Is It Correct?

List a saying and give your thought on whether it is actually correct, or how it needs to be construed to be correct.

For example, the saying:

“Sh*t happens.”

This saying is correct, if we mean that feces are produced, a bi-product of digestion in animals.

“That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche 1899

This saying is incorrect. For example, John Foss does not kill me nor does he make me stronger. The sidewalk in Paris neither kills me nor makes me stronger.

In german, or better in austrian slang one would say “Wos die net umbringt, mocht die nua härta” and means that some kind of sickness or suffering that doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. So don’t be sad because you are suffering, you are still alive and will be stronger afterwards. (true for many diseases, once you had them you are immune).

Greetings

Byc

‘I could care less’ always gets me.

To be able to say it (and have it not be a lie) you must care somewhere between ‘just barely caring’ and ‘infinitley caring’. Any sensible child could understand this yet I’ve heard many people use it when ‘I couldn’t care less’ would be correct.

On a lighter note, UK comedian David Mitchel did a funny little rant about the phrase ‘could care less’ (and hold down the fort).

As for

Maybe ‘That which does not kill me - but causes me significant mental or phisical stress that an inferior human would find mentally damaging to the point of instilling some kind of aversion to the event that caused the harm in their minds - makes me stronger.’ would be more applicable

‘Expect the unexpected.’ That’s one I’m not to sure about. Because if you expect the unexpected then the previously expected becomes unexpected. Therefore you must expect both the unexpected and the previously expected in order to be completely prepared.
Also I think that it is incorrect because no matter what you expect there is always something that you leave unexpected.

It’s like Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle applied to the human mind.

…that says a lot about me…

+1

:slight_smile: :slight_smile:

It’s the one saying I really hate because anyone who actually read it could understand what it means yet morons still say ‘I could care less’ as if it meant they weren’t bothered.

Really, really annoys me because it’s such an obvious thing to understand yet countless people still say it the wrong way.

  1. Yes, it’s correct.

But how do you know I haven’t made you stronger by not killing you? I’m very subtle.

I have done many people this favor. :stuck_out_tongue:

Heart attacks, polio, & strokes almost always leaves a person weaker if they don’t kill you.

I think you’re confusing “annoyed” with “made stronger.”

Does this mean sh*t just happens, and no one caused it or he’s not really responsible for it?

If I am left in a coma, with extreme brain damage I will not be stronger. Right?

“Anything is possible!”

hardly …

“You can only lose if you don’t try”.

Hmmmm.

Is it correct?

“God helps those who help themselves”

As a recovered alcoholic addict, I found help when I couldn’t help myself.

So, I prefer

“God helps those who can’t help themselves”

No

When you say “No” here, do you really mean “No”?

no :stuck_out_tongue:

“It is what it is.” This is not correct. It depends on what the definition of “is” is.