Get in the fuckin' sack

A phrase intended to remind magical thinkers of the ridiculousness of their claims.

Irish comedian Dara O'Briain first used the phrase in his stand-up performances when talking about priests, astrologers, and the like. He said that he would put them all in a big sack, tie the sack up with string, and hit them all with sticks.

He then went on to say that when someone gives a facile answer to a difficult question, and that person is then asked to provide evidence, but replies with "There's more to life than evidence," the proper response to that magical thinker is "Get in the fuckin' sack."

Hey, what happens to us after we die?

Oh, the good people go to live with god, and the bad people suffer for all eternity.

What's the evidence for that?

It's in the Bible.

Get in the fuckin' sack.

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ITMT-IP

ITMT-IP stands for I Think Magical Thinking Is Primitive. Which is used in the dating world to signify that you don't relate to personality tests. Referring mostly to Myers & Briggs' 16 Personality Types. It is mostly inspired by the book The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves by Annie Murphy Paul.

And serves as an excuse to get out of awkward conversations about personality tests.

I'm sorry I'm an ITMT-IP. We're a little bit special, crystals and alternative medicine don't work on us. They say it's because we have no personality.