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Title: "It is what it is"
Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 04:56:19 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.
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Post by: io856 on June 07, 2009, 04:57:52 PM
you're not exactly free of using dumb phrases yourself there, wordsmith
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Post by: Army of One on June 07, 2009, 04:58:00 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

What is it?
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Post by: tendonitis on June 07, 2009, 04:58:20 PM
i'm glad i'm not the only one sick of hearing that
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Post by: The True Adonis on June 07, 2009, 05:00:29 PM
Is it what it was, if what it is, is what it was before it was it?
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Post by: Epic_Monster on June 07, 2009, 05:01:27 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

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Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:04:15 PM
What is it?
I'm ordering lunch today at a rest...server reads off specials, then says "that's all", then says "it is what it is".....I'm thinking, Gee, thanks for clearing that up, I was sooo confused ::) My point is..why do some morons feel the need to clarify what they just told me? I got it the first time, Einstein..should've bitch slapped the twink ;D
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Post by: Butterbean on June 07, 2009, 05:04:58 PM
What is it?

It's it!

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Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:07:28 PM
i'm glad i'm not the only one sick of hearing that
You're a man of deliberate thought characterized by your hatred for such a foolish phrase
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Post by: Andy Griffin on June 07, 2009, 05:11:53 PM
While the expression maybe be somewhat overused, in its proper context, it can be a good thing.  When said with a degree of humility, a sense of accountability, and without attempting to evade responsibility for one's failures, "It is what it is" can be the best thing one can say.

Usually, however, a man who says this should be forced to march through San Francisco in a rainbow halter top and pink speedo's when all the stores have K-Y jelly on back order.  
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Post by: mass 04 on June 07, 2009, 05:15:47 PM
My main bro Bill Belichick has popularized this in the 21st century.
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Post by: Andy Griffin on June 07, 2009, 05:20:12 PM
My main bro Bill Belichick has popularized this in the 21st century.

I had thought it was Parcells...

Of course, it only reinforces the utlimate truth in that relationship.  Belichick has won without Parcells, but Parcells has never won without Belichick. 
Title: Re: "It is what it is"
Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:22:02 PM
While the expression maybe be somewhat overused, in its proper context, it can be a good thing.  When said with a degree of humility, a sense of accountability, and without attempting to evade responsibility for one's failures, "It is what it is" can be the best thing one can say.

Usually, however, a man who says this should be forced to march through San Francisco in a rainbow halter top and pink speedo's when all the stores have K-Y jelly on back order.  
agreed, this was the intended use of the phrase...however, it's become THE favorite phrase of morons and I'm sick of it. Especially when it's said directly after the explanation. ex. "Today we have snapper or filet for our specials, that's it. It is what it is".  >:( As if the statement/explanation was'nt clear enough.
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Post by: Andy Griffin on June 07, 2009, 05:24:25 PM
agreed, this was the intended use of the phrase...however, it's become THE favorite phrase of morons and I'm sick of it. Especially when it's said directly after the explanation. ex. "Today we have snapper or filet for our specials, that's it. It is what it is".  >:( As if the statement/explanation was'nt clear enough.

Amen.  Sort of like beginning a statement with "Needless to say..."   (then why say it?)

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Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:24:35 PM
you're not exactly free of using dumb phrases yourself there, wordsmith
I'll assure you I've never said this phrase and never will
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Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:26:28 PM
Amen.  Sort of like beginning a statement with "Needless to say..."   (then why say it?)


haha..how bout starting a phrase with "To be honest with you,...."
does this mean w/o prefacing the statements with this, everything is a lie?
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Post by: mass 04 on June 07, 2009, 05:27:17 PM
I had thought it was Parcells...

Of course, it only reinforces the utlimate truth in that relationship.  Belichick has won without Parcells, but Parcells has never won without Belichick. 
He might have. I do rememeber his "shop for the groceries" line.
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Post by: The True Adonis on June 07, 2009, 05:27:20 PM
"it is what it is" and "it ain`t what it used to be" is the entire colloquialism. The phrase essentially puts a definite limitation and boundary of the issue at hand and ensures the receiver (and the purveyor) that expectations of the final idea/issue/product are not greater than which are claimed or falsely perceived and are simply met in an amicable agreed contract.







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Post by: theworm on June 07, 2009, 05:28:13 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

AGREE!!! when is it NOT what it is????  

its like the rappers when they say "..., you know what I am saying??"  NO, i have no idea what a person with the intellect of a 5 year old is saying!
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Post by: The True Adonis on June 07, 2009, 05:33:11 PM
AGREE!!! when is it NOT what it is????  

its like the rappers when they say "..., you know what I am saying??"  NO, i have no idea what a person with the intellect of a 5 year old is saying!

Dick Cheney is the master of "when it is not what it is".
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Post by: G o a t b o y on June 07, 2009, 05:34:09 PM
In this economy, the phrase gets used a lot in business, in the context of "we need to deal with the situation as it is, rather than beating our heads against the wall because it isn't as we'd like it to be."   In that sense, it's a very healthy outlook.
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Post by: Andy Griffin on June 07, 2009, 05:40:47 PM
In this economy, the phrase gets used a lot in business, in the context of "we need to deal with the situation as it is, rather than beating our heads against the wall because it isn't as we'd like it to be."   In that sense, it's a very healthy outlook.

