The phrase "You're dead to me" is:
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October 3rd, 2012 at 1:30:34 PM
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Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:36:32 PM
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Depends on the context. Either a light hearted expression of annoyance, or a more serious comment meaning "stop talking to me" or "talk to the hand the face ain't listening".
I'd never view it as a death threat.
Suspicious minds expect this thread to have at least one ban as a result :)
I'd never view it as a death threat.
Suspicious minds expect this thread to have at least one ban as a result :)
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
October 3rd, 2012 at 1:40:43 PM
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It's a very common phrase simply meaning that you are non-existant as far as that person is concerned. It is figurative, not literal or physical.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 2:04:13 PM
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I marked "other" although I almost chose "An expression for ending all contact w/someone." I think that's usually the case, but had to mark other simply because I have known people to use it as a joke among friends, or quasi-seriously to a friend during a heated moment of passion, to be retracted later.
"So drink gamble eat f***, because one day you will be dust." -ontariodealer
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:09:25 PM
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Quote: AcesAndEightsI have known people to use it as a joke among friends, or quasi-seriously to a friend during a heated moment of passion, to be retracted later.
I'm sure it's not the originally intended use of the phrase, but this is the only context in which I've ever heard "you're dead to me" actually used.
"So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:11:59 PM
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I've heard Patrick use it on Spongebob Squarepants.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 2:22:55 PM
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I'm sure the person this is really directed at
won't cry himself to sleep at night. Could the
title of this thread be anymore obvious?
won't cry himself to sleep at night. Could the
title of this thread be anymore obvious?
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:27:04 PM
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If you hear it at the end of a first date, things didn't go well.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 2:36:50 PM
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Quote: EvenBobCould the
title of this thread be anymore obvious?
Yes, but I'm not about to start listing the more obvious titles that are coming to mind...;-)
"So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:39:59 PM
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Quote: rxwineIf you hear it at the end of a first date, things didn't go well.
LOL!! I heard it in the middle of a date once. I don't think it was quite a first date, but it was early in the relationship. I was joking around about how Jane Austen wrote the same book several times and is revered, while others who have done the same have been openly mocked. Turns out she was a big fan of the Sensible Persuasion of Emma's Prejudices.
"So as the clock ticked and the day passed, opportunity met preparation, and luck happened." - Maurice Clarett
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:43:57 PM
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It's something that an intelligent person might say to someone who won't stop harassing them.
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:47:29 PM
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Quote: rdw4potusYes, but I'm not about to start listing the more obvious titles that are coming to mind...;-)
How's this: "I had a disagreement with someone who reads this board about the meaning and possible interpretations of this phrase: 'You're dead to me'." ?
Wordy?
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:49:08 PM
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Quote: Mission146I've heard Patrick use it on Spongebob Squarepants.
It's used often on the Disney Channel as well. My favorite was Dr. Doofenshmirtz telling Christmas "You're Feliz Navi-Dead to me!" on the Phineas and Ferb Christmas special.
I've never heard it used seriously. Then again, I'm rarely serious.
Each of us is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Preparing for a fight about your bad decision is not as smart as making a good decision.
October 3rd, 2012 at 2:50:09 PM
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Quote: 1BBIt's something that an intelligent person might say to someone who won't stop harassing them.
No its not. Its something melodramatic you hear in
a godfather like movie. Nobody in real life walks
around saying 'you're dead to me', its silly. Its overkill,
like 'I might tear your head off and feed it to my pigs'.
No you won't.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:01:14 PM
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Doofenschmirtz uses it regularly. He told that to Perry the Platypus when Perry was, "Cheating," on him by fighting another villian. He used it again when he was having a heart-to-heart with Perry about his feelings during which Perry escaped from one of his traps.
My son used to be big on Phineas & Ferb, but now he's more into The Fairly Oddparents.
My son used to be big on Phineas & Ferb, but now he's more into The Fairly Oddparents.
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October 3rd, 2012 at 3:07:49 PM
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Quote: Mission146Doofenschmirtz uses it regularly. He told that to Perry the Platypus when Perry was, "Cheating," on him by fighting another villian. He used it again when he was having a heart-to-heart with Perry about his feelings during which Perry escaped from one of his traps.
My son used to be big on Phineas & Ferb, but now he's more into The Fairly Oddparents.
Dinkelberg!!!
I was Doofenshmirtz for Halloween once. I'm actually watching the show right now...
Each of us is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Preparing for a fight about your bad decision is not as smart as making a good decision.
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:10:28 PM
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Context is everything, but it's commonly perceived as a death threat. See Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley in "Heat", on the phone with William Fitchner's double crossing investment banker character, Roger Van Zant:
Quote: Dialogue from the movie "Heat" via IMDB.com
Roger Van Zant: What are you doing?
Neil McCauley: What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone.
Roger Van Zant: I don't understand.
Neil McCauley: 'Cause there is a dead man on the other end of this f***in' line
This scene is a key one in the movie as De Niro's character later forgoes a clean get away from the cops to make good on the threat, but pays the ultimate price.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo da Vinci
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:12:39 PM
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Quote: Mission146Doofenschmirtz uses it regularly.
Exactly. This is the kind of doofus who would
say it. If somebody said it to me, I would laugh,
its not something a serious person would say.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:24:37 PM
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Quote: AyecarumbaContext is everything, but it's commonly perceived as a death threat.
Context does not mean changing the phrase for another one.
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:33:17 PM
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In all fairness, that's a really bad picture of Doofenschmirtz, he missed his meds that day...
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October 3rd, 2012 at 3:34:59 PM
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Quote: Mission146In all fairness, that's a really bad picture of Doofenschmirtz, he missed his meds that day...
Each of us is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
Preparing for a fight about your bad decision is not as smart as making a good decision.
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:38:16 PM
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Quote: FarFromVegas
Yeah, this one is much better. A real intellect.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:05:36 PM
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I find it used more as a joke... somewhat related to:
"I have no daughter." Or any family member. Similar to disownment, but not a legal term.
"I have no daughter." Or any family member. Similar to disownment, but not a legal term.
Its - Possessive; It's - "It is" / "It has"; There - Location; Their - Possessive; They're - "They are"
October 3rd, 2012 at 5:07:52 PM
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Quote: AyecarumbaContext is everything, but it's commonly perceived as a death threat. See Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley in "Heat", on the phone with William Fitchner's double crossing investment banker character, Roger Van Zant:(snip)
No, that's saying "You are a dead man". Which is a different kettle of fish.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
October 4th, 2012 at 2:17:52 PM
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October 4th, 2012 at 2:43:03 PM
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I was wondering when that photo of "Lily" was going to appear.
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth. - Mahatma Ghandi
October 5th, 2012 at 6:03:26 AM
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The phrase "you're dead to me.."
Is something that overly dramatic people
who have watched far too many soap operas and B movies use in real life conversation.
If someone is truly dead to you, you ignore them permanently as if they never existed.
You don't think about them, you don't respond to anything they say or do,
You don't talk about them, you don't respond to other people who talk about them.
You realize that hatred and obsession are far more toxic to you then to them, and you let it go.
The best revenge is a happy life.
Is something that overly dramatic people
who have watched far too many soap operas and B movies use in real life conversation.
If someone is truly dead to you, you ignore them permanently as if they never existed.
You don't think about them, you don't respond to anything they say or do,
You don't talk about them, you don't respond to other people who talk about them.
You realize that hatred and obsession are far more toxic to you then to them, and you let it go.
The best revenge is a happy life.
In a bet, there is a fool and a thief.
- Proverb.
