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November 25, 2025
Holidays/Events/Parades

“Everyone should be able to film one family Thanksgiving they can show to people to explain why they’re the way they are”

Few things show family dysfunction like Thanksgiving. This was posted on X/Twitter by trash jones on November 28, 2024, and it received over 1,400 likes: "everyone should be able to film one…

June 6, 2010
Food/Drink

“Everyone should believe in something—I believe I’ll have another drink”

"Well, a man's got to believe something, and I believe I'll have another drink," is a line in Peter de Vries's book, The Vale of Laughter (1967). The saying is often given…

June 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone talks about being a patriot until it’s time to do patriot shit”

"Everyone wants to be a patriot until it's time to do patriot shit/stuff/things" (or "Everyone say they're a patriot until it's time to do patriot…

October 20, 2025
Food/Drink

“Everyone talks about orange being a color and a fruit, but nobody talks about peach for the same reason”

Orange is both a color and a fruit. However, an orange is not the only fruit that is also a color. This was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on May 23, 2019: "Everyone talks about orange…

February 11, 2010
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone thinks politicians are corrupt, except the ones they vote for”

"Everyone thinks politicians are corrupt, except the ones they vote for" (or "Every politician is corrupt except mine" or "Every Congressman is corrupt except mine")…

August 20, 2014
Education/Schools

“Everyone thinks they are an expert in education because they went to school”

"Everyone thinks they are an expert in education because they went to school" is a saying of unknown authorship. "It is as if everyone is an expert in education because everyone has…

May 3, 2017
Time/Weather

“Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain. But you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain”

"Everyone/Everybody wants happiness. No one/Nobody wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain" is a rhyming verse that has been printed on many images. The…

June 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone wants to be a patriot until it’s time to do patriot shit”

"Everyone wants to be a patriot until it's time to do patriot shit/stuff/things" (or "Everyone say they're a patriot until it's time to do patriot…

June 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone wants to be a patriot until it’s time to do patriot stuff”

"Everyone wants to be a patriot until it's time to do patriot shit/stuff/things" (or "Everyone say they're a patriot until it's time to do patriot…

June 10, 2023
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone wants to be a patriot until it’s time to do patriot things”

"Everyone wants to be a patriot until it's time to do patriot shit/stuff/things" (or "Everyone say they're a patriot until it's time to do patriot…

June 16, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone wants to be black until the cops show up”

"Everyone wants to be black until the cops show up" is a popular saying meaning that black culture is accepted by whites, but whites wouldn't like the part where racist cops show up.…

October 2, 2024
Education/Schools

“Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead”

"Correlation does not imply causation" is a popular phase. "Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying" (also "Everyone who confuses…

August 26, 2022
Food/Drink

“Everyone who drinks coffee in the morning is psychotic…”

"Everyone who drinks coffee in the morning is psychotic. You know what reality is and you’re still like 'Yes. I want to be wide awake for this nightmare'" is a coffee joke…

January 28, 2020
Transportation

“Everyone who hates speeding tickets, raise your right foot”

"Everyone who hates speeding tickets, raise your right foot" -- that is, take your foot off the gas pedal -- is a saying that has been printed on several images. "All in favor of…

June 8, 2011
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everyone who’s for abortion has already been born”

"Everyone who'e for abortion as already been born," said Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) in a September 1980 presidential debate. "It's a funny thing, but all those people who…

February 8, 2025
Buildings/Housing/Parks

“Everyone’s an atheist until they clog a toilet at someone else’s house.—Sun Tzu”

"Everyone's an atheist until they clog a toilet at someone else house. -- Sun Tzu" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. It's embarrassing to need help to…

January 9, 2026
Food/Drink

“Everyone’s a genius until they have to use someone else’s microwave”

Many people are completely bewildered when they have to use someone else's microwave. What buttons can be used? "I hate it when you use someone else's microwave and you have no idea…

August 18, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Everything ‘free’ is paid for by someone who works”

"Everything 'free' is paid for by someone who works" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people want the government to give them "free" stuff.…

May 24, 2022
Food/Drink

“Everything bagel seasoning is the stripper glitter of the culinary world”

An "everything bagel" has many seeds on it, and this mix has often been called "glitter" (or "Jewish glitter"). "Poppy seeds are the glitter of food" was…

May 24, 2022
Food/Drink

“Everything bagels are just glitter bombs for your kitchen”

An "everything bagel" has many seeds on it, and this mix has often been called "glitter" (or "Jewish glitter"). "Poppy seeds are the glitter of food" was…

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