Trite Excuses

[KO0M]

This phrase has become pervasive and trite, I get so tired of hearing, "Well, it is what it is".....

Every time I hear it, I think, "NO, you are what you are"!

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ETA: Offered up mostly by lazy and / or imagination-challenged people.

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[N0SYA]

No, you are!

[KB1NXE]

I answer: "But it's not what it could be!"

Most don't get it...

[KO0M]

I answer: "But it's not what it could be!"

Most don't get it...

You are correct. Within the time span of these two postings, I had a conversation with the person and posed the question, "But was it all that it could be for you"?

While acknowledging the "Is" of what it was, I pointed out the real possibilities of what it could be for him; what he had to gain from a crap-shoot, I already knew what I had to lose. We ended the conversation (supposedly) until next week.

"Ring-Ring, Ring-Ring", less than 5 minutes later, he calls me back. It now seems that the "It" of what "It" was "IS" now suddenly 2.5 times the value of what it started out to be.

"Thank you Dale Carnegie".

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[W0VYE]

I think I've spent far too much of my life labeling, catagorizing, judging, demonizing, pointing fingers, trying to make myself look good, and enjoying my own opinions of myself and everyone else. I still do it, but I'm trying to stop.

Of course everything "is what it is." What else could it be? Is the expression irritating? Or is it irritating when someone uses it as an exit from what they consider a pointless conversation?

[KB1NXE]

I hear that one all the time. Usually my response gets someone thinking.

As a Computer Network Engineer, I'm always working to improve AND prepare a project to meet current demands and expectations while having enough overhead for tomorrows needs. If you only give so much room to the project, then don't expect it to have the capability you'll need for tomorrow. The last place I worked is feeling that pain right now. It's also one of the reasons I left.

Where I now work seems to have learned this lesson. It's a state agency, but also an institute of higher learning. Thinking is encouraged, if not expected.

[KB1NXE]

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Of course everything "is what it is." What else could it be? Is the expression irritating? Or is it irritating when someone uses it as an exit from what they consider a pointless conversation?

For me it's both. First and foremost, it's a rationalization. A cop-out. Acceptance of a sub-optimal solution. Mostly this is applied to a project or process that is less than the best solution. Chosen for some undetectable or insignificant reason.

It's also a rather unintelligent way to end a conversation.

[W0VYE]

For me it's both. First and foremost, it's a rationalization. A cop-out. Acceptance of a sub-optimal solution. Mostly this is applied to a project or process that is less than the best solution. Chosen for some undetectable or insignificant reason.

When it comes to technical or engineering problems, I think the real work is usually done by people who know, and the decisions are too often made by people who don't.

It's also a rather unintelligent way to end a conversation.

Or it could be a less confrontational way of saying, "I think you're totally whacked and I don't want to talk to you anymore."

BTW, my imaginary friend can beat up your imaginary friend. na-nana-na-na! (I do love your sig!)

[AE1PT]

Two of my favorites are:

"I don't know much about it, but here is my opinion..."

Thanks Jethro, but my drivel quotient has been met for the day.

and,

"Well, technically, it's (insert moronic statement here).."

This phrase is usually ejected from the mouth of someone for whom a toothpick is a highly evolved mechanical tool.

A close runner up is those who introduce the term "per se" or "you know" multiple times into a sentence. I can never figure out what they are talking about, as a I start thinking about a song I have not heard in years as soon as this is uttered...

[W1RKW]

Trite Excuses, how about trite expressions???

Such as:
With that being said....
But I digress....