"We all want what we can't have" is such BS

[Brodie888]

Context is everything.

People usually quote this saying to those who are fixated on attaining something that's unreasonable or unlikely.

The other application is for people who want to "Have (keep) their cake and eat it". ie have it both ways.

So the user is basically telling the other person to get over it and focus on something that is attainable.

Some people use it as a throw away line to describe the futility of something they are doing that is unattainable.

 

[bigboaster]

Context is everything.

People usually quote this saying to those who are fixated on attaining something that's unreasonable or unlikely.

The other application is for people who want to "Have (keep) their cake and eat it". ie have it both ways.

So the user is basically telling the other person to get over it and focus on something that is attainable.

Some people use it as a throw away line to describe the futility of something they are doing that is unattainable.

I don't entirely disagree.

 

[Black TinTin]

Context is everything.

People usually quote this saying to those who are fixated on attaining something that's unreasonable or unlikely.

The other application is for people who want to "Have (keep) their cake and eat it". ie have it both ways.

So the user is basically telling the other person to get over it and focus on something that is attainable.

Some people use it as a throw away line to describe the futility of something they are doing that is unattainable.

"People usually quote this saying to those who are fixated on attaining something that's unreasonable or unlikely."

Yes and no. It is a bit deeper than that. I would not use the phrase on someone who has a dream that they most likely can't make a reality. I would say that the phrase is mostly used when the fixation is solely based on the reality that the attaining is impossible.

 

[FrankieGuile]

"People usually quote this saying to those who are fixated on attaining something that's unreasonable or unlikely."

Yes and no. It is a bit deeper than that. I would not use the phrase on someone who has a dream that they most likely can't make a reality. I would say that the phrase is mostly used when the fixation is solely based on the reality that the attaining is impossible.

Que sera, sera.

 

[coordinatedchaos]

It's just a lament.