modey Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "All's fair in love and war" = "There's no such thing as "fair" in love and war" Oh so it's another of those silly american contradictory sayings like 'could care less' and 'all but _____'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "misery loves company" = you're a shit magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skotosa Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Aside from the already mentioned explanation for "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" It is also applicable to the way the human body functions. Such as when a bone is broken, the part of it that gets restored is in fact stronger, same thing with wounded skin, it grows back tougher. Muscles much the same. Also the saying use it or lose is applicable to muscles. "All is fair in love and war" sure.. the value of fairness is zero for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." = If you have two birds wedged in your bush it's equally as valuable as having one in your hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Until some fucker comes up to me (in actual physical fucking form) and says here are the fucking rules I created the universe, I'm not willing to accpet any religious bullshit currently bandied around on earth, so really I just look at the world and I'm like, right how do I manipulate this fucker for my own selfish gains. Read the fucking rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkreluke Banloboh Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Whoever coined the phrase "whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger" was obviously not a quadriplegic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Whoever coined the phrase "whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger" was obviously not a quadriplegic. Umm, it was Nietzsche. So no he wasn't. To my knowledge it was in context of übermensch and how they should act, not applying to normal people but if somebody who knows their Nietzsche better then please correct. I find it funny when the local church or some similar instance quotes Nietzsche though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Whoever coined the phrase "whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger" was obviously not a quadriplegic. exactly, I've always found it an absurd phrase. And doubly so given that Nietzsche had numerous ailments for which he took a cupboard-full of pills, and probably went mad and died from syphilis, so... Incidentally Chris Hitchens also said this phrase was absurd while nearing his deathbed edit: I think it is almost always true to say that whatever doesn't kill you makes you wiser. But stronger (either physically or mentally)? That's probably only true 50% of the time, if that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." This is true, apparently it can also cause you to try and murder your wife and kid in a remote hotel. "Laughter is the best medicine." I asked my Doctor about this and he says it isn't true, but then he might be in league with the evil pharmaceuticals. The swine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "Slow and steady wins the race." Except when all the hungry ambitious people beat you to the punch while you're half-assing your way to your goals. Take that, turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "Have your cake and eat it" - Self explanatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 ok this is me doing a troon thread. Just curious what people think of this saying. It's a great justification for doing immoral things under the contexts of killing and fucking. Another would be "whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger". How do people interpret it? I actually believe in this one. It's so easy to discredit by referring to paraplegics and whatnot, but I take it in the form that adversity forms character and leaves you as a stronger person in the aftermath, even though it may take a lot of time. In my opinion, it does not depend on your capacity to be an ubermensch but your capacity for amor fati. Then again, Nietzsche ended up in the loony bin, so what do I know... I hate all the ones related to commerce, "the customer is always right", "you get what you pay for". Repeat after me, wage slave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Everything that benefits me is fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if i hear "it is what it is" one more time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitze Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 It's time to re-evaluate all these sayings. When i first heard lumpenprol had done this thread my first instinct was to kick him in the balls and scream ''Man up, bitch'' into his bearded face. He was being too troon. But now I come to realise how brave he was to get this debate going. These sayins are meaningless unless it applies to the person directly afflicted by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if i hear "it is what it is" one more time.... "things are things, you know?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "All's fair in love and war" = "There's no such thing as "fair" in love and war" Oh so it's another of those silly american contradictory sayings like 'could care less' and 'all but _____'? was an old english dude i believe fwiw anyone who says 'i could care less' to mean 'i don't care' just isn't thinking very hard, regardless of nationality. but yeah us americans have some pretty shit phrases. it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skotosa Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if i hear "it is what it is" one more time.... YOLO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Maybe that Nietzsche quote was poorly translated and "stronger" isn't an accurate replacement for the original in German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "A little bird told me" some gossipy gossipy gossip. Oh my. = Snitches get stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "Have your cake and eat it" - Self explanatory. I don't get this either, what's the point in having cake if you can't eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "Have your cake and eat it" - Self explanatory. I don't get this either, what's the point in having cake if you can't eat it? I thought the point was you can't eat a cake and still have it, made sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitze Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "A little bird told me" some gossipy gossipy gossip. Oh my. = Snitches get stitches. Is that Michael Rooker in your avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 "A little bird told me" some gossipy gossipy gossip. Oh my. = Snitches get stitches. Is that Michael Rooker in your avatar? It's a painting of Michael Rooker playing Merle in The Walking Dead. I just thought it was the best scene in the entire series by extremely far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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