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[โ€“] bady@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

"Survival of the fittest" (when used without trying to understand its actual meaning).

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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

"God is testing you." "God has a plan." "God never closes a door without opening a window." "I'll pray for you."

Or any other religious bullshit. Keep that shit to yourself. I'm living in the real world.

[โ€“] derivator@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Oh sweet summer child

Yeah we get it, we've all seen Game of Thrones, too. If you have to be a condescending dick, at least be original.

[โ€“] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I use that sometimes on my kids. But I've never seen GoT. That phrase WAY predates that show.

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[โ€“] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

"You are your own worst enemy."

I hate it most when it's true.

[โ€“] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Here's a quote used by media shills to defend crappy movies all the time: "[formerly great franchise] is now shitty. And why that's a GOOD THING."

[โ€“] youpie@lemmy.emphisia.nl 4 points 1 year ago

in Dutch we have the saying "act normal, then your already weird enough' I fucking hate that quote so much

[โ€“] Lobstronomosity@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Anything that references prosecco. See: "Come in if you have Prosecco" doormats.

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