# Never mind

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 22, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623 "2024-04-22T16:17:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/1 "2024-04-22T16:17:21Z")

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Again, never mind.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/2 "2024-04-22T16:26:47Z")

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Honestly, I wasn’t thinking about it.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/3 "2024-04-22T16:27:26Z")

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Mind, never?

Can’t.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/4 "2024-04-22T16:40:48Z")

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Emily Litella: Never Mind

> [@](#):
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZLeaSWY37I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZLeaSWY37I)
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYoNL4g5Vg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYoNL4g5Vg)

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/5 "2024-04-22T16:47:32Z")

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“Never mind” is Pluto’s philosophy of life, at least when it comes to staying off the furniture.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/6 "2024-04-22T16:52:37Z")

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I’ll pretend I never saw this thread at all. Then it’ll be …

Out of sight, out of mind.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/7 "2024-04-22T17:19:02Z")

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Hello, hello, hello. How low?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/8 "2024-04-22T17:24:09Z")

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You know where they were going to dig for gold in remote Alaska? Well. . .never mined.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/9 "2024-04-22T17:33:01Z")

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Wait, what? I missed it. . . I wasn’t paying attention. . .

Tripler  
This is why I can’t have nice things.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/10 "2024-04-22T17:38:29Z")

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This isn’t the thread you’re looking for.

Move along. Move along.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/11 "2024-04-22T17:44:09Z")

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Google the NSFW **BUSHBARBIE Condom Ad** and you’ll see what I had trouble posting above.

You might need this to get through it:

> **[Australian Slang Terms: The Official Aussie Dictionary | Man of Many](https://manofmany.com/lifestyle/advice/australian-slang-dictionary)**
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> Know your 'struths' from your 'bonzers'? Here is the official Aussie slang dictionary, full of fair dinkum terms and phrases.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/12 "2024-04-22T17:45:13Z")

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I’m going to regret asking, but … why were you trying to post that in the 1st place?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/13 "2024-04-22T17:48:49Z")

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I found it amusing. Your mileage might vary.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/14 "2024-04-22T18:00:00Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> I’m going to regret asking, but … why were you trying to post that in the 1st place?

That raises the question why does anyone post anything here? Or anywhere, for that matter?

**WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT ALL??**

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/15 "2024-04-22T18:43:52Z")

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[![](https://i.imgur.com/Izr3QNd.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/Izr3QNd.jpg)

Meaning. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/16 "2024-04-22T18:49:59Z")

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What’s the opposite of “never mind”? Like if someone says “never mind” and I want to contradict them. Just “no, mind”? That doesn’t work. “Please mind”? “Always mind”?

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/17 "2024-04-22T18:50:57Z")

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I don’t mind.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/18 "2024-04-22T19:00:55Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT ALL??

42, of course.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/19 "2024-04-22T19:02:01Z")

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My cat’s breath smells like cat food.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-mind/1000623/20 "2024-04-23T00:16:01Z")

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If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

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