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"Thought-Terminating Cliches" (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not YOLO, though, which is often used to stop thinking about the consequences of choosing to do something stupid.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I also often hear "It is what it is" to mean "someone made a bad decision and I'm not fighting it like I should."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Or the thing has already been done.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

I see it used oftentimes to dismiss systematic injustice aswell... "it is what it is"..

which on an individual level feels like we have no control over but is infact something we have a lot of control over. A very malignant useage I feel

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Yes, the subject being dismissed is what makes it a good or bad thing. Is it something you have zero control over? Good thing. Otherwise, bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I associate it with "I suck as a manager, but I kiss ass hard enough to fail upward."