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LogDog75

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18. Trust me

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:48 AM

Mar 11

When I hear this I think "If you had already earned my trust then you wouldn't have to ask me to "trust you." This is the point my internal warning system starts raising red flags. Or, as the robot in the TV series Lost in Space would say: "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!"

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Phrases I NEVER want to hear again [View all] Buttoneer Mar 10 OP

Thinking out of the box Klarkashton Mar 10 #1

Yeah---it's so 20th-century! lastlib Mar 10 #13

At this point, True Dough Mar 11 #23

"President Trump said..." biophile Mar 10 #2

"Eat your kill" 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #3

"I didn't vote for this." FalloutShelter Mar 10 #4

"I gotchu" "We got this" "You got this" "I got this" Buttoneer Mar 10 #5

"Let's matrix this." SalamanderSleeps Mar 10 #6

It is what it is kerouac2 Mar 10 #7

I've always hated that one FoxNewsSucks Mar 10 #9

Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change happybird Mar 10 #10

It's a vapid, ridiculous tautology. lastlib Mar 10 #11

I appreciate you chowmama Mar 10 #8

"At the end of the day...." lastlib Mar 10 #12

Put on your big (boy or girl) pants... Marie Marie Mar 10 #14

Are you also opposed True Dough Mar 11 #24

No, somehow the word knickers amuses me. Marie Marie Mar 11 #25

That phrase makes me think of the candy bar. Nt spooky3 Mar 11 #27

The Democrat Party. MIButterfly Mar 10 #15

Agreed! That drives me bonkers! Mad_Dem_X Mar 11 #22

Makes me crazy too. Fuck Bob Dole. FadedMullet Mar 11 #32

"Fake news" synni Mar 10 #16

six-seven Intractable Mar 11 #17

Trust me LogDog75 Mar 11 #18

'putin told me ,,,and you can take him at his word" witkoff rampartd Mar 11 #29

This is not who we are 10 Turtle Day Mar 11 #19

"Bottom line" is so arrogant. Who are you to say what the "bottom line" is??! Buttoneer Mar 11 #20

It's up to you. Fla Dem Mar 11 #21

Woke JohnnyLib2 Mar 11 #26

2 very common ones from DU GusBob Mar 11 #28

I absolutely disagree Skittles Mar 11 #33

Thats kinda the point GusBob Mar 11 #34

"Leaning in" Blues Heron Mar 11 #30

Spicy Blues Heron Mar 11 #31

it is what it is DBoon Mar 11 #35

Having said that WmChris Mar 11 #36

Football player, or worse Ryder Cup golfer, displacedvermoter Mar 11 #37

Guardrails and Off-Ramps NEOH Mar 11 #38

And fucking justices and judges displacedvermoter Mar 11 #42

"My bad" PittBlue Mar 11 #39

"Have a blessed day" Zorro Mar 11 #40

"I threw up in my mouth a little" Skittles Mar 11 #41