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Kern Dog said:
I understand that it is used as an expression, not a literal interpretation.
It usually means It isn't perfect but I'm either too stupid or too unskilled to change it.
3 years ago I worked at a company and the foreman was talking about a section of the building that was out of level and out of square. This was a remodel project and we were doing tearouts and reframes. He said something like.... We didn't pour the concrete....it isn't right but it is what it is...
I asked him what he meant by that and he had this stupid blank expression, as if he had said it multiple times and nobody ever questioned him on it.
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It's kind of amazing that someone like yourself who professes to be intelligent is so hung up on "It is what it is". Let me take a moment to explain it for you. That section of the building was out of level, and out of square, correct? What the foreman meant in simplistic terms is that the job is going to move forward today, regardless of whether or not the masons did their portion of the job correctly. The carpenters will now have to make adjustments for the poor concrete work. It could not be any simpler. That is a textbook example of the saying. How could anyone not understand that unless English was not their first language?
 
First off, I did not profess to be intelligent in some elevated level. I am simply a High School level guy that has enough pride to speak and write reasonably well.
I understood what he meant, I was questioning why he said it. My point is that it is lazy to just repeat what you hear without knowing what it means. It reminds me of TV news anchors that just read teleprompters like Ron Burgundy...simply speaking other people's words and not having the guts, integrity of curiosity to wonder what any of it means.
Weren't you disappointed in all the sheep that just wore masks and abided by the stupid government mandates during Covid?
I was. It put a bright light on the utter weakness and stupidity of many people that just bent over and took it in the ass without fighting at all.
THAT is how I feel when people as smart/dumb as me are too lazy to get things right.
 
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99PanozAIV said:
I had a distant relative who would end every statement with “that is there”. It was like a twitch he couldn’t shut off.
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My mom was British and ended every statement with “and so there you are” …. Just like you said, she couldn’t shut it off…

I still think about that and lol… 🤣
 
350LUV said:
My go to is “ whatever dude” …
We’d be sitting in meetings with the engineers, usually them trying to explain away a colossal fuck up, and after a 10 minute presentation, I’d look up and say “ whatever dude” … 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Whatever dude.
 
“It can’t be helped” is a phrase I learned about while working years ago in Japan.
An old timer at the place we were at used it to describe another worker.

What is the Japanese phrase nothing can be done?


Shikata ga nai - Wikipedia


Shikata ga nai (仕方がない), pronounced [ɕi̥kata ɡa naꜜi], is a Japanese language phrase meaning "it cannot be helped" or "nothing can be done about it". Shō ga nai (しょうがない), pronounced

“It is what it is” at least offers some hope, that at least with effort and some ability “what it is” can be improved somehow.

All hope is lost and one must just accept the condition once it has been determined “ it can’t be helped”
 
Rambler Racer said:
“It can’t be helped” is a phrase I learned about while working years ago in Japan.
An old timer at the place we were at used it to describe another worker.

What is the Japanese phrase nothing can be done?


Shikata ga nai - Wikipedia


Shikata ga nai (仕方がない), pronounced [ɕi̥kata ɡa naꜜi], is a Japanese language phrase meaning "it cannot be helped" or "nothing can be done about it". Shō ga nai (しょうがない), pronounced

“It is what it is” at least offers some hope, that at least with effort and some ability “what it is” can be improved somehow.

All hope is lost and one must just accept the condition once it has been determined “ it can’t be helped”
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That certainly seems fatalistic. "It is what is is" usually communicates to me that "We must press on regardless" whether we can change circumstances or not. Sometimes slackminded people use it when they don't give a fuck about you. One time that I remember, "It is what it is" pissed me off. A salesman was trying to interest me in a used machine, was showing me photos. I asked what size boring bars the turret holders would take, which is an important criteria, about like asking what CFM a used carb is. He looked at the photos, shrugged and said "I don't know, it is what it is". That was an inappropriate time to use that one, and communicated to me "I don't care, and don't want to care". Next.

That reminds me, I've used Next at times to end a discussion and excuse someone from my presence.
 
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