It's probably been around a while (I don't get out much, not that anyone is complaining), but I'm impressed with the ubiquity of the phrase "You Got This!"
I hear and see it almost everywhere and am even more impressed by the numerous non-answers to my question of 'What is it I've got?' from people who just a moment previously had told me I got it. My evil twin Skippy thinks that 'You Got This' has replaced 'Have a nice day,' in the fill-up-the-awkward-silences when we don't know what else to say sweepstakes we have with one another.
He may be on to something. I get characterized by a lot of folks as standoffish or aloof because I suck at all that Hail Fellow, Well Met! horseshit that masquerades as meaningful interaction among so many. I have, at times, heard myself say to people in need of solace that I have no words to heal their hurt. I'm being honest, I don't.
I would have no idea when or why to say to another person 'You Got This!' (It's not even good English for crying out loud) so I don't, though I might be tempted if in response to my saying 'thank you,' they were to reply, 'No Problem.'
-bill kenny
