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What phrase really annoys you? (lazysoci.al)
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Either online or IRL. For me it's "chefs kiss" there's nothing wrong with it but for no reason it grinds my gears

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

fuck around and find out… people just think they sound so goddamned cool when they say it. it’s the worst.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I have recently started appreciating this, mostly as a shorter form for the scientific process - f around (perform the experiment) -> find out (record observations) does notexactly cover the 5 steps, but is short enough to conway the gist

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

To be fair, it's shorter and punchier than "play stupid games, win stupid prizes".