August 12, 2009

Cliche Carnival

Here are some cliched sayings that I think would benefit us all if we never heard again.

Everything Happens For a Reason - Incorrect. Sometimes things happen. Stop hanging on for meanings and wasting your time deflecting a problem.

It Is What It Is - No it is not. I think this is the worst of them all. What it is, is that you are too lazy to deal with it.

You Are What You Eat - I am in no way shape or form a box of Special K Red Berries Cereal.

In My Honest Opinion - No, please lie to me to make this more interesting.

1 comment:

John Lenninist said...

I want to throat punch someone every time I hear that empty platitude of "it is what it is". It's a bit (a very little bit) easier to tolerate when an athlete says it during the course of a requisite interview that they are contractually obligated to fill, but anytime someone is making a sincere effort to communicate and resorts to "it is what it is", I subtract about 20 IQ points from my estimation of them.

Another one I hate with nearly the same ferocity is "giving 110%". It is impossible to give that much effort, unless one is using 10% of someone else's effort, and then the question is "why are you only getting 10% out of the mope you duped into helping you?"