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marz said:
This whole conversation is based on the idea that the expression has nothing to do with suicide...
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I know that. I wasn't being serious.

As for Alex, I'd suggest doing some research before using unfamiliar phrases/expressions.
 
Eh, it's an easy enough thing to do - if you think you know how it's used, it's seen as a familiar phrase and looking it up seems unnecessary. Like for a long time I thought "ambivalent" meant apathetic. I can't remember what finally made me realize that it was wrong, whether it was someone flat-out telling me or just reading/hearing it in a way that made no sense with that definition, but I didn't look it up until then because I was confident that it was right definition for it. I just turned out to be wrong about it, haha.
 
Wait, in other way can "Bite the Bullet" be used other then for a professional hit or Suicide?
 
It means kind of like taking one for the team, except 'team' in a very general sense - going through something unpleasant and just dealing with it. I always thought it came from biting a bullet in war when something painful like an amputation had to be done but I googled it and it seems like that's a common misconception.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet
 
Oryx said:
Eh, it's an easy enough thing to do - if you think you know how it's used, it's seen as a familiar phrase and looking it up seems unnecessary. Like for a long time I thought "ambivalent" meant apathetic. I can't remember what finally made me realize that it was wrong, whether it was someone flat-out telling me or just reading/hearing it in a way that made no sense with that definition, but I didn't look it up until then because I was confident that it was right definition for it. I just turned out to be wrong about it, haha.
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Did it ever enter your head that an analysis of the topic's etymology may not be the best idea with the notion of suicide looming in the back?
 
Alex said:
Did it ever enter your head that an analysis of the topic's etymology may not be the best idea with the notion of suicide looming in the back?
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You're the only one talking about suicide. The phrase has nothing to do with suicide. Sometimes committing suicide is biting the bullet, sometimes it's not. Just like sometimes talking to a person is biting the bullet and sometimes it's not, and any other countless actions that may or may not apply depending on the circumstances.
 
Tell me what I'm supposed to say instead. Tell me how I ought to sound and talk. Make me act acceptably; make me behave. May you?
 
My desk at work came with a brand-new set of Post-Its. I used it to stick my area code onto my desk phone and doodle. I should write myself inspirational quotes and stick them to my monitor.
 
Sodom said:
So how does everybody feel about post-its? Personally I think they're handy little yellow mofos, but this could be the controversial topic to end all controversy.
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It's one of the things I miss from the 90s. Put them all around the edges of your manilla CRT, log onto Windows 95, it was simple. You didn't waste a bunch of electricity showing pretty pictures on the monitor and you did your job. Nowadays though they make creative fuel.

The brand name ones burn really nicely and the ink dyes the flames, and when you burn the knock offs the cheaper adhesives makes this bizarre mixture of wax and ash.
 
They're one of those things that I'm sure are really handy to some, but has never come in handy to me. In the past I have stuck them to my upper lip/chin and pretended I had a paper mustache/goatee out of complete boredom.
 
Wow. You guys need to chill out and take it easy on Alex. People use some phrases differently in different parts of the world. Even in different areas within a general area. People probably use the expression that way where he lives.



Oops I'm a page behind but I think my point stands.
 
I hardly use post-its. The last time I used them was in my Junior year in high school to bookmark my books.
 
Alex said:
Tell me what I'm supposed to say instead. Tell me how I ought to sound and talk. Make me act acceptably; make me behave. May you?
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Say whatever you want, just make sure you know the meanings behind the words and phrases you're using. One time, I told my friends I was "livid" thinking it meant content or cheerful. NOPE lol.

Sodom said:
So how does everybody feel about post-its? Personally I think they're handy little yellow mofos, but this could be the controversial topic to end all controversy.
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Post-its are cool I think they were invented on accident, as in the guy originally wanted to create something completely different but post-its were really well received. Personally, I never use them.
 
marz said:
Post-its are cool I think they were invented on accident, as in the guy originally wanted to create something completely different but post-its were really well received. Personally, I never use them.
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Once I tried to invent a new element and accidentally invented Saturn so I know how he feels.
 
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