or "babooshka ya ya"
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 5 October 2019 06:44 (four years ago) link
or "you're welcome"
― Dan S, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:48 (four years ago) link
Just say 'for nothing', the French/Romanian/Spanish/etc. way.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:51 (four years ago) link
i'm amazed some posters on this thread haven't been killed by hypertension yet
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:54 (four years ago) link
Needs even more salt.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 5 October 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
I find a simple "fuck you" sends people on their way with a smile
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 5 October 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
bitte schon is good you have to admit
often go with 'salright in response to fairly trivial thanks, or just the dreaded/gracious blink nod
― ogmor, Saturday, 5 October 2019 10:48 (four years ago) link
"have a ratchet day"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 5 October 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
Nae tother a' ba'
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 October 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
Yeah, ‘no worries’ is like ‘nae bother’ to me.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 5 October 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
I like the contrast between language change in aggregate being culturally alarming and people day-to-day getting tired of "no worries" and drafting in some other phrase for basically no reason at all.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 5 October 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
lol Tom here at 2:40:00, this was gratifying
https://thebestshow.net/episode/the-secrets-of-life-debut-of-spiral-heads-song/
OTOH I do think these phatic expressions vary geographically (and generationally), so maybe this^ reaction is just our shared age/region demo
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 7 October 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
terrible argument. as we discussed already, retail employees are doing customers a huge favor by helping them and not murdering them, so "no worries" or "no problem" is perfectly appropriate.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 01:41 (four years ago) link
ok thank you
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
I'm still processing some related trauma
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
The phrase "best television show of all time" really annoys me, regardless of the show it refers to. At least the 50 million mugs that say "World's Best [Dad/Mom]" exist to express some minimally justified sentimentality, but television isn't your mom or dad, so just say you enjoy a program with some enthusiasm and step away.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
but television isn't your mom or dad
Obviously not a latchkey kid.
― Vernon Locke, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 04:26 (four years ago) link
The Sopranos is my mother and my father.
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 06:18 (four years ago) link
"you love/hate to see it" already insufferable, has anyone figured out its etymology?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
for some reason i thought it was a hubie brown phrase, but that doesn’t seem to be the case
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:40 (four years ago) link
"you love/hate to see it" already insufferable
i love to see it
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
it's a sports commentator sorta phrase, to me
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
it's just everywhere... too much... good phrase in small doses
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
we are all too much in the world
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
you, and i cannot stress this enough, love/hate to see it
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
I very much enjoy subtly mangling phrases and slang that annoy me: "I like to see that!" "We stan a wig!" and so on
― i could chug a keg of you (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
"we stan a wig"?
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:11 (four years ago) link
we all stan wigs so let's goooooooooo
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:15 (four years ago) link
lol
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 October 2019 04:27 (four years ago) link
this doesn't annoy me tbh but i finally realized the semantic purpose of
me: (opinion)also me: (another opinion, usually in contrast to the first)
it's a solution to BUT fatigue!! aka "[opinion], but [contrasting opinion]" which is related to The Era of Disclaimers but not its sole progeny
the me/also me format is just a way to do something very common (express two conflicting opinions) while signaling insider status by using the de rigeur form
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
me is large, me contains multitudes
― well, fuck me with a pumpkin spice lube (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
me needs to express things about me
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
I:also I:—Bob Marley
― blows with the wind donors (crüt), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
"we stan a wig" is what they're singing on that Sigur Rós album, right?
― blows with the wind donors (crüt), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
Bob Marley would be:I and I: (opinion)I and also I: (another opinion)
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
nobody:also nobody:
― jmm, Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
that one is for pointless (or petty?) comments
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
watching the various ways people try to obscure the fact that they are sharing pointless information always entertains me
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 17 October 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
I really dug that first Afstan Wigs album
― seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
nobody:
me: i don't know who needs to hear this, but you do not, in fact, have to love to see it
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
...and here's why
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
forgot to (check notes)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 17 October 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
well thanks for coming to my ted talk
― flappy bird, Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
i-
imagine being that salty about overused internet phrases
actually CAN relate sksksk
― chips moomin (unregistered), Friday, 18 October 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
they just pulled cc sabathia out of the astros-yankees game mid-batter due to injury, probably his last appearance on the mound in his (legendary) career, and the stream chat is a fusillade of "you hate to see it"
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 18 October 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
tbf i do actually dislike seeing that
i mean, he's a yankee, but he (and his family) seem pretty grebt
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 October 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
it is appropriate in this scenario
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 18 October 2019 03:55 (four years ago) link
I've seen this come up a couple times in this thread, so I'm going to be the pedantic asshole who points out that Joanna Newsom's primary instrument is not the harpsichord.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 18 October 2019 04:53 (four years ago) link
Though I guess she does play it in that song, so I'm also a dummy
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 18 October 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link