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

Usually I play the hits, like "Lock her up" or "Drain the swamp" but sometimes I pull out a deep cut like "Get rid of that baby."

Great!

“I moved on her like a...” is the go to Trump deep cut

sad!

deep cuts is a very enjoyable album

If what you mean is "songs that weren't singles" or "songs that weren't hits" or "songs that weren't very popular," then I think "album tracks" is actually worse than "deep cuts."

Because guess what: most popular hit singles are also "album tracks." BECAUSE THEY ARE TRACKS THAT ARE ON ALBUMS.

Not all of them, especially in the 60s. I don't really see how 'album tracks' is worse than 'deep cuts' on the obnoxious oneupmanship front?

hence "most"

which adequately accounts for "not all of them" in the language I speak reasonably fluently

https://www.seriouseats.com/images/2015/04/Anova-Steak-Guide-Sous-Vide-Photos33-cooked-rib-cut.jpg

goddamn that looks good. i've gotta eat dinner now

There’s only two things that bleed I’d shove in my face and that’s one of them

Good lord

It's only just dawned on me that this thread title constitutes one of the few phrases I can think of that annoys the shit out of me

the opening post is part of great moments in stupidity too

Every time I see the “disgusting savages” thread bumped I get annoyed the shit out of, don’t call someone a savage ffs

Also what the fuck would “rational anger” even be, that doesn’t make sense

“your personal brand”

Every time I see the “disgusting savages” thread bumped I get annoyed the shit out of, don’t call someone a savage ffs

― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, August 22, 2018 5:18 AM

This is where I first came across the term:
toilet paper over or under
and to this day, whenever I come across toilet paper that rolls under I mumble "disgusting savage"...

the 'disgusting savages' thing is a long-running ILX in-joke

yes

also savage is a multivalance term in rural ireland long before tiresomely hip advertising pieces took it

The original ilx "disgusting savages" came from a pretty racist place, but it is still in my parlance.

unpack

bury this word, it just shows a lack of imagination

;_;

when i get home from my vacation i will... remove my clothes and other belongings from my baggage and put them back where they belong or wash or dryclean them as i see fit. whew

"breaking down" when used to talk about artists "breaking down" i.e. saying one PR-approved sentence about each song on a record

that's how I break it down to an extent

(to clarify, this is not subtweeting anything in particular, this has been a pet peeve of mine for at least two years)

what the fuck would “rational anger” even be, that doesn’t make sense

Ive always taken that to mean "justified anger" as opposed to "I am getting het up about this stupid thing not worth getting angry about like the colour of this guys tie".

not even

plenty of anger is perfectly rational

any variation on "she is / he is / they are my favorite human"

ugh, yes^^^

complaint about general phenomenon I'M LOOKING AT YOU specific example

"activations": I guess this is a jargon that marketing people use when talking to other marketing people, but now they've begun using it when they attempt to talk to real people.

Email from the Brooklyn Museum: "a roster of not-to-be-missed exhibitions and artist activations."

Email from the U.S. Open: "a fan experience enhancement available for all U.S. Open patrons. It allows fans streamlined access to various activities and activation points around the grounds."

barf, that's bad. in particular it sounds very video gamey and thus infantilizing, like, you can't just engage with art or whatever, you're going to be activating special locations and unlocking achievements! pokemon go as life.

"reminder that"

"here's your regular reminder that"

"A reminder:"

just say what you want to say goddamn it

otm

"gentle reminder"

"my son"

"who is she"

"mercury is in retrograde"

"Outlier", which means "it's the 21st Century and weak generalizations are what righteous people use to speak eternal truths."

The periodic reminder people are awful and will rarely even commit to their awfulness enough to actually post their reminders on a regular basis 👎

That post was just an outlier.

no i happily use reminder/gentle reminder to point out THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. customers need a boot sometimes.

Ugh, the variation I always hear is "friendly reminder". It's probably not that friendly if you have to point out that it is.

Same deal with "I kindly ask" -- how great-minded of you to recognize your own kindness.

Polite notice is part of this family of expressions.

Haha the Facebook “memories” feature just showed me that 2 years ago today I posted a status that started “quick reminder” oops

"you deserve..."
or
"you deserve to be..."

I guess mostly when it's something good, like happiness or love.

"TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE"

― TEH ONE AN ONLEY DEANN GULBAREY (deangulberry), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:35 PM (fourteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously, what is going on with the poxy fulishness today?

Setting myself up here, but it really bugs me when you are being argumentative or negative and somebody responds with "I hear you," which is clearly a phrase they have been trained to use to respectfully acknowledge their debate partner without conceding any points while at the same time trying to shut it down.