Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Absolutely useless saying. 9/9/2010 12:41:55 PM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
it is what it is 9/9/2010 12:42:33 PM |
LivinProof78 All American 49373 Posts user info edit post |
i, too, hate this saying
but i use it more often than i should 9/9/2010 12:44:00 PM |
arghx Deucefest '04 7584 Posts user info edit post |
one of many irritating office cliches like "so, the upshot is..." 9/9/2010 12:44:05 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
9/9/2010 12:44:38 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
This is one of those things that never annoyed me until someone else pointed out that it was annoying and I started paying more attention to it. 9/9/2010 12:46:49 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
What else would it be? Could it be what it isn't? 9/9/2010 12:46:58 PM |
casummer All American 4755 Posts user info edit post |
Worst Saying EVER!!!!! 9/9/2010 12:48:14 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
I like it. 9/9/2010 12:49:31 PM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
I have no problem with this saying and I use it fairly often.
It is what it is. 9/9/2010 12:55:15 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
wow. just wow. 9/9/2010 12:55:41 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
k 9/9/2010 12:56:27 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
really? seriously? 9/9/2010 12:56:54 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Derp derp derpy derp. 9/9/2010 12:58:00 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know why you're bumping the other thread
obviously I was saying "wow just wow" because you said it annoys you 9/9/2010 12:58:43 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
I didnt have a problem with this until engineers I work with started saying it in response to why their work sucked. 9/9/2010 12:58:49 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
9/9/2010 12:59:25 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Don't get inside my head. 9/9/2010 12:59:29 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
it's just what you say when something sucks and you can't do anything about it.
so just suck it up! 9/9/2010 1:01:19 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
I hate when you ask someone "how's it going"
and they say "it's going"
I DIDN'T FUCKING ASK YOU IF IT WAS GOING
I ALREADY KNOW IT IS GOING 9/9/2010 1:01:30 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89740 Posts user info edit post |
Me: Dave, this software isn't built to spec. It doesn't even work right
Dave: Jeff, it is what it is...
Me: AY YO, FUCK DAT! 9/9/2010 1:02:45 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Conversely, it isn't what it's not. 9/9/2010 1:02:47 PM |
MORR1799 All American 3051 Posts user info edit post |
it implies that something has happened or will happen and there's nothing you can do about it.
Example: "I heard you have to work on Saturday." "Yeah. It is what it is."
Another example: "Coach, I understand that your starting QB broke his throwing arm." "He sure did; it is what it is."
See? Not totally useless. 9/9/2010 1:08:47 PM |
AstralAdvent All American 9999 Posts user info edit post |
irregardless, on the upshot this saying really is what it is. but for what its worth i could care less about this thread
I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message. 9/9/2010 1:09:19 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
9/9/2010 1:10:38 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "but for what its worth i could care less about this thread" |
you mean, "but irregardless"9/9/2010 1:14:02 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
you random internet people sure do hate a lot of random shit 9/9/2010 1:17:19 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Example: "I heard you have to work on Saturday." "Yeah. It is what it is fucking sucks."
Another example: "Coach, I understand that your starting QB broke his throwing arm." "He sure did; it is what it is fucking sucks."
Fixed it. 9/9/2010 1:18:49 PM |
Agent 0 All American 5677 Posts user info edit post |
i like to tell people that the game's the same, just got more fierce 9/9/2010 1:20:49 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "that's neither here nor there" |
My family says this and the op a lot.9/9/2010 1:22:14 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "you random internet people sure do hate a lot of random shit" |
it's what we do
it is what it is9/9/2010 1:23:11 PM |
G.O.D hates 4 lokos 4694 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i like to tell people that the game's the same, just got more fierce" |
WTF???9/9/2010 1:25:06 PM |
LeonIsPro All American 5021 Posts user info edit post |
It's it!9/9/2010 1:26:39 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Example: "I heard you have to work on Saturday." "Yeah. It is what it is."
Another example: "Coach, I understand that your starting QB broke his throwing arm." "He sure did; it is what it is."
See? Not totally useless." |
9/9/2010 1:36:52 PM |
josephlava21 All American 2613 Posts user info edit post |
so be it 9/9/2010 1:41:01 PM |
Kiwi All American 38546 Posts user info edit post |
I like to say that's just the way it is while singing. 9/9/2010 1:49:13 PM |
Pikey All American 6421 Posts user info edit post |
Finally.
The truth. 9/9/2010 1:58:32 PM |
JCE2011 Suspended 5608 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Another example: "Coach, I understand that your starting QB broke his throwing arm. the record for most turnovers... evar" "He sure did; it is what it is." " |
9/9/2010 2:07:42 PM |
BubbleBobble :3 114227 Posts user info edit post |
lol nice gif 9/9/2010 2:23:52 PM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
the phrase is certainly overused, but from time to time it is apt
for example, this is exactly how I feel about my penis 9/9/2010 2:41:42 PM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
welcome to 2008 9/9/2010 2:59:14 PM |
armorfrsleep All American 7289 Posts user info edit post |
THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!
PLAYOFFS!?
I'M A MAN, I'M 40!
etc, etc
[Edited on September 9, 2010 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .] 9/9/2010 3:04:08 PM |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
That's been the quote on my user info for like 3 years. 9/9/2010 3:06:53 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
9/9/2010 3:28:54 PM |
thegoodoctor All American 1670 Posts user info edit post |
pretty redundant imo. You could just say "It is." haha 9/9/2010 3:53:48 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
9/9/2010 3:56:15 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
it is(what+1)
goddammit calc 9/9/2010 4:12:54 PM |
Crede All American 7339 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "This is one of those things that never annoyed me until someone else pointed out that it was annoying and I started paying more attention to it." |
+1, though it only really bothers me when people say it at work when something breaks.
socially, it's just another way of saying, "eh, what are ya gonna do?"9/9/2010 4:44:24 PM |
Norrin Radd All American 1356 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""eh, what are ya gonna do?"" |
i find that it often follows this phrase in the workplace
which is even more redundant9/9/2010 5:36:35 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I rarely use this phrase cause I don't really find myself in that position in that often.
I'm meddlesome. Tell me a problem and we gon fix it. None of this throwing our hands up it-is-what-it-is bullshit. 9/9/2010 6:02:55 PM |