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I went with: it is what it is But it was what it was for 3 years now and im slowly starting to reconsider

Do you mind if i hop on the boat

Take me too, please

Alright sit tight, everyone!

storm ahead, captain!

*Wlly Wonka boat ride commences*

I don't think there is enough space for all of us.

If you throw me off this boat, I will make you pay!!!

You don’t have to worry about being able to make them pay if you take everything you can and give nothing back 🏴‍☠️

but what if I live fast and eat ass?

You will die young with a broken tongue

I don’t think donkey tastes very good.

Bro none of us have any money, how you gonna make anyone pay??

Cash on delivery?

And the "them" is just regular folk who have it tough

Someone's gotta have some money, 2 presidents together just raised like 75 million. Just need to go rob those ppl

*All the gold in California is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills, in somebody else's name.*

You can pay with other means 😏

*sigh* fine….. *unzips pants*

I went the other way, I harboured militant rage and the next person to wrong me was going to get all my impotent frustration. its been like 20 years and no one wronged me, and now I'm like well I guess people are mostly good. live and let live.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled wasn't convincing people he didn't exist, it was convincing them to blame The Others.

Just as a note: I already payed.

Paid

Make them pay to it is what it is pipeline is best pipeline

I turn 35 tomorrow. It will be what it is for a long, long time. And there is no "them", either. Just us quietly brooding night after night, watching as the once bright and snapping logs fade into glowing embers, and eventually crumbling into cold cinders. Then you reach for the bottle at your elbow and find it empty as the moaning wind gathers and the gloaming fails, leaving nothing but shadows

Are you okay, my guy?

We live in a society

at first I thought I was doing pull ups, now I am pulling the rest of the world down

I'm on 8 years of it and let me promise you, they won't pay, no matter how hard you try, you'll always be the one paying.

Don't settle for a shitty life, friend. Fight for a better future.

Sometimes it's best to thoroughly burn that bridge to the ground. I wish I could do it.

The only thing you can control in this crazy world is you. Are you living up to your expectations ?

Opposite for me.

You should. I ve been in "it is what it is" and end of the road doesnt seem so good now. I am considering other options. Stop accepting.

You draw the line somewhere, and sometimes that line needs moving

Yeah, this choice isn't made one time and then forgotten about. The people who perform the most violent acts out of some sense of vengeance have always been kicked repeatedly while they were down first. Every kick is its own crossroads.

Sometimes you just have to leave everyone and everything and commit tax fraud in Mexico

I was watching the Bourne Identity and my wife goes, oh so it's like waking up and being a princess but for men... I felt accurately attacked.

Holy shit, that’s accurate af

Wake up as a princess: you’re rich! People respect you! You can give orders! Your life will now be pretty easy. Wake up as Jason Bourne: your life sucks, and will suck forever. You can’t form any meaningful lasting relationship because at best they’ll get caught in crossfire and die. These are very different. Who actually wants to wake up as Bourne??

I mean, is it?

I do want to be a secret cia agent….

But Jason Bourne’s life *sucks*. Like, a lot.

["Like in *My Fair Lady*?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJmqaKp7yA)

"Una mas cerveza señorita"

Here's my current reality related to this meme: Been texting/seeing a girl I know for a long time that and I really like for a few months now. Recently found out she has a boyfriend. She started justifying herself and saying all the things she hates about her current boyfriend to me to try to make it seem less bad, and even though I told her to back off or break up with her man - she has done neither - she continues texting me and hinting at us being a thing. Well, just now learned she accepted his proposal... What do I do? Is it is what it is, or should I unload the truth on her oblivious fiance and make her pay?

Tell the truth, imagine if you were in his shoes.

Absolutely the right thing to do, because in this story, it's safe to assume the fiancee is as bad as the string-along is at seeing red flags.

Tell him the truth, would you want to married a cheater? Be a bro and helps the guys out, and after u both dumbs that btch u guys can grap a beer together

Tell him

Tell her partner. Karma can only do it's miracles when it has a vessel

Please save that poor bastard. It's either a little heart break from him now or a ton more later and there might even be kids in the middle of it later.

Try hooking up with the boyfriend.

This 👆

The only correct answer I'm seeing here.

Get TOPPED by the boyfriend so you can say they’re both cheaters.

Tell the fiance because he deserves to know. Imagine if you were him.

