Saturday, July 11, 2009

Snarky Sayings

I've had a lot of "sayings" or "catch phrases" in my time, and my friends as well. But there is one that I really do not like. It's known as the "...you would" saying. It's kind of caught on within the past year or so, and everyone is saying it! It's said after someone has said or done something that is consistent with previous behavior. For example:

Person 1: "I totally got some Mexican food late last night, and I loved it!"
Person 2: (in response) "...you would."

It's so hard for me to describe with sensible words how much I do not like this saying. First of all it's mean, and who likes mean people? No one. I don't like it because it gives the person saying it a sort of dominant position over the other person, as if they know that person sooo well. I suppose it's a sort of sick way of being condescending or smart.

I'm reminded of a Jack Johnson song called "Wasting Time." The chorus goes:

Everybody thinks, that everybody know about everybody else,
Nobody knows anything, about themselves,
Cuz they're all worried about everybody else.

How true these words are about people who say that. People need to stop with this saying and stop thinking they know other people so well. If you couldn't tell, I really do not like that saying.

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

...you wouldn't.


when are you coming back? you told me august, but I hear it may be end of july?