Quotes You've Come to Detest

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Anonymous wrote:Is it pronounced Ass-hat or Ass-shat?

It's pronounced A-shah. The T is silent.

Why not Ass-hahhhhhhh. You say tomato....

[Anonymous]

I'll admit it. I didn't really understand what "it is what it is" meant. I always thought, well of course it is what it is, what a dumb saying. Then one day my son was asking me the typical 3 year old type questions of why? Why are red lights red. And after a million other answers, I finally cracked and said "it just is......it just is what it is." And suddenly I got the meaning.

I have to say knowing what the phrase means, makes it less annoying. So I guess I have a few good years until I hate it again

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"Shoot me an email" sounds so dumb to me.

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"We're pregnant" or "they're pregnant" when refering to couples. Puh-leez! DH is NOT pregnan...I am! I suppose "We're having a baby" is fine but, no, "we" are not pregnant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

I kinda think OP misses the point of all her examples. "Be the change" means you do something to get that crosswalk put in, not just complain that there isn't one. "Dance like no one is watching" means to behave unselfconsciously. It's not about the quality of your dancing.

I doubt that OP missed the point of these, it doesn't really take a genius to understand them. She just doesn't like them...which I can understand. They're trite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"We're pregnant" or "they're pregnant" when refering to couples. Puh-leez! DH is NOT pregnan...I am! I suppose "We're having a baby" is fine but, no, "we" are not pregnant.

Along with "we're expecting". Expecting what? Finish your sentence!!

And a side note...people that always say they want to be surprised at birth by the sex. There are 2 choices people, how surprised can you possibly be???

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Along with "we're expecting". Expecting what? Finish your sentence!!

"We're expecting a small human to come out of me in a few months, but we're also open to the possibility that a kitten could come out... or that I'm just constipated."

[Anonymous]

Asshat is pronounced "ASS-HAT" as in an ass with a hat on it. I've researched this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Shoot me an email" sounds so dumb to me.

Or in a meeting, I've heard people say, "Email me offline." Offline email is called a letter, and I seriously doubt you're going to write me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asshat is pronounced "ASS-HAT" as in an ass with a hat on it. I've researched this.

It's like when I go to my chesty dentist and get a boobhat. Dude really needs to wear a "bro".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

I kinda think OP misses the point of all her examples. "Be the change" means you do something to get that crosswalk put in, not just complain that there isn't one. "Dance like no one is watching" means to behave unselfconsciously. It's not about the quality of your dancing.

I doubt that OP missed the point of these, it doesn't really take a genius to understand them. She just doesn't like them...which I can understand. They're trite.

I think that's a very generous reading of the original post. Not a bad thing, but not at all what it appears to say.