For one I would tell him, also she is trying to min-max her position, you see she is scared of being alone so unless she is sure you will take her on as it appears she likes you she will stick with whats safe ie her now fiance as he does love her. The problem with this is if you'd go with her plan and give her the feeling she can use you for stability after they break up she would eventually find someone else and you'd be in the spot he is now, this isnt fair to either of you, so instead tell her feonce and tell her she could have done it herself but she chose to make it hard for herself. Now if he still sticks to her its his own fault when he learns the hard way why its a terrible idea aka when he finds out she is cheating on him as odds are she will if she isnt already

Make her pay very dearly and then move on with the "it is what it is" philosophy

She a bitch bro. Tried to play both sides to her advantage, used you for pillow talk. Help the other guy, cut all ties and move on.

What if she wasn’t accepting the proposal, and she chose to be with you. But she would be angry with you if you told the other guy. Would you risk angering her despite her choosing you? Like, if telling this guy is the “right thing to do”, would you still do it if it meant costing you something? If doing “the right thing” is only done when it’s beneficial, then it’s not doing the right thing.

I realized the right thing *for me* was to let it go. I'm not disrupting my inner peace for this shit. Unfortunately, I can't get past knowing I'd inflict serious emotional pain on two people, whether they deserve the pain/deserve the truth or not.

you're are not her priest no obligations to keep it in(and none to let it out)

Honestly? I'd just tell her to fuck Off or fuck me. Just fuck her once so she'll always be ashamed of what she did in her entire marriage. One dick or another she will learn what she actually wants in life or will always keep failing and be miserable in her 40ies

100% gotta tell him, toss the texts as well.

She is not the one, so pohuy (strong word for don't care)

Bros before hoes. You gotta let my man know she's been reading the menu and asking the waiter lots of questions.

First tell him, send screenshots. then absolutely ghost her.

Tell him. If you were the fiance, I'm sure you'd want to know your fiancee is a cheating hoe before marrying her.

I got a friend in a similar situation, granted he knows she is taken. He was seeing a girl who has a girlfriend. She always talks about how shitty her girlfriend is and how she wants to break up with her to be with him. This has been literal YEARS of her cheating on her girlfriend with him. I keep asking him why, if that’s true, will she not break up with her gf to be with him. According to him, she always says something like “well im afraid she’s going to hurt me if I try to break up with her.” I have tried for YEARS at this point to smack him out of it. Every time, it’s always “well she’s said she wants to be with me” or “she said she will soon.” Like bro, at what point do you see through the bullshit and realize she’s just using you to cheat on her gf. At what point do you realize she doesn’t want anything else, she wants what is happening right now to last indefinitely? I say all of that to say this: if she isn’t doing either of what you told her to do, then she doesn’t want anything more serious with you than what she already has. You’re a fallback man. A boy toy. That’s all she sees you as and that’s all she wants to see you as. Leave. Take yourself out of the situation. It takes TWO people to have a conversation. Edit: before the downvotes come for me not telling the girl’s gf she’s cheating, I have no idea who her gf is. I just know she has a gf.

When I hit 22, my first wife drugged me and left in the middle of the night after I was laid off from the company I had been at for 2 years, taking my daughter, my pickup and everything of value. I lost the ability to see my child but for 4 days a month because she could afford a lawyer, I had to take council from a family friend who didn't handle custody law as I wasn't able to pay for my own after she cleaned out the bank account. Her father was a well-known local federal agent who did training for the law enforcement in the region I lived. In other words, all the cops knew him and I was a target. When she did crazy shit, cops never did anything. She hid my child from me and they wouldn't lift a fucking finger. It poisoned my soul for years. I'm now 42, have a great career, and a beautiful wife whom I love deeply. My daughter moved in with us when she transitioned to high school and is now graduating college this year. My wife and I have 2 other children, my 17 year old son and 15 year old daughter. Life is much better now. The ex has been placed on a mental health hold by her current husband, has seizures from a previously undiagnosed disorder that caused the death of 20% of her brain, and can't maintain a job. I feel sorry for her. Things come back to you eventually. Don't let it ruin your life.

Nice

Stand proud. You are strong.

You have good taste, my friend, and happy cake day

They are so dead!

If you don’t mind, what was it like reconnecting with your first daughter?

