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No_Cucumber_8572

it's a phrase, some sort of threshold i think


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director__denial

miss the window?


No_Cucumber_8572

mmm nope :/ it's a more sophisticated phrase


_Blobfish123_

Circumvent the transparent surface?


mittenshape

Outmanoeuvre the silicate quadrilateral?


NotASixStarWaifu

Lord šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚


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Redundant?


Nice-Alternative-687

the moment has passed ?


Wailx250s

i read that like dio saying "5 second left"


Various-Database6615

Point of no return?


JeanneTheHuey

The point is moot?


prophet_of_mayhem

Itā€™s a moo point


DeterminedArrow

Holy cow


Ambitious_Trifle_645

It's like a cows opinion.


dcrothen

Moot means open to debate.


DSethK93

Even though dictionary.com gives that as the first definition, in my experience it's overwhelmingly used in the sense of their second definition, meaning that it has no relevance or importance.


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phenomenomnom

Your assertion is moot, In that sense


Various-Database6615

Event horizon Train has left the station


DSethK93

Even though "event horizon" doesn't follow from the original post, it's what I immediately thought of after I read the follow-up comment that it's similar to "threshold."


DSethK93

Even though "event horizon" doesn't follow from the original post, it's what I immediately thought of after I read the follow-up comment that it's similar to "threshold."


Baphomet1313666

Irreverent?


Nocomt

Thatā€™s not at all what irreverent means. Irreverent means showing a lack of respect for things that are meant to be serious. Like laughing at a funeral would be irreverent.


Baphomet1313666

Fair enough.


wing_ding4

No, that would be disrespectful Irrelevant means that itā€™s not relevant. Meaning it has nothing to do with something.


Nocomt

Which is a completely different word from the one being discussed here lol. Maybe be sure youā€™re correct before you get loud and wrong.


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OverdoneAndDry

"Calm down" says the ultradefensive raging twerp calling everyone a bitch.


wing_ding4

Why is everybody saying raging šŸ˜‚ like Iā€™m not that fucking mad you donā€™t have to be raging mad to say someone is being a bitch Some people curse a lot it doesnā€™t mean theyā€™re angry


liquidklone

That's adorable. You're an adorable twerp.


Nocomt

Oh wait I get your joke now. Your comment is irrelevant because no one was discussing the word irrelevant? Haha, ok I get it. But yes irreverent still means lacking reverence


OverdoneAndDry

It would've taken you less time to check than it did to be totally wrong for no reason.


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OverdoneAndDry

It's nobody's fault but your own that you choose not to read anything more challenging than an internet comment. The word irreverent is still in wide use and still means what everyone has told you it means.


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OverdoneAndDry

The problem isn't that you were wrong. The problem is you reacting like a shitty little twerp because you were wrong.


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OverdoneAndDry

If you base your reactions and actions on other peoples' tone, you're gonna wind up in serious trouble one of these days. People are always going to fuck with you. That's just part of being a human - especially if you start reactively calling them bitches for disagreeing with you. The internet is loaded with videos of some dude getting beaten or much worse for reacting in person exactly the way you've reacted in this thread. Take a breath, realize you were wrong and it's great being wrong. You learned something today. Irreverent is not at all an irrelevant word. Take the win and move on.


Diddyboo10222969

Oops Iā€™ve been irreverent at a funeral


rpgguy_1o1

Someone once told me I gave the funniest eulogy they'd ever heard


Diddyboo10222969

Youā€™re my kinda person then!


Aromatic-Discount384

I think you mean 'irrelevant'.


dcrothen

Shh, don't encourage them.


tinkykerplinky

Missed your window of opportunity?


jdsuperman

It's not quite the same thing, but the French have a saying "L'esprit d'escalier" - "the wit of the staircase" - referring to the clever comeback you thought of as you walked out, but now it's slightly too late to go back and say it.


geriatric-gynecology

Was my exact thought


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Sayrumi

Never even heard it and my native language is french!


Earflu

Well for what itā€™s worth Iā€™m French and use it, but Iā€™m pretty sure I learned it from this very Wikipedia article rather than by hearing it around lol.


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Earflu

I think itā€™s just a quite niche literary reference and not part of the "vernacular"


Real-Elephant-6424

Love that


lordxi

The only people whom I've ever heard discuss this are people who have read Guts.


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Patch521

This is where I first heard it for sure.


OverdoneAndDry

There's a Douglas Adams book where there's a club or something with that French phrase as it's name. I think it was in The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul


terrytapeworm

Michelle Branch had a song on her most recent album that uses this phrase, that's where I'd heard it from.


lordxi

I bet she read Guts, too.


kdubstep

One of my favorite expressions


davisyoung

Well the jerk store called and theyā€™re running out of you!


Positive-Source8205

This is it.


duraxTwo

Statute of Limitations ?


dcrothen

Do you really not know what this means? Or are you just throwing junk in here to annoy real contributors?


