{"id":1529,"date":"2015-09-17T18:20:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T00:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2023-02-14T01:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T07:29:07","slug":"been-there-done-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/been-there-done-that\/","title":{"rendered":"been there done that"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/time-of-our-lives-pitbull-ne-yo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>pitbull<\/strong>&#8216;s song with <strong>ne-yo<\/strong>, <strong><em>time of our lives<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>has been incredibly effective when i&#8217;ve used it in class this year.\u00a0 listen to pitbull&#8217;s dedication at 3:55&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>this is for everybody <em>going through<\/em> tough times; believe me, <em>been there, done that<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pitbull, Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bTXJQ5ql5Fw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>been there done that<\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0a reduction of the <strong>present perfect<\/strong> <em>i have been there (and) i have done that<\/em>\u00a0. it&#8217;s used to convey that <em>an experience is not new and perhaps even boring<\/em>. pitbull is telling his fans that he is famliar with <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/lebrons-final-press-conference-at-the-2015-nba-finals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tough <\/a>times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>go through<\/strong><\/em> means <em>experience<\/em> or <em>live.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carly-fiorina-been-there-done-that.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1730\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carly-fiorina-been-there-done-that-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"carly fiorina been there done that\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carly-fiorina-been-there-done-that-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/carly-fiorina-been-there-done-that.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>carly fiorina in last night&#8217;s debate (mark j. terrill\/ap\/corbis)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">republican presidential hopeful <strong>carly fiorina<\/strong> used the expression in last night&#8217;s debate on <strong>cnn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">i\u00a0have been very honest about this from the day it happened. when u challenge the status quo, u make enemies. i made a few. steve jobs told me that when he called me the day I was fired to say, hey, <em>been there, done that<\/em> twice.<\/h4>\n<p>in other words, when fiorina was fired from <strong>hewlett-packard<\/strong> in 2005, <strong>steve jobs<\/strong> could <em><strong>empathize<\/strong><\/em> (understand her feelings) because he was fired from <strong>apple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/william-saffire-been-there-done-that.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1711\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/william-saffire-been-there-done-that-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"william saffire been there done that\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/william-saffire-been-there-done-that-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/william-saffire-been-there-done-that.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>william safire:  been there, done that<\/em><\/h6>\n<p> by <strong>william safire<\/strong> published in the <strong>new york times<\/strong> in may of 1996\u00a0verifies that the phrase went viral as a result of this commercial for <strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">diet mountain dew<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1529-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/diet-mountatin-dew-been-there-done-that.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/diet-mountatin-dew-been-there-done-that.mp4\">http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/diet-mountatin-dew-been-there-done-that.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>the extreme sports dudes never actually say <em>been there done that<\/em> but the first line is\u00a0&#8220;done that&#8221; and the third line is\u00a0&#8220;been there&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>safire also observed that <em>been there done that<\/em> was competing with an existing\u00a0expression, <em><strong>same old same old<\/strong><\/em>, which indicates<em> boredom from repetition<\/em>. the two idioms\u00a0are alike, but\u00a0they are not interchangeable.\u00a0safire included an example from a 1988 rolling stone interview with stephen stills.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stephen-stills-neil-young-been-there-done-that.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1716\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stephen-stills-neil-young-been-there-done-that-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"stephen stills neil young been there done that\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stephen-stills-neil-young-been-there-done-that-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stephen-stills-neil-young-been-there-done-that.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>stephen stills and neil young as members of buffalo springfield (henry diltz\/corbis)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>stills is the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/worth-it-9-worthwhile-songs-for-what-its-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>for what it&#8217;s worth<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a song released in 1967 that was inspired by social protests of the day. \u00a0when asked how the song applied to the social environment at the end of the 80s, stills replied &#8220;<em>same old same old<\/em>&#8220;, i.e. nothing had changed.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>the same month in the same newspaper by <strong>timothy egan<\/strong> about author <strong>jon krakauer<\/strong>&#8216;s experience climbing mount everest in 1996  <em>been there done that<\/em> is a mountain climbing term. egan asked<\/p>\n<h4>[who] would not love to point to a picture of the 29,028-foot roof of the planet and <em>utter<\/em> the words that originated in mountaineering: <em>been there, done that<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>utter<\/strong><\/em> means <em>speak<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>the article reported that krakauer did not plan to write a book about the disastrous experience he and other climbers <em>went through. <\/em>nevertheless<em>,<\/em>\u00a0a year later his popular book\u00a0<em><strong>into thin air<\/strong><\/em> was published.