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"Thought-Terminating Cliches" (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] givesomefucks 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

What?

It is what is

Isn't "designed" to short circuit cognitive dissonance...

I mean, it kind of could be put that way, but only because OP doesn't seem to know they said the opposite of what they meant to from context.

It is what it is

Means

This is fucked, but I can't help

It's not to trick someone into ending a discussion, its commiserating over a shitty situation.

To let the other person know you're not talking about what's right and what's wrong. Just stating how something is.

[–] tux 3 points 7 months ago

It's still accepting a shitty situation because it is what it is. While it might show empathy or at least understanding of the situation, it still is just accepting it that way without digging into it further, or trying to change it.

That line is usually the end of the topic. "Yeah, us working folks sure get fucked over, but it is what it is". Doesn't continue the thought or conversation. It terminates it

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