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

brb gotta go tink tink

"I was hysterical crying"

crying rn

My co-worker, who is in her 50s, insits on telling us when she needs a "tinkle". I HATE when adults say things like that, "potty", or "little girls room". So weird.

And being elderly, she has to go quite frequently

"has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever"

No.

that's a good one yes

have we mentioned "literally" yet?

A couple decades ago I think

But it’s always worth repeating

I have no idea what my mates son is talking about when he keeps calling me a 'Sigma' and saying 'Skibidi toilet'

I discovered Skibidi Toilet when researching the renewed interest in "Everybody Wants To The Rule The World" for our podcast. It's massive; it's deeply weird.

I just googled Skibildi Toilet. I usually hear about these things from my kids, but this one is new to me.

"I was hysterical crying"

I can't decide whether I love or hate the phrase "ugly crying."

"Preshiaychuh" is contagious. I'm catching myself saying it more and more.

Jealous of people that can do any other form of crying

But yes, it’s a bad adjective. It either shames or romanticises crying, neither of which are good

it's a particular type of crying tho ... idk, i think it's okay

I dry cry a lot during sensory overload.

it's a particular type of crying tho ... idk, i think it's okay

― sarahell, Monday, 25 December 2023 1:22 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Is ugly crying different than sobbing? Genuine question

I get involuntary moisture at the slightest hint of intense emotion - whether negative, positive, or anywhere in between. I don't usually do "ugly crying," but I have a handkerchief with me at all times. Sometimes I need to pretend I'm adjusting my glasses or suffering from allergies. But if I could have my tear ducts removed, I'd be tempted.

Personally, I love crying

I'm with you YMP.
Also I'm pretty sure Laura Dern is the founder of ugly crying.

modern-day people insisting on referring to a sea-going vessel as 'she'

see also the fatherland, mother russia, and supposedly that the russians call their boats 'he'

i mean 'homeland security' is some crazy fascist shit but small mercies in that it's not quite gendered

shecurity

Heinrich Herler

Surely this one has been done before, but it bears repeating imho

"pre-owned"

I guess some things have been owned but not used

I never realised how ugly that word was til now. It was worth repeating

pre-boarding

h/t george carlin

Idgi — what’s wrong w pre-owned? It means “not brand new” and I always figured it was shorthand for “previously owned”?

I think the complaint is that it’s often a substitute for saying “used” and the baggage that entails for some

which I guess Moodles said. I’m in my pre-literacy part of the day

Frankly I find the word “used” far more objectionable than “pre-owned” — it feeds into a purity narrative that I’m not here for tbh

"come to Honest Lennie's Seduced and Abandoned Cars, off I-84 exit 5".

they mean exactly the same thing and theres literally no baggage

TS: used chewing gum vs. pre-owned chewing gum

secondhand is the word you need!

"pre-owned" definitely gives me lionel hutz vibes but ymmv

Frankly I find the word “used” far more objectionable than “pre-owned” — it feeds into a purity narrative that I’m not here for tbh

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Sunday, December 31, 2023 12:10 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

just think of it more as a detox story

mmv based on not knowing who lionel hutz is i guess?

i also think "used" does have baggage but ultimately pre-owned is fine and there is nothing wrong with it

happy new year

agree with LL, pre-owned is fine. we have a lot of "pre-loved" here which actually is the worst when I think about it

what about pre-pwned

Pre-own the libs

Stoner rock excluding anything pre 1990 which seems inherently revisionist. Goes directly against the nature of what's described.
& seems ahistorical, like.

you have utterly lost me

Stoner Rock which is basically a scene where musicians who grew up on punk & metal rediscover the music sprouting in the wake of the post Hendrix paradigm shift. That is to say heavy guitar rock with distortion dating from the late 60s/early 70s and seeming like distortion/effects are covering up for lack of technique. So like a later garage rock but heavier and feeding off heavier directions popular bands were heading in.
Tying in with the synecdoche of Black Sabbath but also covering a load of other similarly heavy bands.
An influence that is pretty audible in the sound these purists are listening to. But this tourism appears to cut off the roots by placing a safekeeping date of 1990 to place when the sound was born. I think it's inherently retro but reworked in new ways which is a crucial step in most genre definition or differentiation I guess. But I thought most people with understanding recognised the roots.
Instead of which here there just seems to be a supposition that that old stuff is worthless cos it ain't Stoner Rock TM.
Whereas knowing the older stuff and its influence I'm dumbfounded by the ignorance. I thought people into the newer stuff recognised what it took from the older. But am seeing a lot of gaslighting happening.
So hope that's a bit clearer

autocorrect playing chinese whispers
But this tourism appears to cut off the roots by placing a safekeeping date of 1990 to place when the sound was born.

was written as
But this But this purism appears to cut off the roots by placing a gatekeeping date of 1990 to place when the sound was born.

which means it excludes the basic building blocks the music is based in.

Rejects Blue Cheer, Stooges, Mc5 and vehemently early Pink Floyd all of which were touchstones early on. I think very audible ones.

where are the people who are acting like things didn’t exist pre-1990

Steve Hoffman. I am viewing their comments with disbelief. Knowing that the chronology is simply wrong. & the amount of direct influence from an earlier era is one of the main differentiations that make it Stoner Rock.

Also aware that people have used the term for decades. Has been used to cover the bands of influence as well as those influenced for most of the time I've been familiar with it. But its being acted as though this is a specific genre that absolutely excludes any of that music. So they're going to be very annoyed with you if you ever do.

As I remember it I was picking up the turn of the 70s material with that term in mind. & more of it was being reissued to cater to a market/audience showing interest in it. Si companies who had mainly been reissuing mid 60s garage and freakbeat & early psychedelia were putting out things from a while later. Though could be wrong there and things were already being released from early 70s by Repertoire etc. Found Stackwaddy Bugger Off in an HMV sale in like 93 and not sure when the trend to things like that reappearing started. Do see that cd was 1990.
& that there were a number of trends looking at heavy 60s things already underway. Grunge was around since mid 80s, Butthole Surfers were around utilising influences from that era. Black Flag became sludgy in early 84 and passed the influence on. Flipper wewre doing their own thing with influence as were the Swans though not sure how obvious the Stooges fixation was there.

Stoner Rock appears to have been a term that was used loosely for a long while. Seems to be a belief that it fappred in the universe with a specific narrow reference on a specific date.
I don't believe it.