People Are Sharing Sayings They've Heard That Are So Unhelpful It Hurts
Sometimes things are better left unsaid, at least in these cases. Reddit user Ancient-Designer135 recently asked, "What's a saying you've heard that is totally unhelpful?" Here's what people had to say, and it's hard not to find a lot of these *so* relatable:
1."Everything happens for a reason. I hate that saying. It's so untrue."
—u/tuxedobird65
2."What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. No, it certainly doesn't. It may in some cases, but there are lots of scarred people out there for whom life's challenges have not made them stronger."
—u/strugglewithyoga
3."People have it worse than you. OK, and? I can still feel upset about my circumstances!"
—u/Memez_R_Life69
4."Follow your passion. Great advice for people with a passion. Terrible advice for those whose interests aren't so concentrated into one thing."
—u/Culjules
5."It's always in the last place you look. Well, yeah."
—u/throwaway9910191423
6."Sleep when the baby sleeps."
—u/milee30
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7."Money can't buy happiness. I'm sure I'd be happier with too much money than not enough."
—u/Bottlecollecter
8."It could be worse."
—u/itsmeskybaby
9."It could also be better."
—u/illogical_mindset
10."Just be yourself. Yeah, it turns out that I'm very unpleasant."
—u/Ethan-Wakefield
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11."Calm down. No one has ever actually calmed down hearing that."
—u/kyungsookim
12."Work hard and you'll be rewarded."
—u/ejrhonda79
13."Jump, and the net will appear. I'm all for being optimistic, but what?"
—u/likeSnozberries
14."Have you tried [obvious thing]? Always said by someone who has no idea what you're going through and/or what you're doing to try to make it better."
—u/BellaDingDong
15."I'm sorry you feel that way. So, you're not sorry for the thing you did then."
—u/Curleysound
16."Watch your tone. I had a tone? If I did, then I didn't know it, but I certainly have one now."
—u/poppjane
17."People have adopted the quote from Star Wars: 'Do or do not. There is no try,' and it bothers the hell out of me. Sometimes all you can do is try. Why are we discrediting all of the effort people put into the things they do? Granted, I heard it a lot more when I was younger, not so much nowadays, but it has always bothered me."
—u/Ok-Wheel7508
18."You know, back in the year XXXX, this cost this much. So really, if you account for inflation, it's accurately priced. OK, who cares how much something used to cost? I can't pay that now. That won't make when I pay more today feel any better."
—u/brokenmessiah
19."He or she is in a better place."
—u/ltlcrab
20."If you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best. If you're going to be a bad person, I don't want to be with you."
—u/Thick_Caterpillar379
21."I'm guilty of it too, but 'it is what it is.'"
—u/djnastynipple
What's the most unhelpful phrase or saying you've ever heard? Share your thoughts in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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