Do you ever say this?

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Lemon-Cake-8100@reddit

All. The. Time. I work w/young ppl who say (after a mistake), "well, i just ASSUMED...". Time to teach the lesson!!

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Luna_Floral0519@reddit

Jr. High School science teacher always said it

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

I always reply that I’m willing to make an ass of myself if I can make an ass of YOU!

Be careful what you warn about. I’m not afeared, and you don’t know how low I’ll stoop.

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relenstar@reddit

Yeah, I used to hear it a lot, but it seemed a stupid thing to say. That very same person may later berate you to, "just use common sense." The latter being nothing BUT assumptions.

The generation before us were just a walking set of shouted cliche's, confusing clever wordplay with real knowledge. Essentially yesterday's media for memes.

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Caliopebookworm@reddit

I never say it but I am always reminded of the phrase.

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SunshynePower@reddit

I never heard it until I was about 17 and the guy saying it to me was a huge jerk. So, now I have an internal red flag up on anyone who says that to me. It's not normally wrong.

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Accomplished-Ruin742@reddit

The nuns say "when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me." Then they hit you on the hand with a ruler.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit (OP)

Oh yeah. The ruler! I was so scared of our nun.

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pickleball_bender@reddit

I think it more than I say it. Saying it makes a person sound like an ass. 😅

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glucoman01@reddit

That right there is out of the Minority Report .

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drrwjjphd@reddit

i thought it was make an ass out of uma thurman.

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RobustDude79@reddit

I knew someone who said When you assume, you make an ass out of Uma Thurman.

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

Got it from the Odd Couple from years ago.

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gnortsmracr@reddit

This is the reason why I avoid using it and instead rely on “presume” .

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Unluckiest-of-All@reddit

Actually, I quote Samuel L. Jackson’s character Mitch Hennessy from ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’ - “When you make an assumption, you make an ass out of you and umption”. 😅

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Fiercesome5@reddit

I go with the Samuel L. Jackson version from Jackie Brown: "Assumption makes an ass out of you and umption."

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Ralgol@reddit

Actually, I think that's from The Long Kiss Goodnight. Unless he said it in both

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Consistent-Tie-4394@reddit

And Umption does not appreciate being made in an Ass!

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit (OP)

Always fun to see the persons reaction.

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Yep. I’ve said those words. Or “and how’s that working out for you?” Is also good for the snark factor

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correct_eye_is@reddit

Off topic but the other day I heard a new one. Someone said we have an issue to which another person said sounds like and ish you not an ish me.

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Sudden_Office8710@reddit

Well, you got Pats and Ginos but I always liked Ish kabbbles the best. They have the best fries to go along with it.

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LostBetsRed@reddit

I remember this from the Bad News Bears movie. I use it frequently, along with the related "whenever you make an assumption, you make an ass out of u and mption."

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Sudden_Office8710@reddit

Speaking of bad news bears how many of you had a crush on Tatum O’Neil growing up

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Revolutionary_Buy943@reddit

I don't say this, but I do say something along the lines of, "You know what happens when you assume." Because it's usually true.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit (OP)

I’ve done that too and confused the person. Then they get the ah-ha moment.

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DjinnaG@reddit

I don’t say that, but I think it every time I have to remember if assume is spelled with one S or two

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

Everyone said that, because it was a big line in Bad News Bears, which anyone <15 in the 1970s saw at least once.

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More_Law6245@reddit

As a project manager I had this made up as a T-Shirt along with "how does your lack of planning justify my emergency".

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neoprenewedgie@reddit

I know it from The Odd Couple. I don't know if it predates that.

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witchsneeze@reddit

I say “you and your mother” (I don’t, but sometimes I think it)

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Ecstatic-Skill-4916@reddit

I thought it was, "When you assume, you make an ass out of yourself."

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Mededitor@reddit

When Mike Myers did it in “Up in the Air,” it was already shopworn. Anyone using it since is, ah, late to the party.

