The Cliche You Most Hate

Jokerman

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#22
cliches are trite and stereotyped, usually expressed through a sentence or phrase with a popular/common thought or idea that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse - cliches are therefore unoriginal and uncreative conclusions expressed through words as if they are some kind of precept, which they are not, unless the cliche contains some kind of irony or paradox, i dislike them on the account of unoriginality and if they are used in a sense of precept
This whole thing is a cliche.
 

Jokerman

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#23
What I hate more than cliches are these set expressions some people use in place of thought. For instance, I know a lot of black girls who say, "I know that's right," whenever they agree with something someone just said. There's a girl I work with who says that fifty times a day. It's gotten so that I can predict when she's going to say it, and I just mouth the words as she's saying it.

Girls use these annoying expressions a lot, especially when they're on the phone. "You Are Ly-ing!" "You Play Too Much!" "Hold on. Hello. You are Ly-ing."
Me- "Tell him you know that's right."

To me, they're not communicating when they do this. They're not saying anything.

Or people will use these handy figures of speech that literally don't mean what they say. Like, "It's raining cats and dogs" or "I'm going to give you a piece of my mind." I try to fight this lazy reliance on pat expressions by always pretending to take what they say literally: "I'm starving." Me- "Ok, waitress, could you bring my friend an IV of glucose and some hemaglobin, please. No, no solid food. We'll probably need a defibrilator, too."

Sometimes they'll start out with a cliche and I'll ruin it with something stupid but act like I'm completing their boring point. "You know what they say, "The early bird..." Me- "... is a lazy ho. Yup, I know that one very well."


I find that the less educated or knowledgeable a person is the more they rely on these wildly imprecise metaphors, similies, figures of speech, and so on.
 
#24
What I hate more than cliches are these set expressions some people use in place of thought. For instance, I know a lot of black girls who say, "I know that's right," whenever they agree with something someone just said. There's a girl I work with who says that fifty times a day. It's gotten so that I can predict when she's going to say it, and I just mouth the words as she's saying it.

Girls use these annoying expressions a lot, especially when they're on the phone. "You Are Ly-ing!" "You Play Too Much!" "Hold on. Hello. You are Ly-ing."
Me- "Tell him you know that's right."

To me, they're not communicating when they do this. They're not saying anything.

Or people will use these handy figures of speech that literally don't mean what they say. Like, "It's raining cats and dogs" or "I'm going to give you a piece of my mind." I try to fight this lazy reliance on pat expressions by always pretending to take what they say literally: "I'm starving." Me- "Ok, waitress, could you bring my friend an IV of glucose and some hemaglobin, please. No, no solid food. We'll probably need a defibrilator, too."

Sometimes they'll start out with a cliche and I'll ruin it with something stupid but act like I'm completing their boring point. "You know what they say, "The early bird..." Me- "... is a lazy ho. Yup, I know that one very well."


I find that the less educated or knowledgeable a person is the more they rely on these wildly imprecise metaphors, similies, figures of speech, and so on.

It seems that kinda overlaps into small talk. I know alot of people that just ask a question they really don't care about, you actually explain it to them, and at the end, all they say is "Oh cool." or "That's nice" "Awesome" and "Good for you." I know they really don't mean it, and I know they probably don't give a shit on what I have to answer their question "So, how's school going?" They ask an empty question expecting an empty answer. "Fine." But school isn't fine, and if I did say it was, you would be able to tell I was lying, but you'd still get the answer you wanted.
 

Preach

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#27
No. Because a lot of the things you "can be" require more than a ungodly amount of motivation. One can want all they can, but sometimes shit isn't going to happen.
You saying I can't live out my dream of becoming a teeny-pop singer in a boyband and play in the professional soccer league? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
 

keco52

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Staff member
#35
*remembers there's no joy in making fun of ppl when their life sucks....they already know....that's why they take medicine for it.*
 

keco52

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Staff member
#38
bless your heart :D that was the shittiest delivery of that insult thus far. Very original and clever.

Why don't you go take more pix with semi-hot girls looking tired and coked up.


Oh SNAP...you already do that.
 

ill-matic

Well-Known Member
#40
bless your heart :D that was the shittiest delivery of that insult thus far. Very original and clever.

Why don't you go take more pix with semi-hot girls looking tired and coked up.


Oh SNAP...you already do that.
lol ! sweety, atleast my semi-hot girls wear clothes ;)

not all girls can be classy like that :(
 

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