# Pithy observations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883 "2025-08-08T23:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/1 "2025-08-08T23:33:30Z")
Summing up so much in so few words. Like this: “Is it normal for a cat to…” “Yes.” “But I didn’t even say what…” “You said cat.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/2 "2025-08-09T00:43:30Z")
Pithy obthervations? Thufferin’ thuccotash… ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/3 "2025-08-09T01:57:03Z")
A truly smart TV would turn up the volume automatically when you’re eating chips. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/4 "2025-08-09T01:57:44Z")
The brain is an organ that named itself. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/5 "2025-08-09T02:06:01Z")
May I offer [Nelson Algren](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nelson_Algren) and [Henry Louis Mencken](https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken)? ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/6 "2025-08-09T07:36:11Z")
That chewy white stuff on oranges is annoying. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/7 "2025-08-09T08:05:17Z")
I see the helmet is nice for jungle excursions. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/8 "2025-08-09T12:05:58Z")
This sentence is false. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/9 "2025-08-09T15:06:42Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > A truly smart TV would turn up the volume automatically when you’re eating chips. And turn the volume down (or better yet, mute) during commercial breaks. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/10 "2025-08-09T18:44:22Z")
Money might not bring happiness - but lack of money brings sadness. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/11 "2025-08-09T18:47:02Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Money might not bring happiness - but lack of money brings sadness. To quote Weird Al: > [@](#): > > So if money can’t buy happiness > I guess I’ll have to rent it ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/12 "2025-08-09T18:58:56Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Money might not bring happiness - but lack of money brings sadness. 😉 Winning isn’t everything - but losing isn’t ANYTHING. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/13 "2025-08-09T19:40:31Z")
The most pithy-est: _“Today is the first day of the rest of your life_…” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/14 "2025-08-09T20:08:45Z")
Wherever you go, there you are. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/15 "2025-08-09T20:20:09Z")
Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/16 "2025-08-09T20:39:11Z")
Moderation in all things…including moderation. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/17 "2025-08-09T20:40:16Z")
I kinda like it. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/18 "2025-08-09T20:47:45Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > That chewy white stuff on oranges is annoying. But the soft stuff inside beef bones is delicious. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/19 "2025-08-09T21:00:50Z")
**YOU ARE HERE. \>\>\>\>** (Yes discourse, I hear you…yeah, quite pithy) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883/20 "2025-08-09T22:56:38Z")
I started off with nothing … and I’ve still got most of it left. 🤢 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pithy-observations/1021883.md?page=2)