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April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“Adulthood has showed me that you really don’t need fun to have alcohol”

"Adulthood has showed/shown me that you really don't need fun to have alcohol" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Adulthood has shown me…

April 11, 2020
Food/Drink

“Adulthood has shown me that you really don’t need fun to have alcohol”

"Adulthood has showed/shown me that you really don't need fun to have alcohol" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Adulthood has shown me…

March 2, 2025
Food/Drink

“Adulthood is about being able to eat cookies for breakfast, but not doing it because you already ate all the cookies”

Does an adult eat cookies for breakfast? This was posted on X/Twitter by Darla on April 18, 2016, and it received over 700 likes: "Adulthood is about being able to eat cookies for breakfast,…

July 7, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Adulthood is basically that feeling you get when you unwrap your food and it’s not what you ordered”

"You know that feeling you get when you unwrap your food and you realize it’s not what you ordered. I feel like that all the time" was posted on X/Twitter by Danger on September 2,…

March 30, 2018
Streets

“Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the street & then getting hit by an airplane”

"Adulthood/College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane" -- that is, doing everything right and then getting blindsided by something…

January 29, 2021
Work/Businesses

“Adulthood is shopping for office supplies instead of school supplies”

"School supplies" is the term used for someone in school; otherwise, the term used is "office supplies." "is growing up saying office supplies instead of school…

July 20, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Adulting be like: Paycheck: $624.42 Bills: $597.63”

Many people find that there's little money left over from a week's paycheck. This was posted on Twitter by Drillary Clinton✨ on September 25, 2018: "Adulting be like:Paycheck:…

January 13, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Adulting is realizing you have to hit at least 3 different stores to get all your groceries”

Most adults have to shop for groceries. They often have to go to several grocery stores to get the items they need. "I feel like the fact that I had to use four different grocery stores today…

December 13, 2019
Food/Drink

“Adulting is soup and I am a fork”

"Life is a soup and I'm a (fucking) fork" -- a utensil useless for drinking soup -- is a saying that has been printed on many images. The song "(I'm Gonna) Kick You…

November 28, 2012
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Adults are just kids who owe money”

"I think adults are just children who owe money" was said in the movie Peter's Friends (1992). "Adults are just kids who owe money" has been cited in print since at least…

November 29, 2012
Banking/Finance/Insurance

“Adults are just kids with money”

"Adults are just kids with money" is a humorous saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters and bumper stickers. "Adults -- kids with money" has been cited…

June 12, 2022
Transportation

“Adults on board. We want to live too!” (vehicle sign)

"Adults on board. We want to live too!" (or "Adult on board. I want to live too!") is a vehicle sign that has been

June 8, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records" is an motivational saying that has been printed on posters and T-shirts. American author William Arthur Ward (1921-1994) has…

September 2, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Adversity doesn’t build character—it reveals it”

"Adversity does not build character, it reveals it" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Google Groups: MEH NewsletterMatt 4/28/09(...)"Adversity does not build…

April 15, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Adversity introduces a man to himself”

"Adversity introduces a man to himself" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has frequently been credited to German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein…

January 29, 2013
Work/Businesses

“Advertising helps raise the standard of living by raising the standard of longing”

"Advertising helps raise the standard of living by raising the standard of longing" is a popular saying about advertising. The saying has been cited in print since 1955, when it was…

July 13, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on”

Madison Avenue adman Jerry Della Femina wrote in his book, From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor: Front-Line Dispatches From The Advertising War (1970): "There are ugly people…

July 9, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what you pray for”

"Advertising is what you pay for; publicity (or public relations) is what you pray for" is a popular business saying. "Advertising is what you pay for; publicity is what your public…

August 25, 2014
Exercise/Running/Health Clubs

“Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises…”

"Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps" is a jocular one-line saying about aerobics. The line has been…

December 3, 2020
Media/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet

“Afraid of not getting what you ordered with online shopping? Try online dating!”

"Afraid of not getting what you ordered with online shopping? Try online dating!" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The joke is that online dating could be better, but is…

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