05-11-2021, 07:56 AM
(05-11-2021, 04:27 AM)F Gump Wrote: I also think that, with English not being his natural language, he doesn't perceive and intend the nuance that we feel when he says "It is what it is." From watching his expression and context when he uses that (and he uses it repeatedly, as somewhat of a go-to expression when he seems to be at a loss for words), I think he means something like "I don't make those decisions, but I'm really not worried by that at all" rather than "I don't like it but that's life so I'll try to make do" as we tend to take it.
Kind of like the GOAT starting almost every answer to a question with "obviously". It is almost a tic, or what they call in public speaking classes a "verbal pause". KP uses this a lot, could be one of the first expressions he used and understood when learning English.