Dumbass Sayings: “A Chain Is Only As Strong As Its Weakest Link”

According to this saying,
if one link in this fence is weak,
the entire thing will collapse.

Perhaps you've heard the saying that “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link” meaning if one single person in a group is weak then the whole group is weak. Obviously, that’s not always true or even true most of the time. The saying is more true as it relates to actual chains because if a chain has a weak link it doesn't matter if the rest is made out of titanium, it will break. The easy way to get around this problem is to position the weakest link on the end that way even if it breaks you still have a nearly complete functioning chain. 

This solution also relates to the metaphor for humans. If you have a team of people, you put your weakest person on the bench away from the action so they can’t negatively affect the team’s performance. Just because they’re on the team doesn't automatically make the team as weak as they are. If they’re put into a key position like the center of the chain THEN the saying is true, but who the hell does that? No one with a functioning brain that’s for sure. Or maybe someone with a brain that’s only as strong as its weakest neuron.

Dumbass Sayings: “There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”

A "lunch", presumably one that has been paid for.

There’s a saying in economics that “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”. The saying began in the early 20th century where bars that would advertise a free lunch to lure customers in so they would buy drinks. The idea is that even if a meal is technically free, there still is some kind of price. For instance if an annoying friend invites you out to lunch and pays for it, that’s technically a free lunch, but you had to sit through them talking the whole time about their stupid nonsense so at the end of the day it’s like you really did pay for the meal. 

"There's no such thing as a free lunch" is a dumbass saying because of homeless people. If there’s no such thing as a free lunch then how the hell do these people survive? Are they only eating breakfast and dinner? There have to be a few free lunches in there somewhere. So there is such a thing as a free lunch, but you can only have one if you’re homeless which is fine because in that case you actually need one. If you’re not homeless, pay for your damn lunch. Is that so difficult? Case closed.