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"Thought-Terminating Cliches" (lemmy.world)
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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 145 points 6 months ago

The Japanese say "shouganai" which literally translates to "It can't be helped."

The problem is, 90% of the time, it absolutely can be helped.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 105 points 6 months ago

Me:"It is what it is."

Narrator:"But it wasn't."

[-] deus@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago

It do be like that sometimes.

[-] ramirezmike@programming.dev 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Narrator: "but it ben't."

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

This is my new favorite sentence and now I will find a way to say it out loud.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Also I've now been singing "Let it Ben't."

[-] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Whispern’t words of wisdom

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

They don't think it be like that, but like that it do indeed be.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Strangers in the night do be do be do.

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

But other times, it don't be like dat.

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