Just Sayin'...

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that these are trendy phrases I've heard too often:

"How [fantastic/nice/scary/cool] is THAT?" -- Well, I don't know... perhaps you'll tell me.

"It is what it is." -- Yes, and so is everything else.

"Just sayin'..." -- Much like 'teh', it was funny once or twice, but now, the 500th time...

"Not so much." -- See note above.

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  1. Silas Barta11:28 AM

    Yeah, I sure hate those memes. Oh wait, can't say that either, right? ;-)

    Seriously, I have a particular hatred for "It is what it is", especially after they started using it as the slogan for Grape Nuts. I mean, geez, you spend 20 years adding artificial junk to your products and now you want a medal just because on one of them, you *don't* do it?

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