You speak the truth, but in very short order it becomes a cheap "catchphrase" or "buzzword" that draws the ire of thinking people.  Let's be proactive toward actualizing our core competencies in the global marketplace, because it is what it is.
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Post by: dov on June 07, 2009, 05:44:37 PM
You speak the truth, but in very short order it becomes a cheap "catchphrase" or "buzzword" that draws the ire of thinking people.  Let's be proactive toward actualizing our core competencies in the global marketplace, because it is what it is.

marketplace, because...that's the future of our business."    fixed... that's not repetetive and not condescending to the listeners
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Post by: Luv2Hurt on June 07, 2009, 05:49:31 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

LOL I have always thought it was a silly saying....WTF does it mean??  Basicaly it's just "Hey no real way to explain this but it's just the way it is"  I kind of think "It is what it is" = "Lifes a bitch"  "It is what it is" is never good.
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Post by: gordiano on June 07, 2009, 06:25:40 PM
That's not Croatch!

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Post by: JimmyJam1974 on June 07, 2009, 06:28:44 PM
What about 'NOT FOR NOTHING"?
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Post by: PJim on June 07, 2009, 06:52:43 PM
In the words of The Highwaymen, "It is what it is cause it ain't what it used to be."
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Post by: Mr Nobody on June 07, 2009, 07:07:50 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.
"It is what it is"  I think Bob Chick uses this phrase alot ;D
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Post by: Tre on June 07, 2009, 07:12:03 PM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

Don't be mad.  It is what it is AND that's what it's gon' be. 

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Post by: MethodGNA on June 07, 2009, 09:47:06 PM
What about 'NOT FOR NOTHING"?

i agree compleatly....saying "it is what it is", can implicate something very negative or can denote something as being rather mediocre or expected......but when someone prefaces an insight with "not for nothin'" a double negative.....you can be almost compleatly certain that the following statement will be of no help and might actually make you less intelligent just for hearing it.
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Post by: BIG DUB on June 07, 2009, 09:56:50 PM
"And that's that" WTF does that mean?
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 07, 2009, 11:27:49 PM
The art of speaking while saying nothing at all.
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Post by: calfzilla on June 07, 2009, 11:29:15 PM
"what say you?" That is the dumbest phrase. 
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Post by: LatsMcGee on June 08, 2009, 02:17:52 AM
It's it!



Mike Patton rules.
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Post by: nzmusclemonster on June 08, 2009, 02:21:44 AM
Sounds like people have been talking down to my brother dov while he's earning his honest living serving subway sandwiches.

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Post by: Bones on June 08, 2009, 03:28:18 AM
  "My Bad"...drives me crazy..especially coming from a "wigger".
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Post by: pellius on June 08, 2009, 03:43:19 AM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

It's what the Pope said after viewing "Passion of the Christ."
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Post by: dov on June 08, 2009, 04:16:41 AM
Sounds like people have been talking down to my brother dov while he's earning his honest living serving subway sandwiches.


So what if I work at Subway..."It is what it is"....congrats, I just made you a dumber person  :P
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Post by: nzmusclemonster on June 08, 2009, 04:23:29 AM
So what if I work at Subway..."It is what it is"....congrats, I just made you a dumber person  :P

Oh yeah I almost forgot...........

It's not a bar, but you get the idea  ;)

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Post by: dov on June 08, 2009, 04:28:03 AM
Oh yeah I almost forgot...........

It's not a bar, but you get the idea  ;)

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Those girls and that kitchen are teh dirtiest I've ever seen, It is what it is.......looks like a broken jock strap
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Post by: webcake on June 08, 2009, 04:28:45 AM
Oh yeah I almost forgot...........

It's not a bar, but you get the idea  ;)

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The bitch with dark hair is looking at your crotch and laughing...........bruta l self ownage.

Oh and epic old, cheap, messy kitchen.
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Post by: io856 on June 08, 2009, 04:35:46 AM
The bitch with dark hair is looking at your crotch and laughing...........bruta l self ownage.

Oh and epic old, cheap, messy kitchen.
thats what I thought at first

and also... its pretty safe to say nzmm isn't following any sort of bodybuilding lifestyle at this point by putting himself in situations of such discord
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Post by: dov on June 08, 2009, 04:38:52 AM
thats what I thought at first

and also... its pretty safe to say nzmm isn't following any sort of bodybuilding lifestyle at this point by putting himself in situations of such discord
But, his name is Muscle Monster!?  Let's face it, he's a twink who chases around smelly, chain-smokin, bar skanks...it is what it is :'(
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Post by: WillGrant on June 08, 2009, 04:52:49 AM
I'm ordering lunch today at a rest...server reads off specials, then says "that's all", then says "it is what it is".....I'm thinking, Gee, thanks for clearing that up, I was sooo confused ::) My point is..why do some morons feel the need to clarify what they just told me? I got it the first time, Einstein..should've bitch slapped the twink ;D
Roid Rage Rogers
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Post by: Kwon on June 08, 2009, 11:32:16 AM
the absolute dumbest phrase ever! Anyone who says this is a condescending prick who deserves a bitch slap.

