I'm pretty sure cognitive dissonance is not what she thinks it is.
Cognitive dissonance means holding two completely contradictory opinions at the same time. You can't shortcut cognitive dissonance, I don't quite understand what that means.
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I think they didn't express it very clearly. Seems like they mean "short-circuiting" your reasoning when cognitive dissonance is present.
For example, maybe you have a couple of incompatible thoughts::
"I want to do X. That seems like a great idea!" "X is very risky and probably not healthy for me."
...which creates mental conflict, so you just turn off your brain with a "YOLO" or "What happens, happens" and act on the most immediate impulse.
Getting up from the sofa, combining the "old man standing up"-noises with a vague "yes, yes, yes..." then walking away.
Well I'm just sayin
Even when i hear those things it makes me want to explore a situation deeper because such phrases are indicative of an ignorant, fatalistic attitude that begs to be illuminated
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Lol this lady doesn't know what platitudes are... hilarious
I feel like "it is what it is" is too often shit on.
I had a boss from whom I learned about staying calm and keeping steady course.
His favorite saying was "it is what it is" and it was always in the context of simply recognizing the reality for what it is, instead of hoping or wishing it was something else or lamenting over how it should have gone a different way. Then, from the point of accepting that "it is what it is" we would focus on how to get to where we wanted to be.
Sure it can be used dismissively, but I feel like people always just dismiss it as a cliche when it's actually usually a very good philosophy.
I agree with this. I use the phrase essentially as "this is the reality" to either set a baseline, or just a different way to say c'est la vie. It frustrates me when people say it's always a dismissive phrase, because when I am dissmive with it I'm not doing so in a negative way. There's something to be said about letting little inconveniences lie and fade away.
There’s something to be said about letting little inconveniences lie and fade away.
I absolutely agree. But to go a step further, there is a lot to be said for accepting things as they are. It's even a core tenant of buddhism.
"Though-terminating" is not necessarily a negative thing.
Like how your boss used it: stop the train of anger and reframe the problem in a more constructive way.
It's still terminating a thought, it just wasn't a productive thought and needed terminating.
Edit: typo
Good point, I didn't really consider that it could be used in a good way.
Although, in my defense, they are using the term cliche which usually has negative connotations.
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Nothing you can do about it
At the end of the day, you never know.
At the end of the day it's night
With the help of your donation, we can put a stop to this.
Not gonna lie, my passion is caveat nuances, but your mileage may vary. Rinse and repeat.
Let’s circle back
Put that one in the parking lot
It's what it's.
Awful, added to my vocabulary
"live and let live" is an ironic one we hear in vegan circles a lot.
So it goes.
Such is the way of things.
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Looks like OP needs some thouhgt termination itself. It do be like that.
“Living their best life” and “Speaking their truth” are recent and annoying examples of this.
The first is always used to dismiss self destructive or irresponsible behaviour. The second is often used to make a statement that is either false, manipulative, subjective or a combination. Their isn’t a personal truth, there is only truth.