Corny phrases/advice that make your blood boil

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I pretty much only get that from aspies. How the hell can I get over myself when I was never on myself? My opnion of myself is so low It's more like "get over everyone else".

ha! yours win!

I hate it when people tell me that I need to "leave my comfort zone" and that I can't keep "hiding from life". WTF? that doesn't even mean anything!

another one that makes my blood boil- "you can achieve anything if you really really want it" (a.k.a. "think positive"). aaaargh!! !

"Take it like a man"

This has to be one of my least favorite phrases ever. It somehow implies that I am not truly a male if I don't have certain behaviors. Any other phrase or hint that I should behave some sort of way simply because of my natural equipment really angers me.

There was a series of beer commercials on TV a year or two ago. Basically, the gist of the commercial was about engaging in certain "unmanly" behaviors and having your "man card" revoked by being crushed by a giant beer can. SO not funny on so many levels....

Ohhhh my bad, I should've known he was contributing to the thread. Don't know why I took it as a useless response. And yeah, I hate when people say define this and that. I'm not a lawyer, so seblantics is pointless.

About 99% of men do actually. The only thing that is actually diverse about sexual attraction is sex drive. That and fetishes.

Ohh yeah, endorphins are a wonderful thing. I bike all the time, and its so relaxing afterwards.

lmao you're actually right on that hypothetical convo. I never saw the point of people saying "Well that's just your opinion". No s**t, who else am I supposed to speak for? And I take that beauty phrase as denial, because people who usually say that seem to have an idea that attraction is mere social construction, which is BS. As for stuff like art, yeah that phrase is actually more suitable in that case since art appreciation is a lot more varied (while still biologically determined to an extent).

I agree 100%. f**k pop psychology.

True, there are people who are bitchy. But there are also people who believe in that phrase so strongly that it leads them to believe crap like being poor isn't as bad as it looks and that being rich is torture. No way is watching your family die from starving or getting shot in a rough block a greener side of the fence.


I'm not a religious person, and I believe that phrase is true in the sense that the cause and effect aren't independent of each other. But yeah, it's not all that profound.


Anyways, this thread probably makes me look like a bitter dick, but I don't hate phrases entirely and I don't consider myself cynical. I'm aware that phrases are phrases because they're easy to remember, have some truth to them, and are general enough to be applied. However, you can't sum complex subject matter up with a little sound bite, and this is what people do all the time which annoys me.

PS: Sorry bout the long post, I just finished summer school and I'm too tired to go do anything better, so here I am sitting in front of my computer and taking the time to make such a post lol.

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And how about the corny phrase "it makes my blood boil"?

I mean, ýour blood isn't actually boiling. If it were, you'd be in a lot of trouble.

1. "Relax!"
This probably annoys me more than it should, but it's one of the silliest and most ineffective bits of "advice" I've ever heard - and I hear it a lot. If I could just decide to relax, wouldn't I already be relaxed? A lot of people who give this advice actually seem to expect it to make a difference. Like after they tell me to relax I'll suddenly be able to.

2. "Be yourself!"
Actually seems to mean "Be outgoing". It's said most often to shy, quiet, or introverted people. What if "yourself" is just shy, quiet, or introverted?

3. "Keep your eyes peeled."
Disgusting. This expression makes me think about peeling eyeballs with a potato peeler. Why do we even have this expression?

4. "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
Why have cake if you can't eat it? What else are you going to do with it?

5. "No man is an island."
And no cat is a carrot, but nobody makes that into an expression.

AceOfSpades, you have to go with the flow and think positive, because tomorrow is another day. You think too much, so you're your worst enemy. Smile! Don't worry, be happy, tell a lot of white lies, and don't forget about the sunscreen.

Grrrrrr!

That's hilarious. I'm going to start using that.

I probably shouldn't tell you this but ...

No offense but...

I'm not prejudiced but...

Once someone tried to tell me some gossip about me and I told him I didn't care to hear it-He was shocked, didn't know what to do next.

In that same vein, I think it is permissible to detail how someone is a total idiot, as long as you start off with "Good old So-and-so, God bless him"...

That reminds me of the phrase " a certain segment of society"-which is code for low class.

oh yeah, thanks for reminding me about “everything happens for a reason.” I hate that line so freakin' much.

yeah, everything does happen for a reason... ten thousand people die from a tsunami because an earthquake happened. the earthquake happened because of an underwater landslide. the landslide happened because fault slippage left the ground unstable.

but somehow there's a hidden reason, if you can find the answer to which, life will make more sense... because the "why" of that loss of life is emotionally unacceptable if looked at as simply a small event in a vast universe in a vast timeline. so it MUST make sense to a god on a cosmic scale, but he ain't sharing, and ten thousand people are still dead and there MUST be a reason for such waste.

wtf. if I was a relative or friend on one of those dead people, I'd be offended by anyone who said "everything happens for a reason" to me, as if it changed my actual loss into something noble.

Don't say anything but......

It's a well known fact.....

Don't tell anyone I said it......

Regardless, you didn't hear it from me.....

Again I have to disagree. From the men i've met through my life, they are about 50/50 in terms of preferred breast size. My overall assumption would be men like petite women regardless of their breast size, and they favour brunettes.




Yes, you are absolutely right about that one. I was more meaning people who moan that girls are prettier in other countries.

Alright, it's a lie. My blood isn't actually boiling, it's freezing from all the contempt that builds up from corny phrases. I'm eventually gonna be cold blooded enough to become a reptile . Seriously though, figurative devices in a phrase isn't what makes a phrase corny to me.

Don't forget that life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Cuz you know, the feeling of regret is a switch in your brain you can conveniently turn on and off

Ohhh yeah, gotta love disclaimers that get contradicted afterward.

Hair colour is one of those subtle preferences that are truly in the eye of the beholder. As for breast size, I meant big as in proportionately big, so dudes would still prefer a short woman with big tits that are proportional to the rest of her body. Most guys definitely don't prefer a 5'4 chick with 36 DD's lol.

So yeah, hair colour tends to be a preference, whereas the ideal breast size, waist to hip size, ass size, and the face are genetic.

Yeah the phrase definitely applies in that case. It's all about context

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I happen to favor blondes being that I am one, coincidentally of course.
As for breast size, I'll have to agree with the French on that one,
My vision is focused on hindsight, 20/20 I might add.




"Oh but whatever you do, do tell anyone I said anything"