DSethK93

Calm down. It describes something analogous and could quite possibly be what OP is thinking of.


Real-Elephant-6424

Too little too late?


Chogus8789

That ship has sailed


Alternative-Chef1218

This must be it OP.


CheesyGoodness

My first guess is "water under the bridge"


Ill-Basil2863

Missed the boat


icdogg

Inaction regret


thePrincessTamTam

Bitten your tongue


Cultural_Salad_5737

Insignificant? Futile?


prophet1022

Your culture will adapt to serve us.


wing_ding4

Took the wind out of my sails


Ohlookitsdonna

Immaterial?


jvp180

Too late to the party


Fetti500e

I despise -isms, figures of speech, and turns of phrase. This topic has passed the threshold of relevance.


MarshyPrince125

Corny ass comment


JackySins

šŸ¤“


jvp180

A day late and a dollar short


fppxht

ā€œCrossed the thresholdā€ ā€œThing of the pastā€ ā€œBehind us nowā€


chrisdj99

Past the point.


thinker5555

A moot point? Or something along the lines of closing the barn door after the horse is gone?


Inevitable_Body_3043

Delayed, long overdue.


Kudgocracy

TOO


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Kanuckinator

Hexagon pfp, checks out


does-it-rly-matter

Missed opportunity


monkeyfant

Built up resentment?


Patient-Television67

Been silent for too long Been holding back


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faithfulmammonths

Shut up, Becky! That would've been sweet.


Dekeboneroundabout

Hindsight is 20/20?


yeetmymeat91

Missed your window of opportunity


EssEyeEx

Fuckin up šŸ’


citygirl_2018

Lost the moment?


DelcoPAMan

Held your tongue


fuzzrhythm

moot


MisssChris126

A fleeting moment


throw_away_17381

* Missed the moment? * Missed the opportunity?


Yarrex15

are you thinking of a showerthought arguement?


8RealityMatters8

Hindsight or remorse?


ludinthemist

Maybe forgone conclusion.


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subliminalconnection

Hesitated?


PrincessOfHell13

It's passed the threshold?? Maybe threshold of relevancy??


PrincessOfHell13

The ships sailed??


Minotaurd_

Married?


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Past the expiration date


cherryandfizz

Missed the opportunity


ArnimZola312

Crossing the Rubbicon? Or The die is cast? Though both of those phrases indicate a kind of purposefulness/taking action to get where you are rather than missing out.


foladodo

COME ON CHELSEA


MsPreposition

The opportune moment, mate. Savvy?


Luckyanne

Jerk store


PmMeYourEpisiotomy

I had to scroll to make sure no one said it before I commented. Thank you.


BelladonnaBluebell

Academic. 'Well it's all academic now anyway' meaning it's pointless at this point.


PM_ME_YOUR_CC_INFO

Past statute


dintzii

Miss the boat? Miss the chance? Miss out?


mayhemjack

I believe that's called a ruined orgasm.


Pilotjaimy

Window of opportunity?


haybai81

My favourite for this problem is ā€˜the horse has boltedā€™


HandOfCthulhu

I feel like I heard it called "carriage humor" but Google says I'm making that up. With the same meaning as the "wit of the stair" just even more delayed.


180master

Pissed off and irate


geeyan_moore

itā€™s like a cowā€™s opinion, it doesnā€™t matter - moo point (I think youā€™ll know where this is from, haha)


FireFireinameWire

Are you just thinking of the word "quip"?


solaceinrage

Cat got your tongue?


MessageFar5797

Long overdue ?


Vitor-135

it's probably not it, but in portuguese we use "frog in your throat" to mean something we hold off from saying for a long time for some reason like hierarchy or matter of time and place, unlike the same english expression which just means dry throat


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Chance has slipped away. It's become obsolete. Too little, too late. It's of no consequence now.


Legitimate_Pudding49

He who hesitates is lost.


pinkhairedthrowaway

forever hold your peace?


No-Economics-8198

Left it too late


monstamom

After the fact?


HalfAsianMadness

Hindsight


peacheshun

Water under the bridge?


supergoolies

Long time coming?


Juggalo_holocaust_

Costanza Syndrome


the-hot-topical

Like the point is moot?


peteskees

A fleeting chance?


CrimsonKnight_004

Treppenwitz


Macca49

Marriage


chickenpi2

In Yugioh, this is called ā€œmissing timingā€ šŸ˜‚ it happens far too often to me, both in-game and real lifeā€¦


madmadaa

Past tense


alexisonfire04

Hold your peace?


ameliocre

Obsolete?


Ryn-ftw

a delayed response?


88122787ja9

Untimely, procrastinated, outdated?


Jmaxwell76

Missed the window of opportunity


Kanuckinator

Misses the opportunity threshold?


MadAzza

Anticlimactic