One that comes to mind for me: “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is not always true. Maybe even only half the time! Are there any phrases you tend to hear and shake your head at?

    • samus12345@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      This one is only true after a certain point which depends on the cost of living where you live. Money absolutely buys happiness up to a point.

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      4 months ago

      money can’t buy happiness, but it can create the environment and conditions in which you can more easily become happy.

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      4 months ago

      It fundamentally can’t. Humanity has seen plenty of miserable rich folks to know the innate truth of that.

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      4 months ago

      Over here in Brazil, I guess because we’re a third world country that is more accustomed to poverty than the anglosphere/yurop, we have a variant of this phrase:

      “Money can’t buy you happiness – But the lack of it will take your happiness away”

      It’s true that you can be extremely rich and still fucking depressed.

      But if you can’t afford rent, and/or are working by day to pay for a small meal at night, and/or are getting sick and just tanking it because actual care is outside your paygrade – You are guaranteed to be miserable.