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"Thought-Terminating Cliches" (lemmy.world)
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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] runeko@programming.dev 23 points 5 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."

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

Or the thing has already been done.

[–] GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 5 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.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

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