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

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"

GUESTS DON'T PAY, MORONS

"sickmaking" is fine with me

"interwebs"

baldy

"turnabout is fair play"

i don't know why i have such a strong hatred of this phrase, but i do. reading it or hearing it grates on my nerves like nails down chalkboard.

when people use track as a verb, as in "that doesn't track"

"american ______" movie titles

^ yes very much, werewolf in london excluded though obv

^ reads to me like a giant sticker that says "THIS IS SATIRE". are the people of any other country as boringly fixated on their national mystique? xp

like "american sniper" what the fuck is that?

Yeah, I hate this too (but Tokyo Fist is one of my favourite films), I think it seems like it's supposed to sound cool or something, but I can't work out how or why it should make it cool.

Someone said a while ago that American Hustle was total fluff but got into the Oscars because it had "American" in the title.

Here's something I hate even worse that I posted on a games forum a while ago.

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Something I used to associate with comics when they were attempting to make a storyline seem important but loads of games and blockbuster films do it now. It basically looks like a hackish attempt at gravity or awe. I'm not saying everything with these subtitles are bad, but better writers dont tend to use them.
You may want to dispute some of my examples or point out why you think they make something sound the way they do.

These really annoy me and I've been meaning to talk about it for a while. One of my pet hates in entertainment.

Requiem (the worst, I'd say)
Retribution (almost as bad)
Revenge
Revelation(s)
Ressurrection
Redemption
Revolution
Reborn
Rebirth
New Beginning
Awakening
Evolution
Insurrection
One More Day
Brand New Day
Aftermath
Exodus
Ultimatum
Convergence
Osmosis
Legacy (or Legacies)
Origin(s)
Big Time
Last Stand
Tipping Point
Crisis
Extinction
Extermination
Inception
Deception
Rising
Risen
Reckoning
Wrath
Unbound
Vengeance
Judgement
Defiance
Devastation
Absolution
Desperation
xtreme
x-treme
eXtreme

Terminator: Salvation is a perfect example.

Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem sounds especially dumb.
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There were a few contributions from other users. Looking back at these makes me feel a bit ill thinking about the type of moron this type of title probably excites.

Yahtzee in particular made fun of them and when Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs came out he joked that the publisher probably said "can't we just call it Amnesia: Revelations?"

Mumdex

American Requiem

That's great! Don't know why I didn't think to combine the horrors.

Could put America or American with every word on your list, although it may have already been done. I sometimes use "convergence," though usually tongue-in-cheek, like "thee convergence," and, just this past Saturday night, non-ironically mentioned "Son House as killing it" on Twitter. No regrets.

fumbled the self-quote, so here's the whole thing
Am.Routes,A. Lomax: "If I don't go crazy, I'm gonna lose my mind." Son House killing it

American Hustle 2: Retribution

"both sides of the aisle"

"he'll really need to work hard to bring in support from both sides of the aisle"

"this is really something that will need support from both sides of the aisle"

fuck off, you trite-ass pundit

all of you

I have mixed feelings about that thing people do on the internet where they make a statement about personal preference but deliberately omit the personal pronoun (which gives their opinions an air of irony/detachment even when they're being sincere). did this begin with Hipster Runoff? that's where I first noticed it, but ilx-type people (including me, probably) seem to do it a lot.

dyl wrote this on thread Charli XCX on board I Love Music on Aug 26, 2014

not really feeling "break the rules" at all. i'm excited she's getting her chance at a legit mainstream breakthrough tho. "boom clap" is closing in on #1 on top 40 radio.

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Jimmywine Dyspeptic wrote this on thread Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) on board I Love Music on Jul 29, 2014

Really liking this on first listen; really good on headphones. Not sure how it rates in the larger discography yet, of course, but so far, diggin' it. One of the last indieTM bands whose new releases I actually look forward to.

have mixed feelings about that thing people do on the internet where they make a statement about personal preference but deliberately omit the personal pronoun (which gives their opinions an air of irony/detachment even when they're being sincere). did this begin with Hipster Runoff? that's where I first noticed it, but ilx-type people (including me, probably) seem to do it a lot.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/psbKsJ7Kg48/hqdefault.jpg

"We moved to west Texas 40 years ago. The war was over, and we wanted to get out and make it on our own. Those were exciting days. Lived in a little shotgun house, one room for the three of us. Worked in the oil business, started my own.

In time we had six children. Moved from the shotgun to a duplex apartment to a house. Lived the dream - high school football on Friday night, Little League, neighborhood barbecue."

I feel like that's a different phenomenon. Bush = imitating front-porch working-class speech <-> Carles = imitating hipsters airing their 'deep thoughts' on aim/twitter. Bush = affecting plainspoken rural simplicity <-> Carles = affecting plainspoken urban cool. they have more in common then they think, but I don't think they come from the same lineage.

(and yeah, I know it's slightly ridiculous to cite Hipster Runoff as a trendsetter in 2015)

not seeing it

True that