Has anybody else noticed that people use the phrase "that being said" way too much these days? I keep seeing it everywhere and it bothers me because of how horribly overused and redundant it is. You don't need to say "that being said" because if it's been said then it's been said, 1=1, I got it, no shit, move on. No offense to people who use it, by the way. It's just that I see it a lot now and it's a stupid and now highly bothersome phrase.

It is overused in two ways: many people say it, and those who do say it say it often. It is senseless. Stop using it.

however

I can sort of see where you are coming from. That being said, I disagree.

*dies*

SCREW YOU MAN I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAID THAT TODAY, THAT BEING SAID I ALMOST NEVER USE THE PHRASE

i don't hear that phrase too often; that being said, i do hear too many people saying "i could care less," which doesn't make too much sense in the context in which it's used

fuck

I hate when people say "I could care less" when they mean to say "I couldn't care less" because they're idiots. Then when you bring it to their attention they disagree and offer no reasons why, despite the fact that it clearly means that if you could care less, then you care about it more than some other things, as opposed to its opposite meaning, which means you don't care, which is what people unambiguously wanted to imply initially.

SCREW YOU MAN I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAID THAT TODAY, THAT BEING SAID I ALMOST NEVER USE THE PHRASE

No you weren't.

hey duovamp

what about sarcasm

What about it? Does not it combat itself well?

i mean its a good way to say "i could care less." you knew that.

silly.

If somebody used that phrase sarcastically, I'd punch them for being a sarcastic fuck.

that goes without saying...

i could care less

If somebody used that phrase sarcastically, I'd punch them for being a sarcastic fuck.
really?

Only that phrase, other phrases, mostly, would not warrant a punch.

i don't hear that phrase too often; that being said, i do hear too many people saying "i could care less," which doesn't make too much sense in the context in which it's used


I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU THINK!!!!

I'm literally pissed off by this whole thread.

i'm bringing back "for realsies"

hallelujah, holla back

I'm literally pissed off
that being what she said

Newest least clever thing ever: using the phrase "that being said" in this thread to be funny. Also, it would only be proving my point that idiots use this overused phrase.

Only that phrase, other phrases, mostly, would not warrant a punch.
i find it a bit worrisome irregardless.

Newest least clever thing ever: using the phrase "that being said" in this thread to be funny. Also, it would only be proving my point that idiots use this overused phrase.
fuck you, mine was earth-shattering

that being said

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so the moral of the thread is that there's no comedic value to be found in the incessant repetition of an inane three-word phrase.

so the moral of the thread is that there's no comedic value to be found in the incessant repetition of an inane three-word phrase.
no the moral is that i'm bringing back "for realsies"

let's focus on the real issues here, tcm

I hate when people say "I could care less" when they mean to say "I couldn't care less" because they're idiots. Then when you bring it to their attention they disagree and offer no reasons why, despite the fact that it clearly means that if you could care less, then you care about it more than some other things, as opposed to its opposite meaning, which means you don't care, which is what people unambiguously wanted to imply initially.


There are a lot of things that people say that don't make a lick of sense. Like "I'm head over heels in love"... Aren't you head over heels regardless?

no the moral is that i'm bringing back "for realsies"

let's focus on the real issues here, tcm

Yeah, tcm, focus on them for realsies.

you should throw a little dealio into the mix, D..

i find it a bit worrisome irregardless.

That's another classic. What's worse is that Firefox 2.0 isn't correcting it when I quote you... It's like the world actually wants to accept bad English.

There are a lot of things that people say that don't make a lick of sense. Like "I'm head over heels in love"... Aren't you head over heels regardless?

That shit bugs me; it needs to stop. Though, I suppose one could infer that the head would be not remaining over the heels but rather moving over them, like the Sun over the plains, implying a stumble. But along that line, it's bothersome.

That's another classic. What's worse is that Firefox 2.0 isn't correcting it when I quote you... It's like the world actually wants to accept bad English.
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My beef is with people who abuse the word "literally." I heard some girl in class complaining about traffic adn forgetting her bookbag and how she "literally had to drive back home and drive back to school" of course you did that literally, what you did it figuratively? fuck

everything absurd is new again, deuxvamp.

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how could you not with those hairdos

A compelling argument, indeed.

everything absurd is new again, deuxvamp.

Oh what Johann Wolfgang von Goethe would say if only he were here.

I want to know an alternative for the phrase "That having been said" so that I may improve my writing skills.

I want to know an alternative for the phrase "That having been said" so that I may improve my writing skills.

How about, "disregarding the foregoing heretofore"

The very first reply to this thread was quite suitable, and thrice as efficient.

Apologies, kindly disregard the foregoing heretofore then eejit.

For all intensive purposes, this thread is more unique than most being made these days. Your not likely to find it's level of quality elsewhere, per se.

this thread brings the funneh, that being said, i could care less

For all intensive purposes, this thread is more unique than most being made these days. Your not likely to find it's level of quality elsewhere, per se.
they'll call it spontaneous human combustion, but we know duovamp had his reasons for exploding this day.

There is nothing any of us can do wrt the decline of the English language. Like everything else, it is descending the steep slope into mediocrity.

"With all due respect"

"With all due respect, I had no idea you'd gotten experimental surgery to have your balls removed."