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> 怒られるタイプの人のことを考えていて、自分が怒られたんじゃ、 **身もフタもない** じゃないの  
>  I've been thinking about people who are the type to get scolded and, I
> scold myself...

I can't make any sense out of the part in bold. Literally I get, "There's
neither a container nor a lid, is there". I guess this is some sort of set
phrase.

Also, what's going on with the conjuction at the second comma? I thought じゃ
was just だ but I can't continue a sentence after だ can I?

**Edit:**  
From the comments below I now have "...getting oneself scolded is blunt isn't
it?". Afraid I'm still not getting it.
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set-phrases conjunctions
Meaning of 身もフタもない
Some definitions on the net:

> 身も蓋もない
>
>   * 言葉が露骨すぎて、潤いも含みもない。
>   * 露骨すぎて情緒もない。
>   * 直接過ぎて、話の続けようがない。
>

So it refers to some very explicit/direct/honest expression which may sound
harsh or uninteresting. Obviously it doesn't fit in the context you provided.

As pointed out in the comment, that person was probably confusing the phrase
with 元も子もない, which means "[to try to gain something but end up in losing
everything](http://jisho.org/search/%E5%85%83%E3%82%82%E5%AD%90%E3%82%82%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84)".

In this sentence, じゃ is a colloquialism for では.

> 怒られるタイプの人のことを考えていて、自分が怒られたんじゃ、 **元も子もない** じゃないの。  
>  Thinking about people who are the type to get scolded and ending up in
> being scolded is a total loss for you.
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