FAFO is said way too often

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It was funny at first, but now people say it every time they see someone making a bad choice. So it’s being said almost constantly. I just find that saying “this person made a bad choice” in the snottiest way you can muster EVERY SINGLE TIME you observe that happening is… draining, for lack of a better word. It has the same exhausting energy as those girls in the early 2000s who would say, “why don’t you take a picture? It’ll last longer” every single time they saw someone looking at them.

Edit: some of y’all straight up lying saying you’ve never heard or seen this phrase 💀 do you use this site or not? Bc if you do, you’ve seen it. Seeing it and REMEMBERING IT is a different conversation, admittedly. But you’ve seen it.

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  2. baba_oh_really Avatar

    Can we add “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” to this

  3. 5iv5 Avatar

    I had to google what you meant by FAFO at first lol

  4. avid-learner-bot Avatar

    I’m so done with FAFO. It’s like a verbal poison that seeps into every convo, making me wanna scream “FAFO is overused!” in people’s faces

  5. Richard2468 Avatar

    People say”? I literally never heard of it before, I had to google it.

  6. BusyBeeBridgette Avatar

    “This is where the fun begins” is a much better saying for being an idiot and seeing the consequences come their way.

  7. attentionseeker2020 Avatar

    I mean most acronyms run their course and get used way too much…..

  8. Tomag720 Avatar

    I only say it when someone is trying to fuck with me, not when they’re making a bad choice.

  9. MalfoyHolmes14 Avatar

    I love FAFO and now I’m going to say it even more.

  10. IsItDeathTimeYet Avatar

    I have no idea what FAFO is.

  11. annaf62 Avatar

    i’ve NEVER seen anyone “overuse” this or any similar phrases to describe any random mistake. ive only seen it when it’s genuinely warranted. i honestly don’t think it’s as common as this post makes it seem

    i didn’t even know what the acronym was i had to google it😭

  12. Any_Owl_8009 Avatar

    Just another instance of slang being picked up and beaten to death by…well ifykyk

  13. Theban86 Avatar

    It’s one thing to have empathy for the misery of our fellow human being. It’s another thing if you make something stupid or irresponsible and try to share and upload that with a narrative repackage in order try and get some kind of validation or clout.

    Like… No…

  14. No_Pick_4621 Avatar

    This saying doesn’t bother me, but putting AF after things drives me nuts

  15. cyainanotherlifebro Avatar

    Yes we’ve heard of the phrase but you can’t just abbreviate things and never once say wtf you’re talking about.

  16. specifichero101 Avatar

    I hate these types of phrases. The term I’ve heard before and like to use is “community chest phrases”. We all have the internet, all of us are on it too much so we see this shit constantly. So when people continually use these expressions like it’s funny or novel I’m so baffled. It reads like the entire internet is just talking to itself using these recycled words. Just say things that are a creation of your own thoughts and it’ll be Infinitely more interesting than whatever parroted expression you have heard a million times before

  17. Demonyx12 Avatar

    Room temperature IQ tough-guys and run-of-the-mill bullies tend to use this phrase a lot as it’s a pithy way to justify their love of cruelty, violence, and condemnation.

  18. lillychr14 Avatar

    The fact that so many people have fucked around and NOT found out is a major issue.

  19. KobeJuanKenobi9 Avatar

    I’ve only seen it used in circumstances where it was warranted