don't go swimming upstream

phrase

Don't make something harder than it has to be.

That girl isn't worth your time, don't go swimming upstream.

Just study or you'll be swimming upstream.

by fargun October 5, 2025

I don't go here

1. "I don't usually participate in this"

2. "I'm not part of this subculture/community"
3. (of a fanwork of some sort) "I'm not part of the fandom for this"

Generally paired with a "but" afterwards, to illustrate why the speaker is 'here' anyway.

(Usage note: I've only seen it used to describe the speaker. The first person form is the one most commonly used, but "doesn't go here" gets a very few hits on Twitter from people describing themselves in third person. There are some other third person results for the phrase, but it coincides with a Mean Girls quote, so I can't be sure whether this is the intended usage or not.)

"I don't go here, but the composition of your art is fucking amazing, holy shit."
"I don't go here, but I felt like I had to step in and clarify some things."
"I don't go here, but this is funny as hell."

by cryptologicalMystic April 25, 2022

Momma Don't Go

Daddy Come Home

Momma Don't Go
Daddy Come Home

by Didacus_ September 21, 2019

National don't go to schools

You can get to schools at all

Hay I don't have to worry about going to school today because it's national don't go to schools

by Blake Houston December 13, 2020

I don’t go here

A phrase used online usually in fandom spaces by someone who isn’t a fan of the interest at hand, as in “This is not the part of the internet that I usually lurk around” or “This is not where I usually go (on the internet)”

Tweet appreciating a scene in a show

Person: I don’t go here but I love this clip so much!

by nadastic February 22, 2024

You may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

You may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

You may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

by IPromiseToDoWhatIPromised May 23, 2025

you may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

you may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

you may be tempted to streamline your affairs over the coming year but don’t go to extremes. Instead, be pragmatic and aim to reform your life just a day at a time. That way you are less likely to throw out things you are still going to need.

by IPromiseToDoWhatIPromised May 23, 2025