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the saying "things happen for a reason" yay or nay

edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
edited April 2010 in Strut Central
bigtime NAY for me. i'm not sure if this is a california thing but i hear this crap all the time and it is one of my biggest pet peeves.
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  • kitchenknightkitchenknight 4,922 Posts
    Eh, it is what it is. *shrug*
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    have a blessed day!
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    It's neither here nor there, really.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    no worries.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    NAY.

    Yes, causality dictates there is an effect due to a cause**, so what's the point?

    And it's a little too close to saying "it's God's will" for my liking...

    **unless they are saying that the effect is retroactive and the cause, which is yet to come, is predetermined. So why take responsibilty for anything?
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    oh never mind - a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    bigtime NAY for me.

    i'm not sure if this is a california thing but i hear this crap all the time and it is one of my biggest pet peeves.


    I usually just punch them square in the face and say "I GUESS YOU HAD THAT COMING, THEN."
  • Otis_FunkmeyerOtis_Funkmeyer 1,321 Posts
    I don't believe it but I don't hate it.
    Kind of goes along the lines of "crisis = opportunity"
  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    Most of my family says YAY, but NAY I say, NAY!.

    And yet, this saying doesn't infuriate me nearly as much as "it is what it is". I hear people say that shit like it's some deep philosophical exposition on the current state of the universe. save it.
  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    a rolling stone gathers no moss

    always liked that one for some reason
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    I hear people say that shit like it's some deep philosophical exposition on the current state of the universe. save it.

    everything is everything
  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts
    everything is everything

    This one doesn't bug me either. I blame Sadat X.
  • AKallDayAKallDay 830 Posts
    everything is everything

    This one doesn't bug me either. I blame Sadat X.





  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
    bigtime NAY for me.

    i'm not sure if this is a california thing but i hear this crap all the time and it is one of my biggest pet peeves.


    I usually just punch them square in the face and say "I GUESS YOU HAD THAT COMING, THEN."

    this is a brilliant idea
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    have a blessed day!

    Middle-aged Black Woman Phone greeting related
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    I don't get why "it is what it is" bothers people so much.

    Take a rock, for example. A rock is neither good nor bad, it just is.


    I wish I had a better example, but whatever.
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    you say tomato - I say tomato
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    And yet, this saying doesn't infuriate me nearly as much as "it is what it is".

    Oh I love this one... great way to get out of a conversation/argument you'd rather not have.

    "It is what it is" =>
  • gravelheadwrapgravelheadwrap corn 948 Posts
    And yet, this saying doesn't infuriate me nearly as much as "it is what it is".

    Oh I love this one... great way to get out of a conversation/argument you'd rather not have.

    "It is what it is" =>

    I used this this past weekend with my future father in law...
  • FrankFrank 2,379 Posts
    I can't stand this saying...
    "reason" is one of the most overrated factors in life and I can't understand how people would want to waste time, energy and thought in finding, explaining or following it.

    I have the habit of disregarding reason and sometimes even abandon it at the side of the road like a diseased pet. Although I would never do that to a pet since -as you all know -I sincerely love my dogs.
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    "Life is Good" was floating around a few years back.
    I am glad to not hear it anymore.
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    alls well that ends well

    NO SHIT. It is well because it ended well.
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    how about "I have a habit of disregarding reason and sometimes even put it on a plane to russia like an unwanted orphan"?
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Uuuuugh, like anyone needs a reason to do the stupid shit they do to you.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    how about "I have a habit of disregarding reason and sometimes even put it on a plane to russia like an unwanted orphan"?

    I like "I have a habit of disregarding reason and sometimes even hide its Facebook status updates like a friend that isn't really a good friend but for some reason is my friend on Facebook."
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    have a blessed day!

    Middle-aged Black Woman Phone greeting related

    My dad used to be infuriated by people who responded to the question "How are you?" with "I'm blessed"
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    hey, it's all good
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    you say tomato - I say tomato

    Once I witnessed an opposing attorney say this to a judge by way of explaining why her view of the case differed from mine.

    Infuriating.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    have a blessed day!

    Middle-aged Black Woman Phone greeting related

    My dad used to be infuriated by people who responded to the question "How are you?" with "I'm blessed"

    Yes, more plaese on how you got to be the way you are now.
  • GaryGary 3,982 Posts
    have a blessed day!

    Middle-aged Black Woman Phone greeting related

    My dad used to be infuriated by people who responded to the question "How are you?" with "I'm blessed"

    Yes, more plaese on how you got to be the way you are now.


    you crack me up sometimes.
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