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Eazy12345678@reddit

8 billion people u are the only one. ur special

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

New try to teach a cow to sing.

It watses your time and annoys the cow.

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gchance1@reddit

No, but when I first heard it from Benny Hill in like 1979, I thought it was the funniest thing. I was ten years old, of course.

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archedhighbrow@reddit

I first heard it on The Odd Couple 1973, "My Strife in Court".

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I need to research how old it is. Thinking back on it, Benny thought he was being so clever but he couldn't have come up with it. I don't know if that episode pre-dates The Odd Couple though. The video could be 70s or 80s to me.

https://youtu.be/bPsg42EKJic?si=yeoWjwaHNYbuQkbE

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archedhighbrow@reddit

It's sounds like Benny Hill would have originated it. I only say that because wasn't he around before the Odd Couple?

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gchance1@reddit

He was, but the sketch in question wasn't until 1982.

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archedhighbrow@reddit

It was challenging figuring out which decade the video was from. The early 80s blend so much with the 70s to me.

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gchance1@reddit

Found it, Benny's sketch was 1982. So Clearly Felix was before that, and after general searches I'm not finding anything earlier. Some were saying Oscar Wilde but nobody has references.

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archedhighbrow@reddit

Awesome! Just saw your post after guessing it was Benny. Sweet to hear it was Felix. He was something else.

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9inez@reddit

Bad News Bears is where I learned it.

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KarmicWhiplash@reddit

Same.

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Cobalt_sewist@reddit

I say it all the time to my GCSE class when they assume and don’t infer 😂

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TheJokersChild@reddit

I've brought up that reference, but I have to explain where it comes from almost every time.

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Hib3rnian@reddit

Yea but I'm a dick like that

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Brilliant-Pie5207@reddit

No but that’s because my dad used it all the time and usually in the wrong situation.

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Expensive_Rhubarb_87@reddit

No, but I with presume.

You’ve made a pres of u and me. Throw people for a loop

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lurk3141592653589793@reddit

"When you assassinate, you make an ass out of I, and Nate." - Ben Stein (or his writers)

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PlumbicZeppelin@reddit

Your ass sucks canal water through a flex straw.

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neo101b@reddit

No though how presumptuous of you. /s

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LASER_Dude_PEW@reddit

It's my mantra. 😀

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

That got said a lot when I was early in my working career...to the point where I'm tired of it and don't repeat it.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit (OP)

That's how I heard about it first - my work office.

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

No, that's some boomer shit.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit (OP)

Guess it got passed down with a bunch of other shit.

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aran_maybe@reddit

Never. It’s stupid.

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TypePuzzleheaded6228@reddit

Felix Unger in "The Odd Couple"!

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bazzoozzab@reddit

That's where I learned it.

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Apart-Cream-4940@reddit

No. But I think it

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TheChocolateWarOf74@reddit

I said it 2 nights ago.

My co worker has a bad habit of assuming the worst/malicious intent in situations where it most likely is not involved.

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Born_Motor_9624@reddit

Yep and I say it to mayself and to others to remind them. I just say whar are the first three letters and leave it at that. I hate assuming and that is why I can't talk to AI.

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blindside1@reddit

I said it last week.

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Luxeru@reddit

You dick!

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73rd-virgin@reddit

I remember my mother saying this, and I occasionally say it too.

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wolfysworld@reddit

My mom says it. I don’t say it because it’s annoying.

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Fudloe@reddit

I don't often say it. But I think it, every single time.

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xtrobot@reddit

I say "You make an ass of yourself" because no one makes an ass out of me except me

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AdditionalTip865@reddit

The person who I remember saying that was one of the worst teachers I ever had and made a lot of terrible assumptions herself, so I'm a bit allergic to the saying.

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PretzelsRule23@reddit

I didn't but my dad did

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Bladrak01@reddit

"Assumption is the mother of all fuckups." One of the few good things to come from Under Siege 2.

