What are some of the well known phrases/'wisdoms' that you don't agree with?
For example, I don’t agree with the saying ‘There is nothing to fear but fear itself’ because of course there are plenty of things to fear like cancer, death of loved ones, suffocating, what have you…I also don’t agree with ‘Less is more’ because that’s rarely the case and when I want more Nutella, I’ll take more Nutella and enjoy it…same with sex, kisses from my children, etc. Yeah there are also the dumb ‘The key to a man’s heart is through his stomach’ and ‘God works in mysterious ways’ since the former is limiting and the latter is just too convenient for my liking…there are many more, but I want to hear yours…
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@Blondesjon you know, that’s interesting because I’m fine with myself saying it but not fine with the saying when my oldest says it…every time he says it I say, in disbelief, ‘what do you mean you can’t? you can do anything’
“The grass is greener on the other side.”
You can tell me this but I’ll never know unless I experience it for myself.
I disagree strongly with “spare the rod, spoil the child”. The biggest piece of bullplop ever written down. Now, obviously, if the “rod” is just a metaphor for discipline in general, I don’t disagree with it. But if it refers specifically to corporal punishment, then it’s bullshit.
Also, I know “children should be seen, not heard” is supposed to be cute and such, but I think it’s stupid and I always have.
@Blondesjon
I remember seeing something that said “there’s no such thing as ‘I can’t’” in my 4th grade classroom when I was 9 and I remember thinking “Yes, there is. Humans can’t fly on their own. So there.”
@jonsblond
I remember before my grandmother’s house was sold, the lawn was really going to hell and the grass truly was greener on the other side of the fence. :)
I dislike the following:
-When in Rome do as the Romans do.
-What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas (herpes would say otherwise)
-Old ways is best ways
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” It makes us squabble and bicker.
Also “Seeing is believing”
@The_Compassionate_Heretic For me it was more “what happens in Vegas happens again in another Nevada city the next day”. Oh man, I loved that trip…
yeah I also don’t like ‘chicks before dicks’ and ‘bros before hos’ ‘cause they have many words I dislike and are also never used in a positive manner
@Simone_De_Beauvoir
Well, at least there’s one for each gender. I never thought it was fair that there was no equivalent for “bros before hos”. (I admit to just hearing “chicks before dicks” today).
Also, as I’ve said before a million times, I hate “the proof is in the pudding” because that’s not even the correct saying and yes, I still hear people say it. The correct saying actually makes sense and is perfectly valid in my opinion.
And hermaphrodites say, “Fuck it! Can’t we all just get along.”
@Blondesjon there are no hermaphrodites in the human species i know that’s off topic but i can’t let it go the term is intersex
@The_Compassionate_Heretic The Hangover!...roofies.
“I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time.” -Oprah Winfrey.Ugh
@cyndihugs I think I might be the only one who hasn’t seen this film.
Buzzer’s got to eat same as worms.
I don’t want to ruin(film) it
@Garebo My parents have said “shit or get off the pot” before (definitely my grandparents said it). I actually like it because it’s pretty true, despite the fact that it’s kind of gross. :P
@Blondesjon well no, it’s not like this is something you say because it’s PC…it’s also incorrect in a biological sense…as in there are no true hermaphrodites in the human species…hermaphroditic worms, for example (i’m partial to c.elegans ones) have functioning female and male repro organ systems and that’s what hermaphroditism is defined as…no human ever (even if they had some male and some female repro organs) had both male and female repro organ systems that BOTH FUNCTION…that’s why the term is a mistake and is incorrect
@DominicX: makes sense, I probably am there age, thanks for rubbing it in.
@Facade well, good, now you learned something new today, :)
@Simone_De_Beauvoir . . .No documented case exists. I happen to know, off the top of my head, 27 different folks with functioning male and female genitalia.
And we haven’t even begun talking about barely furred squirrels.
@Blondesjon are these friends of yours or something? because I’ve been a researcher of intersex issues for years and will be doing my PhD work around these issues so if you can introduce me that’d be great…and these 27 individuals have both ovaries that produce ova and testes that produce sperm? and they also don’t mind being called hermaphrodites? you gotta introduce me
sounds like a party at @Blondesjon‘s house is a bisexual’s fantasy come true!
Lightning never strikes twice in the same spot and of course, the eternally WRONG They always come in threes when talking about related things like deaths, marriages, catastrophies, etc. And depending on where you live, deaths or marriages can BOTH be catastrophic.
“Might makes right” doesn’t sit well with me.
