man. If it isn't what it is, then what is it?
James Arvidson 4 years ago
At the moment. What are you gonna do to change it? People.misunderstand this. Accept the fact of reality. That does not.mean you cannot change it for the future.. Accept reality or seek and pay for therapy then learn to accept that reality years from now with a lighter pocketbook.
#37
“You never know”.
Sometimes you do.
Jrizzy Jay 4 years ago
when speaking about what it so come regardless of how far into the future. You never know. To know would be impossible.
Summer Woodsong 4 years ago
Sometimes it's used to mean 'I don't agree, but I'm not going to argue.'
#38
If you keep doing that son, you will go blind.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
possibly true, just make sure you point it away from your eyes when it's 'time'
Moneythink 4 years ago
Look! I just got my COVID vaccine! ;-) (Wouldn't it be cool if the vaccine DID make you magnetic?)
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
I've always had 4 bars on my phone since I got vaccinated!
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
I wonder if there was a case where someone DID go blind as a result and that's what started it...
#39
That'll buff right out.
Kendra Miller 4 years ago
Is that a ship abandoned on the remains of another ship? Was it the original ship that took out the new ship? Did it just want a companions to haunt the ocean floor with for the rest of eternity? At least until they get bored of one another and decide to have someone new join them?
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Erik Granqvist 4 years ago
Yeah, my Honda did not buff out after rolling. The garage asked me if anyone had survived when I came to get personal belongings a couple of days later. He was astounded to hear thar I was the driver, and none of us in the car got as much as a bruise. The car looked like a gigant had crumbled the car into a ball. But the inside was almost intact, thank God.
#40
Live laugh love
Melissa TO 4 years ago
My husband says that the people who use this quote are the first ones to stab you in the back and push you in the meat grinder. XD
Scagsy 4 years ago
Let's not pretend here. Everybody liked this a decade or so ago. Then each and every 'Karen' adopted it as their slogan and people went off it pretty darned quickly. In my opinion, it's more a case of over saturation than being a bad motto. After all, there's nothing wrong with living (debatable!), laughing (is good) and loving (well, hello!).
Nikki Owens 4 years ago
Not everybody. It was as trite and shallow a decade ago as it is now.
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righttoopinion 4 years ago
Like the commercial says "Does anyone really need a picture telling them to "Live, Laugh and Love? No."
Neill Powell 4 years ago
Karen everywhere unite under this banner! And then ask to see the manager.
What do you think ?
Kendra Miller 4 years ago
Really? I suppose they are made out of concentrated carbon just like oil, wood and hair. What do you have to do though to get one to burn?
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Joe Reaves 4 years ago
Blood is thicker than water. The original phrase is 'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb' which literally means the opposite to the way the shorter version is used.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
From LM Montgomery's The Blue Castle (her best book!): "But who wants water to be thick?” parried Valancy. “We want water to be thin – sparkling – crystal-clear.”
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Jan Feline 4 years ago
The one I absolutely despise: "Whoever wants it most will win," and variations on that. Yeah, whoever wants it most, as long as they have the exact same training, skills, genetics, height, weight, etc... As a middle aged, reasonably in shape woman, no matter how much I want it, I'm not going to win a fight against a professional heavyweight MMA fighter.
Jennifer .S 4 years ago
So many movies use "If you love something, set it free/let it go" and so characters will leave things behind or abandon people and I'm like, the phrase doesn't make sense without the second half. If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, then it's yours.
Hanni 4 years ago
I absolutely abhor "Boys will be boys". It justifies idiotic and/or abusive behavior for men.
Kiki 4 years ago
then Girls will be Boss ass Bitches (i say this as praise)
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)
"You know my name, not my story." If someone is mistreating me, I don’t care what their story is. Being abused or facing struggles doesn’t give you the right to abuse others.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
"Hurt people hurt people." Sure, but that doesn't mean they're free of consequences when they do. This was the excuse I heard for everyone from my bullies at school to my abusive stepfathers to my rapey cousins. Also if you think you get to hurt me because [insert systemic oppression/your assumptions re: my privileges here], then you better believe I get to hurt you and anyone else I want because [pick your systemic oppressions: a lifetime of abuse, panic and anxiety, physical illness, poverty, etc.].
Johnny 4 years ago
How about "A stitch in time saves 9". I seriously doubt that anyone has done the research on this one - maybe it only saves 4. Or maybe it saves 15!? Who knows?
Julie C Rose 4 years ago
It means things like “stop calling New Zealand and Australia dictatorships for dealing with community outbreaks quickly instead of letting it run rampant.”
Load More Replies... Lark 4 years ago
"Thinking is as bad as doing." Nope. If I think I want to punch someone in the nose, as far as I know, "Thoughtcrimes" are not a thing (yet) and I haven't harmed anyone. If I actually punch him, I inflict damage on another human, I can be arrested for assault, and held liable for his injuries. Also, if it were true, "Thinking is as good as doing." would be possible and it isn't. Very little would ever be accomplished.
Kendra Miller 4 years ago
Really? I suppose they are made out of concentrated carbon just like oil, wood and hair. What do you have to do though to get one to burn?
Load More Replies... Joe Reaves 4 years ago
Blood is thicker than water. The original phrase is 'The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb' which literally means the opposite to the way the shorter version is used.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
From LM Montgomery's The Blue Castle (her best book!): "But who wants water to be thick?” parried Valancy. “We want water to be thin – sparkling – crystal-clear.”
Load More Replies... Jan Feline 4 years ago
The one I absolutely despise: "Whoever wants it most will win," and variations on that. Yeah, whoever wants it most, as long as they have the exact same training, skills, genetics, height, weight, etc... As a middle aged, reasonably in shape woman, no matter how much I want it, I'm not going to win a fight against a professional heavyweight MMA fighter.
Jennifer .S 4 years ago
So many movies use "If you love something, set it free/let it go" and so characters will leave things behind or abandon people and I'm like, the phrase doesn't make sense without the second half. If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, then it's yours.
Hanni 4 years ago
I absolutely abhor "Boys will be boys". It justifies idiotic and/or abusive behavior for men.
Kiki 4 years ago
then Girls will be Boss ass Bitches (i say this as praise)
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)
"You know my name, not my story." If someone is mistreating me, I don’t care what their story is. Being abused or facing struggles doesn’t give you the right to abuse others.
Mrs. Jan Glass 4 years ago
"Hurt people hurt people." Sure, but that doesn't mean they're free of consequences when they do. This was the excuse I heard for everyone from my bullies at school to my abusive stepfathers to my rapey cousins. Also if you think you get to hurt me because [insert systemic oppression/your assumptions re: my privileges here], then you better believe I get to hurt you and anyone else I want because [pick your systemic oppressions: a lifetime of abuse, panic and anxiety, physical illness, poverty, etc.].
Johnny 4 years ago
How about "A stitch in time saves 9". I seriously doubt that anyone has done the research on this one - maybe it only saves 4. Or maybe it saves 15!? Who knows?
Julie C Rose 4 years ago
It means things like “stop calling New Zealand and Australia dictatorships for dealing with community outbreaks quickly instead of letting it run rampant.”
Load More Replies... Lark 4 years ago
"Thinking is as bad as doing." Nope. If I think I want to punch someone in the nose, as far as I know, "Thoughtcrimes" are not a thing (yet) and I haven't harmed anyone. If I actually punch him, I inflict damage on another human, I can be arrested for assault, and held liable for his injuries. Also, if it were true, "Thinking is as good as doing." would be possible and it isn't. Very little would ever be accomplished.
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