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Most overused word or phrase on TB?

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Thank you, michael_atw, for starting this thread so that I didnt have to.

Yes, the word Karma has been used to a ridiculous extreme just this past week alone!
I understand the colloquial sense in which people have been using it, but it happens to be a peeve of mine.

Karma does not actually equate to "what goes around comes around" and I just :scowl: when people say things like "Karma is a bitch".

The true rewards of Karma are not returned to us in this life, but in all future existences, and unless one believes in the immortality of the soul, Karma isnt necessarily something one should use to set boundries for your personal ethics.

IMO, YMMV
 
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MatticusMania said:
Thank you, michael_atw, for starting this thread so that I didnt have to.

Yes, the word Karma has been used to a ridiculous extreme just this past week alone!
I understand the colloquial sense in which people have been using it, but it happens to be a peeve of mine.

Karma does not actually equate to "what goes around comes around" and I just :scowl: when people say things like "Karma is a bitch".

The true rewards of Karma are not returned to us in this life, but in all future existences, and unless one believes in the immortality of the soul, Karma isnt necessarily something one should use to set boundries for your personal ethics.

IMO, YMMV
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Thank you for your post. It echoes my sentiment to a T.

As for overused words (a word can't be too overused - it's either overused or it isn't ;)) I'm going to go with "Rush". :p
 
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bass12 said:
Thank you for your post. It echoes my sentiment to a T.

As for overused words (a word can't be too overused - it's either overused or it isn't ;)) I'm going to go with "Rush". :p
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It started in the amp forum with a thread on the ethics behind receiving a second, unpaid for amp from a distributor. The word Karma was bandied about quite a bit. Following that there was a thread in OT (I forget the thread topic), and just yesterday another in Band Humor. It quickly became clear that many people who use the word Karma do not fully understand the concept, so I felt compelled to enlighten.
 
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MatticusMania said:
It started in the amp forum with a thread on the ethics behind receiving a second, unpaid for amp from a distributor. The word Karma was bandied about quite a bit. Following that there was a thread in OT (I forget the thread topic), and just yesterday another in Band Humor. It quickly became clear that many people who use the word Karma do not fully understand the concept, so I felt compelled to enlighten.
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I laugh hard at it. I know exactly what thread and I made a comment quipping about it in that very thread.

It seems to be the "en vogue", default response to any issue now for some reason. I saw it before but now I see it multiple times in one thread. "It's jusss karma, dood."
 

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