Thought-Terminating Cliches

A.k.a. semantic stop signs:

• Time heals all
• It is what it is
• Boys will be boys
• It could be worse
• This too shall pass
• Try to look on the bright side
• Everything happens for a reason
• It's always darkest before the dawn
• What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
• The truth always lies somewhere in the middle
• The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice

2025-02-22

By Val Delane
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