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At some point in time, the phrase "Anything that comes after the word 'But' in a sentence is meaningless/bullshit" and people have really run with that. In fact people seem to relish every opportunity to repeat that phrase and enjoy a carefree attitude in disregarding anything and everything they don't want to hear because of it. It's a wonderful tool if your goal is to block any criticism or reject any nuance, so you can do what you already wanted to do.
People already talk strangely to avoid it. They'll use "However", or they'll just use two disjointed sentences like:
"You do deserve to be happy Mark. You can't feed your family on a clown's salary."
And people do this because they just know that if they use the word "But", the other person will whip out the phrase and the dialogue will be done, over.
Now where this really come to a head, is when you're trying to convince someone to do something and they won't, then the "Anything after the word 'But' is meaningless" phrase is just vented frustration that you aren't getting your way.
"I do support clean lakes but..."
"OH THERE'S THE BUT! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS NOW, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THE BILL I SUPPORT, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR WHERE YOU STAND"
"... but this bill says to clean the lakes with bleach."
It's just a rhetorical shortcut to end a conversation, support punchy and simplified statements, and block criticism, and the dumb people of the universe rejoiced.
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People already talk strangely to avoid it. They'll use "However", or they'll just use two disjointed sentences like:
"You do deserve to be happy Mark. You can't feed your family on a clown's salary."
And people do this because they just know that if they use the word "But", the other person will whip out the phrase and the dialogue will be done, over.
Now where this really come to a head, is when you're trying to convince someone to do something and they won't, then the "Anything after the word 'But' is meaningless" phrase is just vented frustration that you aren't getting your way.
"I do support clean lakes but..."
"OH THERE'S THE BUT! NOTHING ELSE MATTERS NOW, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR THE BILL I SUPPORT, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR WHERE YOU STAND"
"... but this bill says to clean the lakes with bleach."
It's just a rhetorical shortcut to end a conversation, support punchy and simplified statements, and block criticism, and the dumb people of the universe rejoiced.
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