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How do you feel about "It is what it is"?

Like it
0 (0%)
Drives me nuts
1 (5.6%)
Don't care either way
5 (27.8%)
I never thought about it
2 (11.1%)
It's dumb
4 (22.2%)
It's dumb but I say it anyway
2 (11.1%)
It's genious
4 (22.2%)

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How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« on: May 29, 2008, 10:55:04 PM »

Offline Eja117

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Recently it has been driving me nuts. It's overused now for the dumbest things. It was good at first, but I think it's peaked in terms of its usefulness.
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2008, 10:57:51 PM »

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You're practically begging me to say this about this thread"

"It is what it is"   ;D
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 11:07:48 PM »

Offline CoachBo

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Hilarious.

A semantics thread with a poll in which "genius" is spelled "genious."

Irony is a wonderful thing.

 ;D
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 11:26:57 PM »

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Quote from: CoachBo on May 29, 2008, 11:07:48 PM
Hilarious.

A semantics thread with a poll in which "genius" is spelled "genious."

Irony is a wonderful thing.

 ;D

Totally ... I'm still splitting a side, lol! Truth is truly stranger than fiction, and irony is funnier than intent! (There is no "eye" in irony ... it is what it is).

That said, I really have no problem with it ... every decade has it's catch-phrases, and this is just another way of saying "that's the way it goes", "c'est la vie", "come see, come sah", "que sera, sera" and so on. Like any other catch-phrase of it's time, it is what it is ... like it or not.
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2008, 12:01:30 AM »

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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2008, 12:07:28 AM »

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I would say, "we are what we are."  ;D
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2008, 12:27:09 AM »

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I have absolutely no problem with it, to me it is a way of nodding to the old saying, "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer." If you ask a guy like Greg Popovich how it feels to lose and not be able to repeat again, and he says, "It is what it is," You deserve the response you are given.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2008, 12:30:37 AM »

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Quote from: Celtic on May 30, 2008, 12:27:09 AM
I have absolutely no problem with it, to me it is a way of nodding to the old saying, "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer." If you ask a guy like Greg Popovich how it feels to lose and not be able to repeat again, and he says, "It is what it is," You deserve the response you are given.

I think this summed it up nicely. It is a worn out cliche to answer dumb questions. It's amazing how dumb questions to players and coaches can be.
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2008, 01:59:05 AM »

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Speaking of the Spurs and "what is," Tim Duncan popped one in there during his postgame spiel tonight.

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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2008, 02:22:54 AM »

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Quote from: guava_wrench on May 30, 2008, 12:01:30 AM
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=genious

So for all the people who think "it is what it is" is "genious", are they actually making a statement as to how useless THE PHRASE is, or are they making a statement as to how retarded THE PEOPLE who think it's "genius" are, or are they making a statement as to how retarded THEY are?
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2008, 06:26:16 AM »

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what exactly is this thread about? the phrase? the word "genious"? :-\
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2008, 07:38:41 AM »

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The Bard, Bill Shakespeare, said it best:

"Much ado about nothing."
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2008, 08:05:19 AM »

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Quote from: CoachBo on May 30, 2008, 07:38:41 AM
The Bard, Bill Shakespeare, said it best:

"Much ado about nothing."

This is the internet.  Ultimately, everything here can be painted with that brush.
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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2008, 08:06:14 AM »

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Not sure what bard coined this phrase

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Re: How do you feel about "It is what it is"?
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2008, 08:10:44 AM »

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Quote from: CoachBo on May 29, 2008, 11:07:48 PM
Hilarious.

A semantics thread with a poll in which "genius" is spelled "genious."

Irony is a wonderful thing.

 ;D


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