I've never heard the phrase swings and roundabouts used this way.
Usually it means two things are similar so you don't really have strong feelings either way.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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what goes around comes around. things swing one way and then another.
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Maybe that's what they are saying? They impartially judged the application, without strong feelings. Ironically.
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i'm still not getting it. "swings and roundabouts"
It's similar to "what goes around, comes around", since swings and roundabouts go back to the same place.
As in: If you mock someone one day, they might mock you back another day.
That's my point though. "swings and roundabouts" doesn't have the same meaning as "what goes around comes around". At least I didn't think it did.
I’ve always known it to mean the same thing as “potato potAHto” or “six of one, half dozen of the other.”
I.E. “What’s the difference between saying “potato potAHto” and “six of one, half dozen of the other.”?” To which I’d say, “Meh, swings and roundabouts.”
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lol the pettiness of some people
The best revenge is living well.
We don’t know that was why they denied it, this could be shadenfreud (sp?) because they would be denied regardless.
At least I choose to believe that, because I can’t imagine being petty enough to do that.
„Schadenfreude“
I assume that was the case because it isn't really a human decision anymore. Whether a mortgage application is accepted or denied is based on the decision of a computer, the human just informs you the computer's decision.
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Oh my god, yes. Your best victory is the victory of succeeding at something and moving the fuck on with your life if you can. People are shitty. Our environment is shitty. It is what it is. Keep trucking. I am a product of my environment, but I can control some of it. In my opinion, chasing your goals, time and distance is a solution for all social ills. Well maybe not all but I mean shit you gotta try
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Right? "Made me cry on a school trip" (for reasons that I'm sure we're totally out of line on the teacher's part and omitted just for brevity's sake)
I dunno, some teachers are sadists too proud or ugly for a career path more in line with their personality.
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This type of thing is the nominal purpose of credit scores, I believe. (Whether they're implemented effectively is another story...)
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How do people even remember names for so long?
had a teacher traumatize and humiliate me for four years.
I contemplated suicide at 12 years old.
Luckily I found strength in my spite and hatred for her to push forward.
last I heard, her husband died of colon cancer, she lost the farm and her house, and her only son turned out to be gay (they were "Christians").
I still remember her nasty mustache and shitty attitude, and will always remember her.
I'm doing good in my life, better than her.
there's only one other person who I hate more and I'm eagerly waiting to toast to their deaths.
they are literally the only people I could never forgive.
before you pass judgment ask yourself this, "who tells a bullied overweight 12 year old who is clearly having home problems that they need to 'lose some weight' and they won't 'be so fat'. 'who knows, you might not be such a loser like your father.'
Y'all need to stop carrying so much unresolved anger and learn to carry out elaborate revenge plots instead.
we didn't hear the part about how that teacher lost the farm due to an elaborate revenge plot where they gave the husband colon cancer and seduced the son
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Not weird to me. I still remember every single teacher’s name to this day…I started school in 1978.
That's pretty impressive. I started school in 1973 and I can remember a couple of teachers' names at most.
That's very amazing memory. I keep forgeting shit all the time. I sometimes forget the names of a characters of a TV show that I've been binge watching for the past few hours.
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I only remember the names of two teachers.
The one that set fire to the science classroom, and thus became a legend. And the utterly horrible one that hated kids and should not have been allowed to become a teacher.
All the others have just faded into the background because they were neither fun nor memorable.
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I remember all my teacher's names from preschool through high school, is that strange?
Highly so
I can barely remember the names of my close friends from elementary and middle school. Can't remember all of them. Only reason I can remember the high school friends is the yearbook, and I've still forgot half of them.
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Trauma sticks with a person.
You get what you give. Don't become the monster. A real class act would just dangle it in front of them and then just approve it anyways. Like bitch I'm over it, I don't give a fuck. You're just a dumb ass speed bump.
Maybe the mortgage application was just not within approval guidelines. It is not like a bank clerk gets to arbitrarily decide by personal sympathy.
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Being a class act is extremely overrated. People should get what they have coming
Why not both? Give people who deserve it grace and be the bigger person and burn those that don't to the ground.
Of course, if you find out that they did deserve grace later, you'll need to destroy the biggest monster of all, yourself.
Pft, like I'm ever wrong!
There are some teachers I had who were absolutely bad people, but honestly, they are teachers and you are not. You already have the best revenge.
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