Modern sayings that you disagree with?

MOVING FORWARD! I'm from Canada and I am "sick and tired" of everyone and everything that is happening is a part of "moving forward." The government is moving forward, the economy is moving forward, education is moving forward, the banks are moving forward. It's like no one has any brains anymore to think for themselves but our whole society has become some sort of lemming/parrot that just copies all the other lemmings/parrots.
 
Sunny said:
The obituary page in the paper often speaks of people "transitioning" instead of just saying they died. In the current world we live in, if it were not on the obituary page, I'd have trouble figuring out which kind of transition they are referring to.

Sometimes it says, "transitioned to the heavenly realm" or something of the sort. I imagine some of these were sent in by the pastors or maybe funeral directors. Very few people talk like that.
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Thanks, I didn't know this. I have seen obituaries locally that say the person's name, followed by "departed this life", then the date of death.
 

From the OP, how might we define a "current saying"?

"Everything happens for a reason": I think it is generally said by people who are trying to be comforting. In reality, someone receiving this is likely to think the person saying it is being dismissive.


Then there is this saying, which I'm not sure what to think:

 
AnnieA said:
I like this and use it when speaking of things that I know can't be changed or that I don't care to give my time and energy to effect change.

The phrase as it's written here may be 'modern' but the sentiment is a very old one. Que sera sera (whatever will be will be) has a similar meaning and is centuries old.
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I can't really agree because "lt is what it is" is over and done with, but "Que sera sera" leaves the future open. Much more positive.
 
chic said:
It is what is is.

I hate this saying. It irks me every time because it implies a fixed fate/ helplessness, and this just isn't true in life which is fluid if nothing else. When I was a child my dad was always loading me with positive language, I wasn't the happiest kid on the block. So when I hear It is what it is, I feel like retaliating, It maybe until you get involved and actually try to initiate a change.
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I've never liked "It is what it is," either. It has always struck me as dismissive and a tad unfeeling.
 
Let's unpack this story ... What? Is the story in a suitcase?
Sorry; not sorry ... when you really mean to say ... you don't give a crap.
Let's circle back ... What does a circle have to do with it?
Just saying ... Of course you're "just saying". No one else is speaking!
 
Packerjohn said:
MOVING FORWARD! I'm from Canada and I am "sick and tired" of everyone and everything that is happening is a part of "moving forward." The government is moving forward, the economy is moving forward, education is moving forward, the banks are moving forward. It's like no one has any brains anymore to think for themselves but our whole society has become some sort of lemming/parrot that just copies all the other lemmings/parrots.
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Same goes for 'reaching out'. Everybody is forever 'reaching out'.
 
Packerjohn said:
MOVING FORWARD! I'm from Canada and I am "sick and tired" of everyone and everything that is happening is a part of "moving forward." The government is moving forward, the economy is moving forward, education is moving forward, the banks are moving forward. It's like no one has any brains anymore to think for themselves but our whole society has become some sort of lemming/parrot that just copies all the other lemmings/parrots.
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I agree. Even worse tho is GOING forward, a phrase that came into vogue over the past decade. Just say GOING!!! What is with this GOING FORWARD!?? It is so redundant!
 
"So I bought a pair of Jeans from the All American Clothing Company."
The above sentence is constructed incorrectly, yet so many do it. The word "so" is a conjunction, it's a joining word, like its cousins, and, if, & because. Starting a sentence with a conjunction is, at best, lazy. At worse it's grammatically ignorant.
 
I don't like it when someone uses gift as a verb. I guess *gave* just didn't have the right ring to it.

I cringe when I hear someone say "I am so excited *for* X instead of *about* X.

I hated it when news readers said *an* history, instead of *a* history.

And today, I am the *asterisk* lady.
 
KSav said:
I've never liked "It is what it is," either. It has always struck me as dismissive and a tad unfeeling.
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I more often say it to myself, rather than to others - helps me avoid adding drama.

When I HAVE said it to others, the context is, "Don't worry about the error you made or the situation you're (we're) in: it is what it is. Now let's see if we can figure out a good way to go forward."
 

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