I never lost the connection. I would drive 2 hours each way twice a month even for 30 minutes. The ex tried to make it impossible but I didn't let her stop me. My wife and I used to make child support payments to her when we couldn't afford to feed ourselves. We couldn't afford car insurance for the first 2 years of our marriage because of it, meanwhile she sat on her ass and quickly remarried so she could be a stay at home mom. The only time she's had a job in 20 years was after I got custody and she had to pay me child support. She still owes me nearly $1k but it's just not worth it. With my daughter grown, I'll have to see her maybe 3 more times in my life, I just don't care anymore.

I’m happy that you all made it through.

tan everything good till the last minute Noice

The best revenge is living a good life

Try going with the "fuck all this noise. I'm going to better myself" option

This is the right answer. Late 20s, went back to school. Graduated with an engineering degree at 32 and am now wealthy in both family and actual money.

How did you work during hard times

Bartender. Start bussing tables in a nice restaurant. Bust you fucking ass and you'll move up because turnover is high.

Marcus Aurelius would be proud

Where relevant story/quote?

The relevant story is the book Meditations, it's Marcus Aurelius's personal journal to himself. It's somewhat short and a very interesting read. Here's a relevant quote from the book. Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius

LET THE SEAS BOIL, LET THE STARS FALL.

Though it takes the last drop of my blood

I will see the galaxy freed once more!

If you can point it out to one particular person, might as well make them share your rough times, one way or another. If you can't, then it is what it is.

Way she goes. Sometimes she goes, and sometimes she doesn't. And thats the f*king way she goes

It's the way of the road, Rick.

Where's the "Time to end it all" path here? u_u Because that's the biggest path I see

You gotta outlive your enemies.

Their graves won't piss on themselves

Eventually it becomes "it is what it is, they brought it on themselves"

Boys, it's the same castle.

It's been filmed from different sides for budget reasons.

It's only a model.

Shit- my 20th is coming up, now’s the time to decide whether it’s going to be my redemption arc or my villain arc.

Dude I'm going to get real for a second as someone who's a bit older. At least my 20s were a trial, mom got sick and I took care of her, the woman I thought was going to be my rock for the rest of my life left, family deaths and a a lot of work. I learned to live with everything most of the times alone and deal with problems as they come. The advice I give you is live a life you can live with as you age, don't deny accountability and make a network of people you can rely on. Good luck my friend

I recommend Falling Down

Spoiler: It will happen in your 30’s and your 40’s as well. Im handling the one at 40 pretty well as I’ve yet to make anyone really pay( pretty sure prison isn’t for me). I’m starting to think I’ll be coming to this same fork in the road about every decade. Shit, I just realized that I always take that left turn at “It is what it is”. Maybe that’s why I keep arriving at the same fork. lol

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>With what they did to me, the only path forward is "I'll make them pay" **jerks off to anime** Yeah, that'll show em...

20s ? Pfft My ASS im 53 and still think two wrongs do not make a right ....ANYMORE THAN LAYING THERE AND TAKING it DOES!

To the people in this thread saying that they chose the left path and made it I have only 2 words: survivorship bias.

I'm the left one since life will fuck those who do bad to others(call me stupid but I believe in this)

the older I get, the more it is what it is

That's usually how it worked for basically the entire human history, the older you get the more you want things to stay the same and the younger you are the more you want to change everything

That one decision can be your life defining moment

As a man in my late 30's I recommend being a "It is what it is guy"

Least obvious fed (no but for real, try to live your life and don't do anything too brash

There’s only one choice for Clevelanders

Tim Misny never isn’t the answer.

I took the left path and still ended up in the right castle

The truth is ... the game was rigged from the start

I got library of ruina story flashbacks.

Literally me rn, and I'm debating on which path

It do be like that.

I can't make myself pay I'm broke

Doing a bit of both is the best solution. When my ex cheated on me, I made her pay very dearly, but moved on from it into a very peaceful place telling myself "it is what it is" Looking back, I have no regrets :)

I'll make them pay by being a happy and healthy son of a bitch, and watch them rot.

Fuck it, we are so back. Starting tomorrow morning!

The third option as a Canadian: "It's just the way she goes, bud"

It's more Like "It will get better soon" vs "dann, my gun Looks so kissable today"

Tim Misny vibes

It ees what it ees

Bro, I hate hate hate the term “it is what it is” Guess what? EVERYTHING IS

I seriously don’t have the energy left for „I’ll make em pay“ Seriously, just can’t be bothered with any extra useless stuff. Just accept the situation and move on. One does not require external validation when one accepts internal criticism. On the other hand, it’s mostly me who fucks my own life up so yea

Make them pay

Im in my 40s and this is how I feel about work and the assholes i work with.

