“Literally 1984”… unless I’m asking you what year the Macintosh 128k came out I don’t wanna hear it.
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"We only use ten percent of our brains."
People genuinely believe this and never learned where it came from.
That and the "Alpha Male" garbage. Even the author of the study on wolves has said repeatedly that his study was totally wrong. And yet some people continue to reference it and apply it to humans when even the original study wasn't about people.
People love excuses for bad behavior, no need to verify them. Sigh.
Where did the myth come from?
It came from early on in studying the brain. A scientist said that we only understand what 10 percent of the brain does, and everyone ran with a misunderstanding of that idea.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains here. https://youtube.com/shorts/E4EjYfUBEvw?si=LO3GIURgZesHjo85
“They’re just one bad apple” in reference to (more often than not) shitty cops, but also for most malcontents in a position of public trust. This a misappropriation of the aphorism “one bad apple spoils the bunch” which is literally saying that if there’s one bad actor in a group, the entire group is comprised.
I think autocorrect got your "compromised".
"Customer is always right" isn't a trump card for customers to win disputes with the staff. When it comes to matters of preference, yes, the customer is always right. Ketchup on ice cream? Great. Down jacket and shorts? Sure thing! If it makes you happy and you're paying for it then you're always right.
In most other matters though, customers are usually wrong. The idea that random people off the street know more about the products and the way a business should be run than the actual people selling said products and running said business is absolutely ridiculous.
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"if you can't handle me at my worst you don't deserve me at my best".
You're basically excusing bad behavior. And never taking accountability. People are wrong. Mostly when they are so blindly following some perception of greatness rather than caring for those around you.
"Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
An individual, uneducated observer might not be able to tell them apart, but that doesn't mean there isn't a distinction.
One of the avengers movies dropped that line, and I feel like it's spread like wild fire since then, and it's just objectively not correct.
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"Blood is thicker than water" followed by the equally erroneous "covenant" explanation.
Well, maple syrup is thicker than blood, so should I move to Canada?
It's sad that such an answer isn't possible in my language, our version goes "blood is not water".
English is not my first language, so I don't know every English saying, could you spell out what you mean?
Basically, the family you're related to should always come first (that includes first before the people you have chosen to live with, like your partner) because you "share blood".
Usually said by people whose only "quality" as a person is being related to someone.
Seriously, if someone tells you this unironically, there's a pretty huge chance you should review your entire relationship with them and more often than not you should just stop talking to them whatsoever.
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
That is not the definition of insanity
OH! I forgot about that one. I have hated it since I was a kid.
Yeah, isn't it like practicing? You're not very good at something so you practice over and over and over and hopefully when you're done you do it better... You know different than when you started.
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"think of how stupid the average person is, and then think half of them are dumber than that"
So heavily overused.
This was actually the quote that inspired this thread. I love George Carlin but I hear this all the time online and I hate it
The people saying it aren't usually in the half they think they are, either.
95% of people think they belong to the top 5%.
640k ought to be enough for anyone.
Bill Gates didn't even say it. And even if one only takes the spirit out of that quote whereupon software and hardware should be planned with foresight, it's so overused.
"You must be funny at parties"
Specially if you're not around, bitch
That trickle-down economics quote. There's studies about it [not working] published but it's just studies.
The original quote is "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" from Galbraith.
I imagine people are not yet ready to learn this "promise" ain't holding water.
The original quote is "If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows" from Galbraith.
If my goal is to feed sparrows that's a very costly and inefficient method. I also end up with an overweight horse.
... and a lot of horse shit.
Checks out with economics results
“ One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Now that’s interesting. Always thought it didn’t make a whole lot of sense strictly speaking. Never realized he intended the “a”.
do or do not, there is no try
Fuck you. That was meant for a Jedi master not your fucking IT systems admin
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