A regular criticism of A.I. and Chat GPT is that it occasionally spews NONSENSE. But in fairness, so do “smart” humans.
Someone on social media asked, “What’s a common thing people say, that makes ZERO sense?” And here are some of the best responses:
1. “I’m sweating like a pig.” Pigs don’t really sweat.
2. “I’m healthy as a horse.” If you have a horse, you know this doesn’t jibe.
3. “I slept like a baby.” Babies are infamously awful sleepers. (Unless you mean you go to bed super early, wake up every few hours to get a drink, and then need to self-soothe enough to fall back to sleep.)
4. “Unthaw” or “Dethaw”
5. “6:00 A.M. in the morning.”
6. Saying someone “did a 360” when they change. It would be a “180,” if anything. (A lot of people do get this right, but not everyone.)
7. People referring to a lion being the “king of the jungle” without realizing lions don’t live in jungles. (Some sayings, like this, are based on outdated usages of words. “Jungle” used to refer to “any untamed wilderness.”)
8. “Irregardless”
9. “For all intensive purposes.” (It’s “for all intents and purposes.”)
10. “Money can’t buy happiness.”
11. “Happy as a clam.”
12. People alternately advise “Don’t sweat the small stuff”, and “It’s the little things that count.”
13. This is another flip-flop of convenience: “The early bird catches the worm.” But, also there’s this: “The second mouse gets the cheese.” (And do you know who woke up even earlier than the bird? That worm.)
14. “Everything happens for a reason.” (Unless you consider: Sometimes the reason is people are stupid and make bad decisions.)
15. “Skibidi.” (If you have teenagers, you know. Or DON’T, I guess.)
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