Trying My Patience

Things that make my patience wear thin

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I'm not overly cynical or critical. The surrounding world just repeatedly fails to meet my standards and expectations.

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This is the new that

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

This is the new that - you are trying my patience.
Pink is the new black, hetero is the new homo, humble is the new smug, right is the new left, et cetera.
Really? Let me tell you something: Shut up is the new eloquent!

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People using the phrase “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” - you are trying my patience.
Who came up with this phrase?
A guy who just barely survived a cocaine OD?
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Come on!
Haven’t you ever heard of Alzheimer’s, herpes and leg amputation? They don’t kill you. And they certainly don’t make […]

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You people using the expression swimming against the current - you are trying my patience.
You say that about other people as if it’s a good thing.
Oh, he’s a great guy. He really swims against the current!
Let me tell you something. Literally swimming against the current is for fish only. When humans do it - […]

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