# Tell Me Something You’re Not Supposed To Say **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064 "2022-12-25T03:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/41 "2022-12-25T18:56:27Z")
I have plethoras! I love that word, it always makes me wonder if there is a non-lisping word that’s hiding underneath it. Or maybe it’s a prehistoric reptile like the thesaurus. But I digress. Some that come to mind: You may be unique but that doesn’t make you special. I can think of situations right now where assassination could be just the ticket. All the countries of Africa blur together for me and I don’t care. There’s really nothing amusing about you being drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/42 "2022-12-25T18:59:59Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > There’s really nothing amusing about you being drunk. Dudley Moore would like a slurred word with you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/43 "2022-12-25T19:06:52Z")
That is how the in group _always_ describes the out group. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/44 "2022-12-25T19:37:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > THIS! I don’t want to see pictures (or videos) of your vacation, your children, your grandchildren, or really any of your family. Don’t email them to me, and don’t stick your phone in my hand and tell me to scroll through them. (tangent) So one way we can tastefully avoid being a prime offender is to cull the vacation photos to the absolute minimum (few dozen) and have a proper album printed online. Then put that on your coffee table. I did this for many vacations, including one trip to India for work fifteen years ago. There were four of us on that India trip and we pooled our photos while on layover in Frankfurt, resulting in a total of 1,800 photos between us. I whittled that down to about 36 photos and had a beautiful bound photo album printed (similar to [this](https://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books/styles/travel-adventures-photo-book/?productCode=1503160&categoryCode=1503351&skuCode=1503372)), with captions on each photo. I keep the album on the coffee table among other books. Many visitors pick it up and enjoy the photos–they really were the 36 best photos out of almost two thousand, so it’s a quick and enjoyable read. And no, I don’t ask people to look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/45 "2022-12-25T19:38:13Z")
Not every bride is beautiful. Some, in my opinion, are anything but - but if they _feel_ beautiful and have a wonderful wedding day, well, then, I’m happy for them. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/46 "2022-12-25T19:54:05Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Oh, you can tell us, we can keep a secret! I’ll post it after I’m dead. And yes, I do plan to keep on posting to the SDMB from the afterlife. Wait and see. * * * > [@minor7flat5](#): > > So one way we can tastefully avoid being a prime offender is to cull the vacation photos to the absolute minimum (few dozen) and have a proper album printed online. My way of dealing with that is that I don’t take vacations. Let’s face it: NO ONE wants to see pictures of your vacation. Not “just a few dozen pics” and not in an album on your coffee table. Unless there are cats in the pictures. Then I want to see them. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/47 "2022-12-25T20:13:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Let’s face it: NO ONE wants to see pictures of your vacation. Not “just a few dozen pics” and not in an album on your coffee table. We can agree to disagree. Professional-quality photos of amazing sights taken with quality gear and carefully edited is much different from selfies and silly poses. If I saw an attractive photo album with quality photos on a friend’s coffee table, I would definitely want to look, regardless of your statement. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/48 "2022-12-25T20:58:45Z")
I don’t much like turkey. And while christmas cake is better than most cakes, I still don’t much like it. And I can’t stand mince pies. Or trifle. Or christmas pudding. Or bloody yule logs. And as for brandy butter… > [@colinfred](#): > > Gift giving is a huge expensive waste of time Yeah, that too. Mind you, Happy Christmas to all! j ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/49 "2022-12-25T21:24:19Z")
Das Schicksal beschützt Kinder und Idioten, Betrunkene… und die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Destiny (Fate?) protects children and idiots, drunk people… and the United States of America Otto von Bismarck Let us hope that still holds true in the future. Particularly point three. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/50 "2022-12-25T21:44:21Z")
I disagree with some of these. I find most babies adorable. RE Christmas As I’ve said before, the only way Christmas could bug me more is if I were a devout Christian. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/51 "2022-12-26T00:31:12Z")
Love is situational. There’s no such thing as a soulmate with whom you have a unique connection. In different circumstances, you might have met somebody else and you might have loved that person just as deeply as you love your partner. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/52 "2022-12-26T01:18:57Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Here’s one I’m regifting from a similar thread a little while back: > > No, your newborn baby is not cute. It looks just like Winston Churchill. Or Lyndon Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/53 "2022-12-26T01:50:13Z")
I’ve been drinking and right now I’m feeling a response to every single one of you. Come Tuesday when I go back to work, I may feel more restrained. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/54 "2022-12-26T03:02:22Z")
I can tell reading old posts which were written drunk and which high. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/55 "2022-12-26T03:23:59Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I don’t much like turkey. I’m right there with you … along with most of the usual components of a traditional American Thanksgiving - green bean casserole, the awful candied sweet potato abominations, any and all stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce/relish, etc. Yergh. Though as for the rest of your post, are you really sure you are British? 😉 Conversely, an American I feel it is my duty to hate fruitcake in all its forms along with most of my country(wo)men. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/56 "2022-12-26T04:37:35Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I’m right there with you … along with most of the usual components of a traditional American Thanksgiving - green bean casserole, the awful candied sweet potato abominations, any and all stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce/relish, etc.- I love all that stuff. So sue me. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/57 "2022-12-26T08:57:55Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And I get that - the left finally giving up and admitting democracy is done for is the final step in the plan to destroy democracy. So yeah, to a certain extent, I don’t even want to admit this to myself. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1511370191305056257/-dvpkQlu_400x400.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1511370191305056257/-dvpkQlu_400x400.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/58 "2022-12-26T09:22:03Z")
All I want for holiday meals next year is to hear " hi welcome to \_\_\_\_ how may I take your order" Cooking for 12 plus hours and 4 hours of dishes isn’t worth it … ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/59 "2022-12-26T12:45:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Unless there are cats in the pictures. Then I want to see them. Well, then, let me show you my pics from my 2019 cruise! Yes, I made a point of taking pictures of every cat I saw. There was one old beat up street cat in Singapore, and another cat in Bangkok who was in a hurry to get someplace. He just went zooming by. Not in a panic, but just a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/60 "2022-12-26T13:13:47Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > Cooking for 12 plus hours and 4 hours of dishes isn’t worth it … We have my family for xmas eve each year (except COVID), a tradition we started with a one-off 8 years ago. We make four soups and buy pretty mugs so everyone can take their mug home as a souvenir. We get xmas decorations (4 totes) from the attic and my gf spends two entire days decorating. She makes arrangements from evergreens that we grow just for decorating. It’s a ridiculous use of effort. Every year we say no more. Every year we do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064.md?page=4)