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ParticularInitial147@reddit

I hate the that saying.

Anyone with a military planning background knows that any formal planning starts with facts and assumptions and that you do your best to verify your assumptions validity to turn them into facts, or not.

Or, in daily life, you make assumptions all the time. You assume the grocery store is open when you get in the car. You assume a person standing behind a counter will take your money, you assume that most people you interact with everyday are not going to kill you. A million assumptions every day.

That phrase is, at best just a smart ass remark (jokingly or not depending on situation), and at worst uncovers some pretty shallow understanding of how the world works.

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Mugwumps_has_spoken@reddit

your presume things.
Presume means to suppose something is true based on probability, evidence, or prior knowledge. Assume means to take something for granted or suppose it is true with little or no evidence

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ParticularInitial147@reddit

Well, there ya go. Maybe the military should say facts and presumptions

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snarf_the_brave@reddit

I always think of the line from The Long Kiss Goodnight. "When you make an assumption, you make an ass out of u and umption."

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ConclusionFlat1843@reddit

Do you ever say "When you make assumptions you make an ass out of 'u' and 'mptions'."?

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padall@reddit

I mean, it's a very common and popular saying, not specific to any one generation... So, yes.

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

Yessir.

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sdavids5670@reddit

I used to jokingly butcher it by saying “whenever you make an assumption, you make and ass out of you and umption”

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Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit

Like Sam Jackson in The Long Kiss Goodnight.

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FantasticPear@reddit

What are you a Mormon?

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oddball_ocelot@reddit

Is that how it goes? I've always used it " When you assume, You become apain in the Ass to Me."

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Foulwinde@reddit

Nice one.

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Foulwinde@reddit

All the time.

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HighJeanette@reddit

Often

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

Yeah

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SeparateCzechs@reddit

No, but I will reference it for others to finish. Or I will go straight to the punch line like the interrupting cow I am.

“Careful! Don’t make an Ass out of U and Me.” Without saying the word assume.

Or

“You know why we don’t ever Assume. So knock it off.”

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Kimura-Sensei@reddit

I say you make an ass out of you NOT me.

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FROG123076@reddit

Yes I do at work all the time. I have work with an Attorney who is always assuming something didn't get done and go off about it only for us to show him if had take time to just look too see that yes it has been done. I tell the time it takes him to send a nasty email he would have seen it was done, but because he assumed he is now making as ass out of himself which is making me an ass right back. Just went thought it yesterday with him. He then avoids me for awhile, cause just like most bullies he is a coward when confronted.

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JustSomeBoringRando@reddit

The first time I heard that was in 6th grade. We came back from lunch and my teacher had the word written on the board and proceeded to angrily point out the words. She didn't say them, but said "You make THIS out of U and ME." There had been a rumor floating around (For the life of me I can't remember the details) but man, she was madder than I had ever seen her.

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Motor_Struggle_3605@reddit

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f700es@reddit

1st day of architecture school. We were told to never assume anything.

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socgrandinq@reddit

I hear Felix Unger saying it

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handsomeape95@reddit

I remember first seeing it on Benny Hill while watching it with my dad.

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lazygerm@reddit

Me too! That's where I learned it!

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Quix66@reddit

Yes! Not usually out loud but sometimes on Reddit!

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daemonhat@reddit

sometimes, but i usually end it "but mostly just you"

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Historical-Kick-9126@reddit

Nope. But I think it. In my dad’s voice.

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Emotional_Mess261@reddit

Helps me to spell it correctly

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Mr_Tort_Feasor@reddit

Heard it frequently as a kid. It's most often used by someone who is trying to dispute an assumption that is 100% accurate but they don't want to admit it.

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ImaginaryAd6339@reddit

My 10th grade geometry teacher had that written on the whiteboard in permanent marker.

She was also the Cheerleading coach, and our after-lunch class would often digress into matters that were only tangentially related to geometry.

I was late enrolling that year and I don't think if they'd known anything about me I'd have been placed in that class

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