sayings

Maybe we need to modernize our list of idioms, because a lot of them seem to be wishful thinking. Between the many contradictory sayings, the ones that can't stand to scrutiny, and the ones that are flat-out wrong, it seems like we're ready for an update. Some popular sayings are just kind of BS. And for others, the full versions of those classic sayings totally change their meaning.

Somewhere along the way, classic idioms and sayings with two parts got shortened to the first one, and everyone's just been using them wrong for a while. Tumblr gets itself into spirals of informative weirdness, like this Tumblr thread that actually makes history fun.

A lot of us use popular sayings just to make ourselves feel better in times of crisis, and some people use these to justify their jerk behavior. Some of them are metaphors that aren't even literally correct. Our knowledge of a lot of popular sayings is so flawed, we don't even know there's a second half, as shown by this tumblr thread on the full versions of sayings.

Most every family has a general repertoire of stock sayings and inside jokes that they use in all instances of the day. Some sayings are much rarer than others. For some drama among families, here's a family who thought they lost the cat, but the cat showed them otherwise. And here's a kid who pulled the nuclear option on his dad in monopoly.

Every now and again the brilliant minds of Tumblr actually nail it. In this case, we have a quick and hilariously accurate post about common American sayings, and the actual meanings of those sayings. There's a whole lot more chaos bubbling under the surface of an "it goes" than some folks might realize. 

There are a lot of reasons to hate a saying. Maybe it's used to justify a decision that you know is wrong. Maybe someone just says it a lot. It could be that it's just a saying that people use incorrectly and that's what pisses you off. There are tons of everyday phrases people absolutely hate hearing.

People think speaking in catchphrases makes them interesting and insightful, but often the people around them read it as vapid and meaningless bullshit. Something like sending your "thoughts and prayers" can easily be read as you not really caring about the situation. There are just a lot of sayings people have always hated, and sometimes we don't even know the full versions of classic sayings.

@livefromsnacktime collects the funny and strange things adults overhear kids say. Kids can be stupid and weird but every once in a while they fall backwards into some insightful and accidentally funny comments. When kids aren't having hilariously irrational meltdowns, they're commenting on life goals and pancakes.

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share their hot takes on those common sayings that are actually total BS. The resulting answers might come across as pretty bleak. 

There's so many references, basic information, and shorthand floating around in general discourse that if you miss one thing, or hear something wrong one time, you're bound to make a stupid mistake for years and years. Plus, people think it's pretty funny if you consistently use a word wrong and are inclined to not tell you. There's a lot of basic information out there that ashamed people realize way too late.

There are gonna be times when someone oversteps their own boundaries, can't read the room, woke up on the wrong side of the bed or is just generally unaware of their own assholery. Here are some ways people use to tell someone to check themselves before they wreck themselves. In a similar vain, here are more or less polite ways to tell people to F off.

There aren't many things about the past that need to come back. The Plague, as a safe example. Sometimes certain sayings are lost just because they aren't relevant to everyday life, or they refer to some person or story that isn't popular anymore. Some sayings are lost before they get to live out their full potential, and these ones look like they've still got some juice in em. Some popular sayings are total bastardizations of their original meanings, this tumblr thread explains.