Lemmings. A creature with a (erroneous but nevertheless extant) reputation for idiotically following each other off a cliff to die.
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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My company is flooded with SMEs who aren’t even good, let alone experts at anything
Fucking “pre-prepare”. Prepare already means to get ready ahead of time.
I do the "eh" thing sometimes without thinking about it but I agree with you, I don't like being on the other end of it either. I'm trying to work on that
"For me"
I know it's your opinion because you're the one saying it. And the construction of it is just weird. "For" me. I dunno.
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Holding down the fort.
You hold the fort. It's a military term. It's not taking off if you let go of it.
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"Folks" makes my skin crawl. I feel like it's used to make someone appear friendlier while saying "you people", in the context of being manipulated by someone with power.
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'Playing Devil's advocate'.
Mostly because most people who use it do so in glaringly wrong ways.
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that slaps
STFU!