Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

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xp I think it's one of those words that probably serves its purpose well but still irritates me because it elevates something that's actually pretty simple, kind of like "curate" -- we chose some stuff that we like.

"yeah buddy"

just as an exclamation on its own with a raised intonation on the first syllable of "buddy"

i hear this in workplaces all the time

not this one tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryjpQUtOxsw

eah buddy"

just as an exclamation on its own with a raised intonation on the first syllable of "buddy"

i hear this in workplaces all the time

― kobaïas fünke (clouds), Sunday, November 30, 2014 2:52 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so you don't remember pauly shore then

i'm sorry, is that a friend of yours?

oh wait I think you're actually talking about a different "buddy" than I was hearing in my head

btw ads for used goods in "loved condition"

fucking no

"tacky condition"

xp, You working at a gym?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssA4Pht5Moc

that's it!

I can't even

"seamless pipeline"

"one personal item"

"sickmaking"

"throwing shade"

throwing shapes?

why is "throwing shade" annoying? it fulfills a very linguistically precise function.

scans too try-hard white media-class tweeter imo

tay throwing so much shade rn omg

"sorry, I didn't mean to implicitly insult you by making a passive-aggressive remark in your presence"

i mean yeah it can be appropriative for sure but so much that is conjecture, like who is allowed to say a word?

in the 50s referring to someone as "dude" "man" etc was black/beat slang

it's not the appropriateness that bothers me, it's the forced casualness - cloaking smoldering rage behind a cute idiom

appropriativeness* but that isn't a word acc to spellcheck

another option is not to (hate-read) ppl who use such terms

okay i see what you mean xps

my spellcheck doesn't recognize "appropriative" (or "spellcheck")

another option to what? complaining about them? why not both?

idg twitter, it just seems like a way to yell at people

maybe i do get it actually

xp - it's up to you i guess

i think u get it that is my impression of twitter too, idk maybe the internet in general xp

"life hack" and all variants

agree that is obnoxious, like amoral little eichmann-eqsue tech worker culture jargon seeping into the cultural memory

everyone who encounters a problem improvises ways to deal with it or make life easier/less time-consuming, you don't have to make up a special status indicating shibboleth word for it.

EXACTLY

as i get older shit like this irks me so much, it's just inanity.

(stand by for my jeremiad w/r/t "EIT" instead of "enhanced interrogation techniques," a term which was already way problematic)

being annoyed by something is a far stretch from what's going on with EIT -- that's a deliberate distancing from unsavory thoughts, and that's legitimately harmful imo

Good point.

"EIT" is a little too much like "ED" - like the diminishing of something that's really very troubling into being equivalent to a minor, embarrassing personal issue that should be mentioned once briefly then forgotten about

Maybe the first comparision of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques to Erectile Dysfunction?

eh, maybe i'm reaching a bit there

everyone who encounters a problem improvises ways to deal with it or make life easier/less time-consuming, you don't have to make up a special status indicating shibboleth word for it.

― (曇り) (clouds), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:44 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like back in the day these kinds of things would just be published in readers' digest or betty crocker and labeled "timesaving tips" or "helpful hints" or something and not bestowed with all the phallic power of "hack"

Hints From Heloise.

"phallic power" otm, so much male speech is a violent act "let me shoot you an email and give you a shout later if i can take a stab at it"

Life-hack is horrible

implies that everyone else is doing the life equivalent of not upgrading their CPU

because they're afraid of breaking their computer

"phallic power" otm, so much male speech is a violent act "let me shoot you an email and give you a shout later if i can take a stab at it"

― (曇り) (clouds), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yikes, right on - i hadn't noticed this one

I am literally going to violently penetrate life with this timesaving, er, tip.

This thing where customer service people say "May I please help the following guest" or "Will the following guest please step down" -- I automatically her a ":________" at the end of those sentences.

Also fuck calling a guy waiting to order tacos a "guest."

"Killing it"--mentioned four years ago, and I'll mention it again today. Especially when it's a couple of critics in a mutual admiration society, and the one says the other is "killing it."

"knowledge transfer"