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{{Short description|Slang phrase used as a simple existential observation}}
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'''''Shit happens''''' is a slang sentence that is used as a simple [[existentialism|existential]] observation that life is full of unfortunate unpredictable events, similar to "[[C'est la vie (phrase)|''c'est la vie'']]". The sentence is an acknowledgment that bad things happen to people seemingly for no particular reason.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199505/shit-happens|title=Shit happens|journal=[[Psychology Today]]|location=New York|date=May 1995|access-date=2007-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vic & Sade (pg 02) 1940–1941|url=https://archive.org/details/VicSade1940-1941|work=Sound Recording|access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref> 

It can also be said less vulgarly, including phrases such as "it happens" or "stuff happens".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/jeb-bush-stuff-response-gun-violence/story?id=34209380|title=Jeb Bush Says 'Stuff Happens' In Response to Gun Violence|date=2 October 2015|website=ABC News}}</ref>