@Simone_De_Beauvoir . . .They are indeed what I claim. You do want to be careful about telling one of them to “go fuck themselves”, though.
Would the offspring be considered inbred?
He is probably right, in packer land anything is possible.
What isn’t growing is dying.
— Bigger isn’t always better. Focus on growing instead of maintaining is sometimes misplaced. This applies to some things, but not everything in regard to which it is invoked. Organizations, for instance, have a tendency to pour energy and resources into recruitment instead of taking care of the members they have.
If you want to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs.
— Yes, but so what? The cost of everything isn’t destructive. Parroting this as a way of dismissing casualties of some plan or project is just weasel talk to avoid owning any responsibility for things and people that are hurt or destroyed when they are in the way of somebody’s objective.
You have to fight fire with fire.
— What’s wrong with water?
A girl in my English class yesterday used the expression “Respect the rank, not the man.”
I prefer “Respect the man, not the rank.”
@petethepothead, I do think we have to respect the office, regardless of who holds it. It is not the same thing as respecting the man. I respect the authority and position of the company president, the governor of my state, my mayor, the teacher of my class, and the cop on the beat, irrespective of the particular individual who holds the title. If we did not do so, our institutions would fall apart. John McCain acknowledged this vividly and honorably in his concession speech when he said, “I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. ”
But we do not have to accord an office or position one iota more respect than it deserves absolutely, and if the occupant of the position is not worthy, we can hold an independent view of him or her while still respecting the position.
Of course, this is an entirely different matter from saying that you hold a person in high regard even though he or she is of low rank. If this is what you meant, then I must agree with you that I respect individuals on their own merits, no matter how high or lowly their position.
@Facade I agree with you on the “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Being with someone 24/7 can make you take them for granted, but going months without seeing them doesn’t help. Especially if you’re trying to plan a wedding that way. My husband and I got into stupid arguments during the year we were apart.
I don’t like (or agree with) “Practice makes perfect”.
My step-dad always said “Practice makes better”, which makes much more sense to me.
“Women. You can’t live with them; you can’t cut their head off.”
Why not?
@Blondesjon I don’t think a hermaphroditic creature can reproduce with itself.
@Simone_De_Beauvior Is my statement correct/incorrect? Any idea?
I’m curious now
Never ASSUME, because that makes an ASS out of U & ME.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Ignorance is bliss.
Early to bed, early to rise.
My country, right or wrong.
@The_Compassionate_Heretic well in terms of the c.elegans worms and in clams and other hermphaphroditic creatures it is possible for them to reproduce with themselves…because they have both male and female repro organs that function they self fertilize and produce offspring…this saves biological energy for simpler organisms…a human can not fertilize themselves as no human (no matter what is said above) has a functioning female and a functioning male repro system together in one body…
@Simone_De_Beauvoir . . .tell that to bill, bob, susan, erik, mark, john, sam, telly, peter, alice, betty, margaret, sally, kim, tim, frank, hank, rhonda, veronica, dawn, art, clifford, chester, norman, zeke, harold, and armand.
@Blondesjon look, I don’t know what sort of point you’re trying to make – I truly just want to learn if I’ve been wrong all along – I still don’t think you’re understanding me correctly, or maybe you are..but to have 27 (!) people with functioning male AND female reproductive systems , NOT just organs, and not have them be documented or a part of the intersex activist world so that we are not aware of such a community seems ludicrous to me…I also didn’t know you were an activist either, I applaud you
I also wanted to clarity that the definition of ‘true hermaphroditism’ that I am using in my analysis is along the lines presented here
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-02/951254825.Dv.r.html
Obviously people with both female and male gonadal tissue do exist but not those who have a full male repro system making sperm and a full female system making ova (those two systems would simply not exist within the same human body – it a medical impossibility)
“The devil made me do it”. I truly hate this because people who can’t take responsibility for their own actions use it! You made you do it!
Public school is better than homeschooling because it “socializes” kids.
What that “socializing” did for me was make me try to kill myself.
@AstroChuck I thought it was “Women, you can’t live with them, you can’t leave them by the side of the road.”
Do as I say, not as I do.
^^Hypocritical mumbo jumbo.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
“Everything that happens, happens for the best.” No – it doesn’t.
When someone says “whatever,” it’s usually the contrary of the convention that they no-longer care about the conversation. They are merely so frustrated with the argument and other person, and maybe a bit flabbergasted and at a loss for words, what comes out is the now conventional “whatever.” In fact, it means I really do care – but fuck me if I can finds words right now, and fuck you, too, asshole. Whatever.
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