I’m just speaking in general…

I’m just speaking in general… — a story telling tactic used by old southern people when they are actually reading you from head to toe; inside and out; and from womb to tomb. In many ways, this is worse than if they put both feet in your ass and yelled at you about your folly.

“I’m just speaking in general” has four parts: a detailed summary of your past character; a current analysis of your present actions based on things you did as a child; a detailed outcome of you actions based on probability and having seen your story played out in other people’s lives that they have seen with their own eyes; and, an admonition to change your ways if you don't want to end up like the person they are just “speaking in general about.

Boy, I ain’t got no hang ups; I’m too old to have hang ups. Hang ups is for young people — I’m just speaking in general… Oh I knew a boy like you: he was hard headed when he was a baby and he’s head headed now. You know what they say about hard headed people: A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT ASSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I’m just speaking in general. But, if you don’t want to end up like that; you better change your ways!!!!!!!!!

by Mind Hunter the Profiler September 22, 2023

I've just ran out of chapstick

People put finishing a tube of chapstick as a way to motivate themselves to keep moving on and not to k*ll themselves. When somebody says, "my chapstick is almost gone" or "I've just ran out of chapstick" please talk to them or buy them a new tube of chapstick.

"I've just ran out of chapstick."
"Let's go take a drive and I'll buy you some more, and we can talk if you're comfortable with that."

by berries.and.cream September 7, 2021

guess i'll just go fuck myself

When somebody ignores/pretends you don't exist. Almost as if they're telling you to go fuck yourself, but without actually saying it.

Person 1: Hey there! How are you doing?
Person 2: ...
Person 1: Soo.... what's up?
Person 2: ...
Person 1: Well I guess i'll just go fuck myself, then.

by nonr_ February 11, 2019

I am you, I am just like you. That’s why I was attached to you. I wanted to give you happiness. I’m sorry I misunderstood your happiness.

Kaworu from Neon Genesis Evangelion

When somebody says “ Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? Nobody understands me!” You just go “ I am you, I am just like you. That’s why I was attached to you. I wanted to give you happiness. I’m sorry I misunderstood your happiness.”

by drunkgirl1997 December 13, 2021

i'm just sayin'

A phrase that is used when someone is offended by something you said. This phrase then removes all the offensiveness of the previous statement, making it all good.

Ryan: That chick has nice tits!
Rob: Damn, that's my sister!
Ryan: I'm just sayin'
Rob: Oh, okay, it's cool.

by Ryan OVB August 14, 2005

I'd just like to interject for a moment

A classic copy-pasta often attributed to rms but contains parts that he denied being from him. It's best used whenever you see a debate over the correct format of Linux and GNU/Linux.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

by CrazyDev February 17, 2021

I'm just running to the store

A term used to inform you that you are no longer loved by the speaker and that you are to be left alone for the foreseeable future to fend for yourself (usually used by a father)

Me: Dad where are you going with that suitcase full of your things?
Dad: I'm just running to the store

by LilBigGay March 11, 2019