# "I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure" - other examples **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810 "2014-09-18T11:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/101 "2014-09-22T21:42:20Z")
Although I thought of this myself, I am willing to accept that someone else may have thought of this independently, maybe even before me: You think you’re so superior just because you’re better than anyone else! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/102 "2014-09-22T23:37:21Z")
“I was wrong about everything, but I turned that around 360 degrees.” --Ratbert “It’s always darkest just before the piano falls on you.” --Oliver Faltz ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/103 "2014-09-23T05:51:42Z")
We have nothing to fear, but fear itself. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/104 "2014-09-23T06:34:54Z")
You high-IQ people think you are so damned clever! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/105 "2014-09-23T08:24:24Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I offer unto you, my own creation: > > _ **Stop verbing nouns!** _ Not my creation, but I like “verbing weirds language”. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/106 "2014-09-23T13:47:43Z")
## Individualists Unite! A true one that is now a running joke between my wife and me… My wife: "You have no cooth! Me: “Cooth? I have a butt load of cooth!” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/107 "2014-09-23T19:24:50Z")
I like to reminisce with people I don’t know. I went to a general store. They wouldn’t let me buy anything specifically. I’m writing an unauthorized autobiography. I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering. –Steven Wright ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/108 "2014-09-23T20:34:34Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I offer unto you, my own creation: > > _ **Stop verbing nouns!** _ On a somewhat off-topic note, I’ve been reading one of Steven Pinker’s books. And he made a point of how common this practice has been. He says that about one fifth of the common verbs in English originated as nouns. So while some people might complain that accessing a bank account, authoring a book, contacting the police, impacting a decision, or pimping your ride are improper English, they’re actually just recent examples of an centuries-old practice. If nothing else, these people should be told not to complain. They should, instead, make a complaint. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810.md?page=5)