Phrases you hate...

"If you have a voice, use it"

it's has all the empty platitude of a politician. when spoken by a famous person this advice boils down to "Other people should say something"

"Rare interview with Thom Yorke"

breaking news

(that doesn't mean shit)

Anybody who isn't a gangsta rapper who refers to someone as their "ride or die".

Just call them your friend, you're a 57 year old school teacher

"illegal votes"

“on point”

"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"
"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"
"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"

"it just hits different"

you will love this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlMkMtK7-8

i like sza

it's just 38 year old blue wave twitter dorks using it in earnest like "the second episode of mandalorian just hit different" or some shit

'cuddle puddle'

ums otm about 'hits different'. like, i will hit u, even more different

"I work hard, and I play hard."

fuck you, alpha male poser, just do your goddam job and leave the rest of us out of it.

'bragging rights'

^don't hate the phrase, hate the smug assholes who use it literally instead of playfully

i recoil with disgust at the entire concept of "bragging rights" because i think bragging itself is ugly behavior.

I think the phrase "weaponize (anything)" can be dropped down the memory hole.

"wow factor" on any UK makeover or competition programme. It especially annoys me when people say "a wow factor" instead of "the wow factor". Like "I used this special kind of door to give it a wow factor."

I hate dad-phrases that are money-based, such as "I'd pay TOP DOLLAR for blah blah blah", or "they won't get ONE THIN DIME out of me anymore."

otm

Real dads don't talk about the money.

I think the phrase "weaponize (anything)" can be dropped down the memory hole.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:18 PM bookmarkflaglink

why? it's a legitimate thing that happens and probably the easiest way to sum it up. like the Jonah Hill situation.

Jonah Hill has been weaponized?

In aerosol form yes

It's overused, especially by the right. I heard someone--a Republican strategist--on ATL public radio last night talking about how the GA indictments were a "weaponization of the justice system."

What she really meant, of course, was that she was unhappy it was her people getting in trouble.