And very much the opposite of how many good things came to be - for example, inventors typically invent things with many failures first.
Not 100% sure this is Thomas Edison but a quote attributed to him goes "I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps."
TRUMP: First of all, you — I know the people in Chicago. I know the police, because I built the building there. I spent a lot of time — the building, it was a — it’s a great building, a really great building.
How are serious people, seriously voting for this guy again?
Tbf, you're pointing out the vowels which make the sounds needed to pronounce the acronym as a word. But I get it, either way, we're pronouncing the word as a standalone word.
If something's rate of hype is too fast for my internal meter, I will become immediately skeptical of the trend/show/etc. and not care about it, solely because everyone is caring about it too much and too fast.
I appreciate this alternative interpretation. Many of the responses here are helping to show the many lenses that can be looked through at the same phrases!
You bring an interesting point! So there's a Japanese phrase this reminds me of: Shouganai (しょうがない) which translates to "It can't be helped". For me, this hits differently than "It is what it is".
Perhaps it's the context, as I know it's said about natural disasters like tsunamis and therefore has a connotation of the "getting on with fixing it" like you said.
And very much the opposite of how many good things came to be - for example, inventors typically invent things with many failures first. Not 100% sure this is Thomas Edison but a quote attributed to him goes "I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps."