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All roads lead to you

When you try so hard to get rid of someone, but you always end up going back to them.
Person 1: "Why did you get back with me? Why not someone else?"

Person 2: "I don't know. I tried to get rid of you, but it seems like all roads lead to you."
by cruevhs February 16, 2024
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Lead paint stare

a term to describe an out of touch/delusional/stupid elderly person, that acts weird. "lead paint stare" is something some old people have, making them look like they're not really there, said to be an effect of lead poisoning.
why its used to describe old people is because someone near the age of your grandmother, most likely had their walls painted with paint, which contains lead, hence the lead poisoning.

shorter version: old fella has wall paint with lead, and it makes him act and look weird.
guy 1: that old person looks weird af
guy 2: yeah old person got that lead paint stare.
by moldy carpet March 19, 2024
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All roads lead to rome

No matter what path you take, you will always end up in the same place. Represents an inevitabilistic worldview, one where you cannot do anything to change what will happen. That what is happening, no matter how bad it seems, was destined to happen. All

Rome symbolizes something you can't avoid. Could be a place. A feeling. A person. And thus, the detached emotional state of finding yourself in a lonely and depressing, yet familiar situation. Or, it could represent life and death. In a lifetime, you lose everything. People you know; people you love, and eventually, yourself. There is nothing you can do to stop the cycle of life from occurring.

Life is a constant struggle of moving on from the things that happened in the past. People lie to you. Bad things happen to you. Can you really forget these things? No, you always end up back in Rome.

The white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, commonly associated with this statement, symbolizes the anxiety caused by the unstoppable passage of time. Time is always ticking, and time is the separation between past loss, current joy, and future loss. Slowly but surely, you will lose everything until you experience the ultimate loss: Your life.

No matter what, all good things must come to an end.
Person 1: No matter what, every relationship I'm in ends in heartbreak. Is it all my fault?
Person 2: No, son, all roads lead to Rome.

Person 1: I love video games. However, every time I have fun on a game, it eventually gets boring, and I switch to a new game. The cycle never ends.

Person 2: You're just wasting time, kid. All roads lead to Rome.
by illwhatibleed October 6, 2025
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all roads lead to rome

an idiom for "No matter what path or way you do something, the outcome/ending will always be the same"
Sometimes used to harass happy couples
Guy 1: I love my beautiful girlfriend she's so kind and sweet to me
Guy 2: All roads lead to Rome
Guy 1: Fuck off
by skinslicer27 October 7, 2025
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Cooking with a Lead Pan

A metaphor describing a business strategy, decision, or practice that delivers quick or impressive short-term results, but creates serious long-term problems, liabilities, or risks.

Just as using a lead pan might make food seem fine at first but slowly poisons those who eat it, “cooking with a lead pan” implies that a company or leader is pursuing results that look good now but will prove toxic over time - for the business, employees, or customers.
Launching that product without proper testing might look good on the quarterly report, but we’re cooking with a lead pan if we ignore the long-term brand damage.”

“Cutting customer support to save costs is just cooking with a lead pan — we’ll pay for it in churn and reputation later.”
by deadbeatfarmer October 21, 2025
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