Definitely worthy of a subtle eye roll at least. My number one would have to be “it is what it is”. They all fall under the category of “saying something without saying anything”.
I say "it is what it is" all the time because my life is horrible and unsolvable, and I have a limit on talking about it.
But you are saying something - the subtext could be "and we can't change it". It's a way of acknowledging the situation without wanting to waste further time on it.
or you have to accept it and just have to work your way around it.
Definitely worthy of a subtle eye roll at least. My number one would have to be “it is what it is”. They all fall under the category of “saying something without saying anything”.
I say "it is what it is" all the time because my life is horrible and unsolvable, and I have a limit on talking about it.
But you are saying something - the subtext could be "and we can't change it". It's a way of acknowledging the situation without wanting to waste further time on it.
or you have to accept it and just have to work your way around it.
It’s like Vonnegut’s “so it goes.”
That's politics for ya