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/into-thin-air-been-there-done-that.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1722 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/into-thin-air-been-there-done-that-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"into thin air been there done that\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/into-thin-air-been-there-done-that-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/into-thin-air-been-there-done-that.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the movie <em><strong>everest<\/strong><\/em> is not a direct adaptation of <em>into thin air<\/em>, but it is based on the same <strong><em>ill-fated<\/em><\/strong> (finished bad) expedition.\u00a0one of the characters in the movie is jon krakauer.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/john-krakauer-michael-kelly.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/john-krakauer-michael-kelly-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"john krakauer michael kelly\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/john-krakauer-michael-kelly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/john-krakauer-michael-kelly.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>jon krakauer(left) is played by michael kelly\u00a0(right) in <strong>everest<\/strong> [climbing.com]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>and the sense of <em><strong>accomplishment<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(reaching an objective) described at 1:23 in this trailer sounds similar to\u00a0what egan asked\u00a0nearly twenty years ago<\/p>\n<h4>a few more days, for the rest of your life you\u2019ll be a guy that got to the top of everest<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everest Official International Trailer #1 (2015) - Jake Gyllenhaal Thriller HD\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JnaopfyC-Qk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>dr. dre<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>been there done that\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>came out in 1997 (the same year as\u00a0krakauer&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><em>into thin air<\/em><\/strong>,). it was the first single he\u00a0released on his own label <strong>aftermath<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/cuernavaca-sinkhole-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>aftermath<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>refers to the environment after a traumatic situation.\u00a0dre&#8217;s selection of <em>aftermath<\/em> as the name of his brand was influenced by his experience in gangster rap group <strong>nwa<\/strong> and at iconic gangster rap label <strong>death row records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Dre - Been There Done That\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c80dWbiONqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the lyrics talk about dre&#8217;s various experiences and his personal wealth, and\u00a0the end of the video, like <em>time of our lives<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/buen-fin-is-it-really-the-shit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reminds<\/a> fans that dre also represents\u00a0<em>been there done that<\/em>\u00a0when talking about <em><strong>poverty<\/strong><\/em> (being poor).<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/straight-outta-compton-been-there-done-that.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1727\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/straight-outta-compton-been-there-done-that-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"straight outta compton been there done that\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/straight-outta-compton-been-there-done-that-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/straight-outta-compton-been-there-done-that.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>one of the storylines of<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/ice-cube-isnt-pissed-about-oscar-snub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> this successful movie<\/a> follows dr. dre&#8217;s trajectory from nwa to aftermath records<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>not everyone thinks <em>been there done that<\/em> is a cool thing to say though. <strong>paul rudd<\/strong>&#8216;s opinion\u00a0in the movie <em><strong>role models<\/strong><\/em> definitely represents an attitude many other people have. at :40 he includes <em>been there done that\u00a0<\/em>with <em><strong>asap<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>24\/7<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as fashionable expressions that people overuse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Role Models (1\/9) Movie CLIP - A Venti Coffee (2008) HD\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSk0B0dVq4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/sexy-vocab-in-wet-hot-american-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">paul rudd<\/a> is called a <em>dick<\/em> by the barista (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/sexy-vocab-in-wet-hot-american-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nina hellman<\/a><\/strong>), his girlfriend (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/sexy-vocab-in-wet-hot-american-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elizabeth banks<\/a><\/strong>), and he calls himself a <em>dick<\/em> too. <em><strong>dick<\/strong><\/em> means <em>penis<\/em>, but in this case <em>dick<\/em> is an insult used to indicate\u00a0rudd is insensitive, a jerk.<\/p>\n<p>banks also tells rudd he has lost the ability to take <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/joy-inside-out-and-other-places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joy<\/a> in life. rudd later reflects on this\u00a0criticism with his friend, played by <strong>seann william scott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>do u know what <em>24\/7<\/em> and <em>asap<\/em> mean? \u00a0which <em>been there done that<\/em> example is most useful for u? share your feelings under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.177\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pitbull&#8216;s song with ne-yo, time of our lives has been incredibly effective when i&#8217;ve used it in class this year.\u00a0 listen to pitbull&#8217;s dedication at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,286,75,30,56],"tags":[763,633,762,766,657,769,775,8,777,9,767,11,10,773,764,774,772,778,5111,761,90,776,771,770,5112,760,768],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/been-there-done-that.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13607,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions\/13607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}