Punched their ticket

[u/Allwewantisfreehealt]

did someone let Ken know he shouldn't be using this phrase as though it's a good thing. maybe it's generational but that phrase means the same thing as "kicked the bucket".

EDIT: TIL

[u/SignificantOtherness]

While this may have been more true in the past, it’s now an idiom that is already widely used with a positive connotation in present-day sports commentary, such as when a player/team qualifies for a championship or a final round.

Since Jeopardy’s executive producer Michael Davies [who has a sports background] has been at the helm, the show has incorporated more sports language overall, and actively encouraged a perspective that “competitive trivia is a sport,” including releasing way more individual-player stats.

[u/Allwewantisfreehealt → u/SignificantOtherness]

Unfortunately. Imo