The Twenty Worst Things A Person Can Say

[Amby 490]

I have one to add. My grandfather signed the card that we got to give my sister after her surgery he just wrote "You WILL be OK"

[Sinergy 3]

I guess its a good thing i come right out and tell someone to shut up, i dont try to sugar coat anything.

[Nessa 23]

I hate ''be patient'' not everybody has patience, I don't have that.

Edited March 11, 2008 by Nessa

[Amby 490]

I tell people to shut up too. I think it works better because you don't have to continue to listen to then even after you don't want to. They just get all confused or defensive and stop.

[Alex+R 0]

Oh here's one: "It's not a big deal." or "You're overreacting."

No, just because your perception of the situation (most likely centered on how it will affect YOU) does not deem it important, my priorities and values tell me that it IS a big deal. It's subjective, so your opinion isn't the only one that counts.

[AlHayatZween 2]

And I thought *I* was cynical.

oops... it's been rough these past few days...

LOL, no not you, the 20 things themselves.

[Sinergy 3]

I tell people to shut up too. I think it works better because you don't have to continue to listen to then even after you don't want to. They just get all confused or defensive and stop.

thats why its so good to be strait foward

[AlHayatZween 2]

I tell people to shut up too. I think it works better because you don't have to continue to listen to then even after you don't want to. They just get all confused or defensive and stop.

Yeah, i try not to say "Shut up." cuz i'm always worried about being too mean.

But then there are times, when really, there is just nothing else to say.

And at least "Shut up" leaves no room for ambiguity.

Short & too the point.

[natasha peter 0]

Oh here's one: "It's not a big deal." or "You're overreacting."

No, just because your perception of the situation (most likely centered on how it will affect YOU) does not deem it important, my priorities and values tell me that it IS a big deal. It's subjective, so your opinion isn't the only one that counts.

[jundp 191]

15. "Hitler did/thought/liked . . ."

Translation: I know very little about Hitler or the history of Nazi Germany. I just think of Hitler as a trump card to use in arguments. Anything associated with Hitler must be Nazi in its very nature. If Hitler trained as an architect, goddamn it I'm going to say architects are Nazis. If Hitler had brown eyes then anyone with brown eyes must be destroyed.

e.g. My sister described something or someone as 'intelligent' in a university tutorial during a discussion that was in no way related to Nazism. Another student glared at her and said "Hitler was intelligent".

19. "Grammar isn't important." or "Only fascists care about grammar." as some genius I met once put it.

Translation: I never bothered to learn those funny dots you put in sentences, although I had every opportunity to do so, and I'd rather you didn't know how to use them either. In fact I'd rather no one did, so we could all be equal, as being equal is good. So what if leaving some dots out changes the meaning? How important can the meaning be? Only a fascist would want everyone to be able to use their own language and therefore have the ability to argue with people more powerful than them.

P once told me "all arguments cease when Hitler is mentioned" and it was the funniest thing I ever heard. So now if we are in an argument and we want to end it one of will say "Hitler."

And the grammar things....ooooh. Yes, only fascists care. And me :-)

[Empress of Groovy 373]

19. "Grammar isn't important." or "Only fascists care about grammar." as some genius I met once put it.

Translation: I never bothered to learn those funny dots you put in sentences, although I had every opportunity to do so, and I'd rather you didn't know how to use them either. In fact I'd rather no one did, so we could all be equal, as being equal is good. So what if leaving some dots out changes the meaning? How important can the meaning be? Only a fascist would want everyone all people to be able to use their own language and therefore have the ability to argue with people more powerful than them they.