Well, to be frank, a lot of people use this phrase.
Not much to do, it is what it is.
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Post by: dov on June 08, 2009, 11:32:54 AM
I'm thinking about flying my private jet to my mansion in the Bahamas this weekend where I'll bang my 3 supermodel gf's while counting my million$$.........



























It is what it is..... 8)
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Post by: dov on June 08, 2009, 11:34:53 AM
Well, to be frank, a lot of people use this phrase.
Not much to do, it is what it is.
a lot of people are morons...unfortunately, it is what it is :-X
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Post by: Kwon on June 08, 2009, 11:36:41 AM
a lot of people are morons...unfortunately, it is what it is :-X

That is true, it is what it is.

Question is, how do we change it? What say you?

and that's that.
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Post by: nzmusclemonster on June 08, 2009, 11:37:38 AM
But, his name is Muscle Monster!?  Let's face it, he's a twink who chases around smelly, chain-smokin, bar skanks...it is what it is :'(

LOL

I thought you'd like it  ;D
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Post by: dov on June 09, 2009, 02:55:47 AM
LOL

I thought you'd like it  ;D
seriously, that's a broken jockstrap, right? Or, is it your boyfriend's chinstrap? Regardless, your pants are down and 2 skanks are laughing at you :-[
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Post by: nzmusclemonster on June 09, 2009, 03:09:25 AM
seriously, that's a broken jockstrap, right? Or, is it your boyfriend's chinstrap? Regardless, your pants are down and 2 skanks are laughing at you :-[

I was the victim of an atomic wedgy.... hence my underwear is being ripped..... the blonde is hot...... she is tucking my cock back into my pants...... the laughter is not due to something small  ;)
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Post by: dov on June 09, 2009, 04:26:28 AM
I was the victim of an atomic wedgy.... hence my underwear is being ripped..... the blonde is hot...... she is tucking my cock back into my pants...... the laughter is not due to something small  ;)
How does a big, tough Getbigger like you become a victim of wedgywood from 2 skanks? Oh, well then what are they hysterically laughing at?
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Post by: Quickerblade on June 09, 2009, 04:36:50 AM
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Post by: webcake on June 09, 2009, 04:38:09 AM
LOOK AT HIS HANDS!!!!!
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Post by: Quickerblade on June 09, 2009, 04:39:39 AM
LOOK AT HIS HANDS!!!!!
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Post by: webcake on June 09, 2009, 04:42:58 AM
It really is quite disturbing.......
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Post by: Quickerblade on June 09, 2009, 04:43:28 AM

go hard!
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Post by: The Ugly on June 09, 2009, 07:02:50 AM
Straight up thug fo shizzle, but in a cutesy muppet thug sorta way.
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Post by: dov on June 09, 2009, 10:32:12 AM
I'm in the elevator this morning and 2 guys are talking. One is complaining that his gf is pregnant...the friend says to him, "she's pregnant, you either man up and take care of it or you run for the hills, it is what it is."   I cannot stand this dumbass phrase... anyway, I proceeded to choke his ass out right then n there. True story
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Post by: MethodGNA on June 09, 2009, 07:34:31 PM


wow.....that is fucking gold, i cannot stop watching this.  what could have ever made it think, that what the world is lacking is standup material about celebrities.....by someone who loooks like  a monster.....if he ever came near me, i beat him with a stick.
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Post by: dov on June 10, 2009, 04:09:19 PM
Bump.....to remind any moron who uses the phrase "It is what it is" that they are a true waste
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Post by: Kwon on June 10, 2009, 05:22:02 PM
Well dov, there are a huge amount of people that uses this phrase, it is what it is man.

You'll just have to persuade / convince them that there are other phrases that are more fitting in your taste, it is what it is. It's up to you.
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Post by: Kwon on June 10, 2009, 07:28:11 PM
Not for nothing, it is what it is.
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Post by: mikediesel on June 10, 2009, 08:05:45 PM
"with that being said" ................
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Post by: nzmusclemonster on June 10, 2009, 08:15:21 PM
Moving forward, lets take this on face value, because.............. it is what it is........
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Post by: Spike on June 10, 2009, 08:17:15 PM
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Post by: pellius on June 10, 2009, 08:44:03 PM
Moving forward, lets take this on face value, because.............. it is what it is........

Classic!
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Post by: Luv2Hurt on June 11, 2009, 04:14:31 AM
Moving forward, lets take this on face value, because.............. it is what it is........

LOL  :)
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Post by: Bones on June 11, 2009, 12:42:25 PM
wow.....that is fucking gold, i cannot stop watching this.  what could have ever made it think, that what the world is lacking is standup material about celebrities.....by someone who loooks like  a monster.....if he ever came near me, i beat him with a stick.
  I wonder if the kid's parents put him up to this and film the thing..if so they should be the ones beat with a stick.