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ArishMell · 70-79, M
"Have a nice day", used by supermarket assistants who have no idea if I am pondering Granny's forthcoming funeral, the £500 car-repair bill or the kitchen sink's blocked U-bend.
"It's the world's fastest-growing [a sport or game, usually]"
Only because it's being pushed hard by its sellers and all the others have already grown anyway.
"It is what it is".
Pardon?
"Going down the rabbit hole of..."
Meaning - if anything?
"Everyone knows / thinks / says..."
How do you know? Have you asked them all?
"It's easy! Anyone can do it! Of course you can if you just put your mind to it!"
This fatuous attempt at encouragement is cruel: not just a callous refusal to understand the other's difficulty, but an expression of self-satisfied superiority likely to damage the victim's confidence and relationship with the critic even further.
"It's the world's fastest-growing [a sport or game, usually]"
Only because it's being pushed hard by its sellers and all the others have already grown anyway.
"It is what it is".
Pardon?
"Going down the rabbit hole of..."
Meaning - if anything?
"Everyone knows / thinks / says..."
How do you know? Have you asked them all?
"It's easy! Anyone can do it! Of course you can if you just put your mind to it!"
This fatuous attempt at encouragement is cruel: not just a callous refusal to understand the other's difficulty, but an expression of self-satisfied superiority likely to damage the victim's confidence and relationship with the critic even further.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@ArishMell I agree with almost all of those, except for going down the rabbit hole. I love that expression. It creates an image of me pursuing something out of mild curiosity and discovering a whole world that I didn't know existed.
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