I hate

The phrase "Treat the disease, not the symptoms" and its variations. Pretty much exclusively used by cunts who aren't doing either thing, but love the sound of their own voice criticising others. It's also a particularly stupid metaphor, because doctors treat symptoms all the damn time.

1. It's not a binary option. Doing one doesn't prevent you or somebody else also doing the other.
   
2. Symptoms are the things that kill you.
   
3. Not treating them often creates the risk of other diseases piling in.
   
   

I volunteer as an interview trainer at a charity helping unemployed, mostly homeless men do better at job interviews.

Someone: That's only treating the -
Me: Yeah, drop dead in a ditch.