Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Popular Sayings That Are Kinda BS


A lot of us use popular sayings just to make ourselves feel better in times of crisis, and some people use these to justify their jerk behavior. Some of them are metaphors that aren't even literally correct. Our knowledge of a lot of popular sayings is so flawed, we don't even know there's a second half, as shown by this tumblr thread on the full versions of sayings.

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Text - Timmibal 34.2k points · 6 hours ago O & A 14 14 & 27 More "The Customer is Always Right." Because half of it's missing. The full truism is "The Customer is Always Right in matters of taste." Guy wants a pint of half baileys, half orange juice? He's paying. Lady wants to wear a raw turkey as a hat? You do you love... What it doesn't mean is that Kyle and Karen get free reign to treat people like shit because they happen to be handing over money at some stage of the interaction.

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Text - swallowyoursadness 29.2k points · 6 hours ago E 4 2 5 e4 & 12 More If you can't handle me at my worst you don't deserve me at my best This is like toxic relationship starter pack stuff

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Text - Familiar_Internet 22.6k points · 5 hours ago A 2 4 2, "Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are college dropouts" Dude they went to Harvard, not community college.!

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Text - GIGABRO98 16.0k points · 6 hours ago 8 2 2 e6 3 3 E 5 "There's plenty of fish in the sea" You know what else there's plenty of in the sea? Trash.

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Text - InAndOut51 15.6k points · 5 hours ago 5 2 4 34 2 "Looks don't matter." They do. Not always, not completely, but they very much do matter. Humans are kind of superficial in that regard.

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Text - Tekmantwo 14.3k points · 7 hours ago · edited 5 hours ago 2 11 18 & 64 More 'What doesnt kill you just makes you stronger'.. bull. 2x cancer survivor here, it sure didnt make me any stronger...

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Text - naaatssann 14.0k points · 7 hours ago 32 3 4 3 Be yourself. If your a fucking asshole and even the nice people hate you, then you should fucking change and not be yourself

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Text - MsBobbyJenkins 272 points · 3 hours ago · edited 3 hours ago 'Never judge a book by its cover' as someone who works in a bookshop - you're damn right I'm gonna judge the quality of a book by its production. As do most customers. I have gotten insights into the world of publishing and the decisions they make based on the quality and success of the product they are pushing. For instance - an author just starting out? The catchy title of the book is going to be the biggest text on the book.

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Text - Our Scottish buyer is very good at sniffing out underdog books. Books that are incredibly well-written, but haven't got the recognition they deserve, and she will discuss with the publisher about changing the cover of the book to reflect this. Suddenly huge boosts in sales. When a customer is looking for an obscure title, and I look it up, I can almost immediately tell if its a low quality independent publication by the way the cover looks. Disclaimer - much like with the underdogs, there

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Text - byawaworht 13.2k points · 4 hours ago 344 34 "Sleep is for the weak" or "I'll sleep when I die" Well actually, not sleeping is making you weaker and decreasing your lifespan as you gloat about it right now. Sleep is essential people.

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Text - dothisnowww 12.6k points · 7 hours ago A 2 33 E 2 You don't need money to be happy. Usually this quote is being used by those who are already filthy rich swallowyoursadness 6.9k points · 6 hours ago You don't need money to be happy but you do need shelter, warmth, food and water to be happy and those things cost a fucking fortune right now

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Text - TwistyMakneepahls 10.7k points · 5 hours ago & 5 2 4 e2 & 5 More "Money can't buy happiness." Poverty can't buy anything.

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Text - JellyRollGeorge 9.5k points · 6 hours ago 2 2 3 e 3 3 323 3 "A watched pot never boils." It does, I've checked.

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Text - The_Hulk_rage 8.2k points · 6 hours ago 2 2 e 3 "Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're gonna get." Every box of chocolate I have seen has a little book that tells you what you'll get.

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Text - DaRkxDaSHeR 6.6k points · 7 hours ago What you don't know can't hurt you , while yes it's technically true it's also not a positive thing , theoretically if someone's partner was cheating on them yes they don't know so they can't be hurt but it's still a bad thing

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Text - TheSupremeGrape 6.5k points - 7 hours ago · edited 37 minutes ago "Do what makes you happy" in regards to searching for a career. Edit: Getting several questions as to why I think it's bullshit so I'm going to copy and paste one of my responses to that question. Because I have come to find that people tend to not be passionate about their jobs. Sure, there are some who enjoy it but it isn't something they're passionate about. I personally believe that any hobby you turn into a necessity k

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Text - augenwiehimmel 4.1k points · 7 hours ago 4 Time heals all wounds. Malarkey. Dev_Lightning 2.9k points · 7 hours ago I dunno, I lost my leg and after a decade it grew back

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Text - FierceMilkshake 3.7k points · 6 hours ago This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you. LIES!!

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Text - ImWritingThis 3.6k points · 6 hours ago "Happiness is a choice." That's maybe sometimes a little true, but depression is real, and it's not what anyone chose.

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Text - odette-loves-cookies 2.5k points · 6 hours ago 3 "I'm just being honest". No Jennifer, you're just being a douche canoe and saying what you want expecting there will be no repercussions because "you tell it like it is and if you don't like it then leave"

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Text - velour_manure 2.2k points · 4 hours ago "Good things come to those who wait." Try waiting your whole life and see what comes to you.

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Text - toreadornotto 2.3k points · 7 hours ago 2 Whatever happens, happens for a reason O lady-neuro 1.1k points · 6 hours ago God I hate this one. It's more comforting to me to think that there's no underlying reason of everything. Suffering is just suffering, not a part of some grand plan.

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Text - Bish182 2.3k points · 7 hours ago Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me BipedSnowman 2.7k points · 6 hours ago 3 2 Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will make be believe I deserved it

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Text - NooneKnowsImaCollie 471 points · 6 hours ago "It's always darkest before the dawn." No, it's darkest in the middle of the night. It gets gradually lighter before the dawn. And if you're talking metaphorically it still doesn't work: hard times often improve gradually. Stupid bloody saying.

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Text - jrf_1973 327 points · 5 hours ago Practice makes perfect. No it doesn't. Practice makes permanence. If you start off doing something wrong, and do it over and over and over... you'll get great, at doing it wrong.

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