Other strong contenders: "now do ________" "nothingburger," which has somehow entered common mainstream usage "whataboutism" and its idiotic variant, "whataboutery" And of course the melodramatic Trump-era classic, "Let that sink in" cliches = mental/discursive stagnation
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This is a weird hill to masturbate on.
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I'm just glad Mike is here to let us know what fools we all are when compared to his great intellect. And then to spoo his seed all over a hill.
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Seems a weird hill to die on
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Attacking the phrase "hill to die on" is a terrible hill to die on
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On the bright side tho...
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Weird hill but ok
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"Strawman" and "slippery slope"
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Those are real fallacies and not cliches when used correctly as a critique
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It's also shocking when people who believe that we will never overcome basic injustices use the term "right side of history"
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Have you done brunch with Maxine Waters yet?
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Let's set them up on a blind date. With hidden cameras. I wanna watch him shiver in terror.
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Sir this is an Arby's
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My least favorite current cliché is "which begs the question" when they mean "this raises the question". Argghh. Also, "that said, ...." and "having said that, . . . "
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"That said" and "having said that" are the verbal equivalent of a comma. It's better than saying 'um', 'uh', 'like', but all these serve as filler words that can normally be skipped.
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I envy the person who first used it. Nice imagery.
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What a weird hill to die on, but ok.
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It’s comparable to saying, ‘you’re right, but it’s easier to conform’.
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I always have a problem when people say “folks”. Like that makes these high prestige politicians and journalists super relatable to everyday middle Americans? Just call them folks instead of people.
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