Absolutely useless saying.

9/9/2010 12:41:55 PM

it is what it is

9/9/2010 12:42:33 PM

i, too, hate this saying


but i use it more often than i should

9/9/2010 12:44:00 PM

one of many irritating office cliches like "so, the upshot is..."

9/9/2010 12:44:05 PM

9/9/2010 12:44:38 PM

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

What else would it be? Could it be what it isn't?

9/9/2010 12:46:58 PM

Worst Saying EVER!!!!!

9/9/2010 12:48:14 PM

I like it.

9/9/2010 12:49:31 PM

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

wow. just wow.

9/9/2010 12:55:41 PM

k

9/9/2010 12:56:27 PM

really? seriously?

9/9/2010 12:56:54 PM

Derp derp derpy derp.

9/9/2010 12:58:00 PM

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

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

Quote :

"IT IS WHAT IT IS"

9/9/2010 12:59:25 PM

Don't get inside my head.

9/9/2010 12:59:29 PM

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

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

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

Conversely, it isn't what it's not.

9/9/2010 1:02:47 PM

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

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

9/9/2010 1:10:38 PM

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"but for what its worth i could care less about this thread"

you mean, "but irregardless"

9/9/2010 1:14:02 PM

you random internet people sure do hate a lot of random shit

9/9/2010 1:17:19 PM

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

i like to tell people that the game's the same, just got more fierce

9/9/2010 1:20:49 PM

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"that's neither here nor there"

My family says this and the op a lot.

9/9/2010 1:22:14 PM

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"you random internet people sure do hate a lot of random shit"

it's what we do

it is what it is

9/9/2010 1:23:11 PM

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"i like to tell people that the game's the same, just got more fierce"

WTF???

9/9/2010 1:25:06 PM

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"WHAT IS IT"

It's it!

9/9/2010 1:26:39 PM

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

so be it

9/9/2010 1:41:01 PM

I like to say that's just the way it is while singing.

9/9/2010 1:49:13 PM

Finally.

The truth.

9/9/2010 1:58:32 PM

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" 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

lol nice gif

9/9/2010 2:23:52 PM

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

welcome to 2008

9/9/2010 2:59:14 PM

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

That's been the quote on my user info for like 3 years.

9/9/2010 3:06:53 PM

9/9/2010 3:28:54 PM

pretty redundant imo. You could just say "It is." haha

9/9/2010 3:53:48 PM

9/9/2010 3:56:15 PM

it is(what+1)

goddammit calc

9/9/2010 4:12:54 PM

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"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

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""eh, what are ya gonna do?""

i find that it often follows this phrase in the workplace

which is even more redundant

9/9/2010 5:36:35 PM

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