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"Thought-Terminating Cliches" (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 145 points 3 months ago (19 children)

The Japanese say "shouganai" which literally translates to "It can't be helped."

The problem is, 90% of the time, it absolutely can be helped.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Me:"It is what it is."

Narrator:"But it wasn't."

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (8 children)

It do be like that sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Narrator: "but it ben't."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is my new favorite sentence and now I will find a way to say it out loud.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also I've now been singing "Let it Ben't."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Whispern’t words of wisdom

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