It is what it is...

[Smiling JOe]

Thank you. This is on my top three annoying sayings list!

Whatever.

:funn:
Just saw on the news the other day that "it is what it is" ranked in the top five most dislike sayings. "Whatever" was also in there.

It is what it is, in real estate terms, simply means that if buyers are willing to pay no more $425,000 for a house, and a seller won't sell for less than $525,000, the house is only worth $425,000, and no more, regardless of what the "seller" (real name - "owner') wants to get for it -- in other words, "it is what it is," and as Rick says, "and it ain't what it ain't."

It probably stems from Buddism, where a rock is simply a rock.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Here is another one that puzzle me... "yeah, I know, right?"

Is it a question or a statement? Typically said by people under 25.

So you believe it is a statement, eh? :funn:

 

[Smiling JOe]

It means it's no longer what it was

Ed Zachery! "Now" no longer exists. I mean, there is nothing other than "now," but now is ever-changing and you cannot stop it.

 

[captnk]

How about the saying (you know what I mean) now to me that is annoying!!!

 

[Bobby J]

How about the saying (you know what I mean) now to me that is annoying!!!

yeah, I know, right?

 

[NoHall]

Reminds me of something I heard Paul Harvey say: He said that on a previous broadcast he had asserted that while mathematically two negatives equaled a positive, two positives never yielded a negative. One of his listeners emailed him and said, "Yeah, right."

 

[Rudyjohn]

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

Me too! Maybe "accept the things I cannot change" is a more serene and less annoying way to say it. But I like the short version.

I love it too. I totally think it is appropriate during many conversations. To me, it needs no explanation at all. It is what it is. Plain & simple.

"It is what it is" is like "whatever" to me....they are basically negative, defensive statements that lack courgage to make appropriate changes or attempts to find solutiuons to things.

Naw, not negative & definitely not defensive at all. At least not when I've used it. Sometimes one just has to accept what can't be changed.

A poorly timed "whatever" would get you a smack in the Scooterbug house. So dismissive and rude. Especially coming from a teenager at the end of a lecture.

Just wait until you have your own kids. You'll probably say it without even realizing it!
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[Smiling JOe]

Reminds me of something I heard Paul Harvey say: He said that on a previous broadcast he had asserted that while mathematically two negatives equaled a positive, two positives never yielded a negative. One of his listeners emailed him and said, "Yeah, right."

love it

 

[Deli Love]

I can deal with all the annoying things people say, as long as they don't use little finger quotation marks!!! It is what it is and what it is, is a reason to amputate fingers!

 

[Rudyjohn]

I think the word "basically" is overused.