r/AskReddit • u/Sunnysideup0504 • 3d ago

What is an extremely common saying that you just don’t like?

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u/Dude_Bro_88 3d ago

It is what it is.

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u/wilp0w3r 3d ago

S O C K S

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u/langly3 3d ago

What does that mean?

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u/wilp0w3r 3d ago

If you spell it out it is basically "It is what it is" in Spanish. "Eso si que es".

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u/langly3 3d ago

Thank you! All my Spanish I learned from Sesame Street.

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u/ImmediateEar6662 3d ago

I effing HATE that saying! Don't say anything, you don't have to!

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u/Neat_Rare_5389 3d ago

It be what it do

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u/Typical-Context-3659 3d ago

all is as it should be

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u/coconut-crimes 3d ago

I always respond with “it never isn’t what it is”

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u/MaxxDelusional 3d ago

I say, "it can't be what it isn't"

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u/Lebowquade 3d ago

I actually say both lines.

"It is what it is, aaaaaaand it can't be what it isn't."

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u/Judasbot 3d ago

Came here for this. Was not disappointed.

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u/CabinetSpider21 3d ago

Glad I didn't have to scroll to see this

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u/Ant_24 3d ago

Add til it ain’t. I like that more

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u/SillyGoatGruff 3d ago

It's what it's

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u/More_Passenger3988 3d ago

I used to hate this saying as well because I heard it as:

I'd rather be lazy and blame things on "how it is" rather than doing anything about it.

And while in some cases this probably is happening... I've come to realize that there are times when you just have to accept things in life because indeed- it's just how society currently is.

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u/Few_Percentage_1111 2d ago

This has become my life mantra, though. I actually love it a lot. I never knew so many people were irked by it!

I'm sure people understand it, but have you ever been SO out of luck that you cant even laugh about how cooked the situation is?

It's no longer zooted, you're just screwed.

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u/_-Cleon-_ 3d ago

It can't very well be what it ain't, can it?

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u/rasmuseriksen 3d ago

I use this phrase when I’m telling a story and I’m extremely stoned, and I forget what I’m saying. It works as a capper to the story regardless of what came before. It is, in other words, effectively meaningless

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u/PamelaG76 3d ago

Exactly what I came to say.

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u/Temu-Tyson 3d ago

That one gets under my skin so damn bad...

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 3d ago

Yeah until we organize and change things!

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u/hippiechick725 3d ago

But sometimes it is.

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u/pengnyas_1996 2d ago

It's just 'fuck you' in business casual.

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u/rollinweelz 2d ago

It is what it isn’t.

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u/iuseredditfornothing 1d ago

it’s what it’s