What quote or saying do you find overused and/or complete BS?
One I see too often that bothers me is:
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
Well yes, I may have learned a lesson, but I don't feel like smiling about it. Especially at the beginning of the grieving process.
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"It is what it is." What the hell does that even MEAN? To me it says, "I'm not interested in your issue so I am going to summarily dismiss it and move on to something else." Anyone else have an interpretation of this phrase?
citronella
Level 7
June 18, 2018
5
OH ** my MIL used to say that constantly after my FIL & dh died within 4 months of each other. She's such a C***!
@Qualia AND THAT'S THAT
I have always thought "It is what it is" to mean whatever the situation, it cannot be changed or understood but needs to be accepted or rejected but to just move on with life. Something like "Don't sweat the small stuff". Not very clear thought but the best I could come up with on the moment.
I'm not going to quote anything too profound..because if anything this quote or saying is childish..as is my reaction to it..
Turn that frown upside down! (Not sure if this counts?)
I don't know why..
I just grates on me...
Hitchens
Level 8
June 18, 2018
4
'You can't love someone if you don't love yourself.' Bullshit. I love other people all the time, including loving them enough to let them go. This tired aphorism is just a slap in the face to people with mental illnesses, especially depression.
memorylikeasieve
Level 7
June 18, 2018
4
Same with the trust saying "If there isn't trust there isn't love". Uhm, that's dumb as hell.... I love my dog to pieces but don't trust he won't do certain things under the right circumstances. LOL
Same with lions. Maybe you could come to love one personally, but you gonna stick your head in its mouth? LOL Duhr
I love my kid to the moon and back but don't trust that despite what a great kid she is, that she isn't going to hide something from me.... "Oh btw, xyz has been hurting"
Me: "for how long?!!!!"
Her: "uhm, a week"
Me. WTF!!!!!!
This one bothers me so much. I'm doomed to solitude. And love is reserved to sociopaths, narcissists, and the self-deluded.
“Blood is thicker than water.” Is entirely misquoted. It originally said “the blood of oath is thicker than the water of birth” which completely reverses the meaning. It’s meant to revere your spouse and friendships that you got to choose. Not the family you were born into.
Wurlitzer
Level 8
June 18, 2018
4
It is what it is.
No shit.
If it wasn't what it is...oh never mind.
Agamic
Level 6
June 19, 2018
2
Also, anytime they use a percentage above 100% it's offensive to me.
You just can't have more than "everything you have (100%)".
What they mean is (instead of say, 200%) is 2 times the amount.
Big difference.
"What goes around, comes around"
SeanNock
Level 5
June 18, 2018
3
I catch myself using it, and a few of these from time to time. I usually stop myself and shake my head.
@Donotbelieve I couldnt agree more. Although, admittedly it is funny when people use them incorrectly or out of context.
@Donotbelieve hahaha yes I do. I approve.
Al Franken wrote a great book called "All the Things I know" that skewers a ton of these idiotic sayings. E.g. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". LOL 
AL. ..
Qualia
Level 8
June 18, 2018
2
@Donotbelieve it's awesome. I'd reread it but it's buried in the house somewhere, amongst the 1000s of others. (we have some house with our books)
@Donotbelieve and I'm sick to death of re-buying things because they're lost. (has TWO philip gruenigs in this house because of t hat crap! A vintage spendy book on dobermans)
@Donotbelieve Thanks 
I don't think I've seen it since we moved into this house 12 years ago, so it's probably in a box, because I KNOW I wouldn't have tossed it. LOL
@Qualia do you hope for more book readers to come into your life and archive your books into more ready assemblage ? I have3-5 copies of many books like Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass that are rescued from my totes, boxes inside the armchairs under the water bed. ....
" Go fuck yourself ". I mean, who can do that ? Beside being BS it is meaningless.
VAL3941
Level 8
June 18, 2018
3
The point is that you should at least try it...
Endeavour to persevere!!
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?I like that one. I can't say that I've said it directly to somebody, but I have thought it.
"Asking for a friend." Why the need for subterfuge? Ask your question and move on.
chalupacabre
Level 8
June 18, 2018
2
Not exactly on topic but when you go to a service person and instead of saying "please sign here" or "please take the groceries out of the basket" etc they say "I'll just get you to sign here" or "I'll just get you to ..." well you get the idea. There is no please or thank you, just demands. The whole concept of being polite is completely lost.
Aquaeyes
Level 6
June 19, 2018
1
Time heals all wounds.
Things always get better.
CreativelyMe
Level 7
June 18, 2018
2
Anything the Orange Douchebag says,
Eirteacher
Level 7
June 18, 2018
2
While I do agree with your sentiment I do not condone your choice of vocabulary.
@Aquaeyes I was being nice.
"Trust your gut."
"Don't second guess yourself."
They're often incompatible.
EliRodriguez11
Level 5
June 18, 2018
1
"I'm Blessed". I'm not religious but even I think your God has better things to do than "bless you" with a deal on turkey or a good parking spot.
RonWilliam53
Level 7
June 21, 2018
0
I have a friend who is ALWAYS telling me that God did this or that for her or for her family. Once, in frustration, I said to her, "I'm waiting for you to tell me someday that God brought you a new flatware pattern!" She was NOT amused.
@citronella I've taken to posting on political blogs, in response to "thoughts and prayers" whenever some rightwinger gets hurt, "don't say that, God clearly wanted to punish this" person or area.
@RonWilliam53 OOOOOOH I bet those folks are pissed off at YOU.
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