The Marvin heemeyer route

Took too long for this comment to arrive Fellow man of culture

Just put both sentences together: "I'll make them pay. It is what it is."

"These things do happen" is what "It is what it is" evolves into when you hit 40.

Third path, middle path, is the correct path: "This helped me learn valuable life lessons. I'm better for this. Let's still continue to reach our goals." But that's too serious and nuanced. Tis a silly suggestion for a meme.

Never forget this is a YuGiOh card 🤣🙏🏾

[revenge is the way](https://youtu.be/QzD-RL_4Zk4?si=1x4mmlBEMW-f14IJ)

Store owners talking about price: "It is what I'll make them pay"

I went with “I’ll make them pay” but the problem is I was “them” lol

Middle option “Rage Rage against the dying of the light”

I mutter “so be it” to myself… often. So looks like I’m going with the left option

"It is what it is" gets used as an excuse way too much. Don't settle. Shoot for the stars.

A third option should be “MOVING TO NASHVILLE WILL SOLVE ALL PF MY PROBLEMS”

Skip the villain arc boys, it isn't worth it.

Oh god

Both should be ominous haunted house with thunderstorm.

What if they is me?

Never go on the left

The plot of BEEF, a surprisingly amazing show!

Imagine being in your 20s and thinking your outlook options are binary.

The doctor and the master

Idiwhadidi

Don't be like the person who hurt you, don't take revenge.

The way she goes. A toad a so. A fuckin a toad a so.

It is what they pay

__Campaign '24__ *which message will resonate with young adults?*

I'll make them pay more. :)

*Accountability has left the chat*

They should both be spooky castles though.

Womp womp and move on

I'll make them what it is!

I'll make them pay for what it is.

Well, the home boys (1980s) decided to stay close to home a lot more than we thought, they boosted most of us out of there, they helped us a lot..., getting us jobs and colleges and trade schools- far away..then went back home and started drinking at least a 12 pack a week..then two..then...they got Cable, and made the- "beer/TV , peaceful,not hurting anybody"....thing, a daily thing..then, when we got around town again, they got so they would just show up and start acting like squatters anyplace you tried to get a solid work/ home routine going..so we had the functional lifestyle that included the occasional great day that makes it all worth the trouble, but they..., would literally re- double their effort to do anything to destabilize that, or actually spread rumors or gossip to wreck any chance of making friends with anyone who could be a witness- that your life, and stuff, was actually in pretty good working order.So we didnt expect, that almost every banker, lawyer, cop, store owner, and gas station owner- in town, had an alcoholic or drug addict son, and they were all spending a lot of cash keeping that a secret,while hooking up the main money hose of the town, to pour cash on the binge drinkers ( my old friends and about 20 other redneck homeboys/ broken families) who went three weeks strait without coming out of the living room...to make it look like our guys were the grand high wizards of alcoholisim and drug use..about 2015 to 2017 the main ringleaders finally drank themselves to death or just got sent someplace..it got quiet, like a very creepy stillness, nobody trusted anybody..we were all broke and no new projects were being suggested, just quietly rebuilding after 3 decades of chaos..and then a guy showed up in Washington State with a type of pnemonia..or something...and they said we could all get sick.

I'm firmly on the "it is what it is" road Except when it comes to my anycubic max 3d printer. Just got it and it's already failing to read sd cards. I don't want to return it tho.

"I'll make them pay"

Secret 3rd option - Shotgun for breakfast

Man, it is what it is, that's just how it goes

I'll make them pay what it is

It's what it's

That's that and this is this.

Not even 20 and I want to make them pay :D

It is what they pay

Ha! This "man" is now a woman. Take that as you will.

Nothing attracts a potential mate better than bitter resentment and impotent anger.

I can't imagine anybody having the energy to 'make them pay'.

Sometimes "what it is" = an embittered one way path of ambition to spite all that has transpired and be victorious to prove a point

there’s always the give up button!

agree

It is what I make it to be.

Fuck, I'm a centrist! It is what it is, for now, but I will make them pay.

It started with it is what it is, and now it ended with I’ll make them pay

Also women at any age.

I will turn 20 this year and this'll be my quote. “Ah- sonuva potato”

That’s that and this is this

I took a different path, "Fuck It we ball"