beerandsens wrote:
It's not rocket surgery, it's kind of like saying "some people will say the glass is half empty, but it is also half full", which is a far cry from not caring or saying "Waaah people complain too much".
Is it brain science then?
http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/rocket_surgery/
Editorial Note: Often used jocularly in negative constructions similar to “It’s not rocket surgery.”
I'm a man of simple pleasures, and I've always enjoyed that saying, especially when it's done unwittingly by a ranting lunatic