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People saying "but the reality is..." to look smart

  • 05-08-2018 9:15am
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,605 ✭✭✭


    This phrase has crept in in recent years, i'm blaming newstalk presenters on current affairs shows. Its the biggest cop out since "we are where we are". Keep an ear for it and you can faintly hear my gears grinding in the background.

    Can we bring back public stonings?


Comments

  • #2
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,785 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    It's not as bad as "It's important to point out...".


  • #3
    soiseztomabel
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭soiseztomabel


    Litchrally...


  • #4
    Kevin Finnerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Kevin Finnerty


    Are you Walter Mitty OP?


  • #5
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,427 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    The reality could not be further from the truth.


  • #6
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,537 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    'We all partied during the boom'...usually said by fools who mortgaged a 2 bedroom shack in Ballsbridge for €3.6 million in 2007.


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  • #7
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    "We reached out"

    Whatever happened to just contacting someone or getting in touch?


  • #8
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,922 ✭✭✭gifted


    To be fair....


  • #9
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    It is what it is.....


  • #10
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,427 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    At the end of the day we all have to get up in the morning.


  • #11
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    It is what it is.....

    Thats just a variant of calling a spade a spade. It communicates a useful concept. Nothing wrong with it at all.


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  • #12
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    You simple minded sheep think this...

    But the reality is this...

    Cos I'm smarter than you and am so learned on the topic


  • #13
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    'We all partied during the boom'...usually said by fools who mortgaged a 2 bedroom shack in Ballsbridge for €3.6 million in 2007.

    Usually objected to by people who are still in denial that they too did part during the boom, and want to blame others for the crash.


  • #14
    Turnipman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Turnipman


    veryangryman wrote: »
    This phrase has crept in in recent years, i'm blaming newstalk presenters on current affairs shows. Its the biggest cop out since "we are where we are". Keep an ear for it and you can faintly hear my gears grinding in the background.

    Can we bring back public stonings?

    It was started by Gerry Adams shortly after the NI appeasement process - the bigger the lie that he was about to tell, the more emphatically he'd preface his remarks with "the reality is".

    It used to really grind my gears back in the days when he, Bertie and Phony Bliar were telling us big lies about almost everything.


  • #15
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,401 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    The most anger inducing words to be heard on the radio?

    "And next up...Coldplay"


  • #16
    Turnipman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Turnipman


    RhubarbCrumble wrote: »
    "We reached out"

    Whatever happened to just contacting someone or getting in touch?

    "Reaching out" sounds far more generous!

    Example "We reached out to the DUP and offered them a choc-ice" sounds far better than "We contacted/got in touch with Arlene Foster and told her to ........ "


  • #17
    Malayalam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭Malayalam


    How about this gibberish to look smart?

    An advert for a diploma in architecture...

    DjwUiMMUYAA_nk-.jpg:large

    Theodore Dalrymple wrote about this kind of stuff yesterday - http://takimag.com/article/beyond_translation_theodore_dalrymple


  • #18
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,409 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    "And furthermore ...." When I hear those words , that's when my nervous twitch beside my eye starts.


  • #19
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,742 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    "Can I just say"

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #20
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,537 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    Usually objected to by people who are still in denial that they too did part during the boom, and want to blame others for the crash.


    The end of 2019 we can all begin to laugh again ;)


  • #21
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    At the end of the day, the reality is what it is…


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  • #22
    Turnipman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Turnipman


    mad muffin wrote: »
    At the end of the day, the reality is what it is…

    ......... and we are where we are.


  • #23
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,275 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Turnipman wrote: »
    It was started by Gerry Adams shortly after the NI appeasement process - the bigger the lie that he was about to tell, the more emphatically he'd preface his remarks with "the reality is".




    The reality of the seattt-ch-u-ayyy-shon


  • #24
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    ...........or "In Actual Fact...............................",

    "Well...........as I see it, The Situation Is This"


  • #25
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,909 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote:
    Usually objected to by people who are still in denial that they too did part during the boom, and want to blame others for the crash.


    Thankfully the banks played no part in all this, and as the crash was the complete fault of the public, it should never happen again!


  • #26
    BoardsMember
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭BoardsMember


    "Ireland Inc is open for business"

    Only absolute w@nker politicians can come up with these types of phrases.


  • #27
    Turnipman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Turnipman


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    The reality of the seattt-ch-u-ayyy-shon


    Here we go - and there are at lest 100 separate incidences! :pac:

    LINK

    His SF handlers badly need to re-programme Gerry's brain!


  • #28
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    “But the reality is...”is handy to use when talking with someone who is delusional.


  • #29
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Don't mind that one at all - it makes sense.


  • #30
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    The two worst ones from politicians are;

    "Hold on, Let me say this clearly..............I want to be very clear here......."

    Then is media/spin training 101. When you want to misdirect / avoid or generally waffle, be sure to tell the audience you desperately need to be clear.

    The other one, a favourite of Brian Hayes from FG;

    "There is a crucial point here and it is this............................."

    Imagine teeing up your sentences like this. Instead of just making the 'crucial point' you need to ready the audience for it, making yourself look very smug in the process.


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