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
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 18 October 2019 11:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szPDvIIpTbY
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 October 2019 11:36 (four years ago) link
Somehow it became acceptable, then ubiquitous, for a software error message to say just "Something went wrong," thereby offering the user utterly no clue about how to proceed. No, sorry, it tells you how to proceed: "Try again later."
E.g. this is what you get at Reverb.com when your credit card on file expires:https://i.imgur.com/Mu8sKrb.png/
― mick signals, Friday, 18 October 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Until about three months ago I never once heard the phrase 'dog whistling' and since then I have probably heard it twenty times. Dog whistling is the new gaslighting
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 18 October 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
dog whistling has been common for at least a decade
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
it's also a simple way to describe a complex behavior. same with gaslighting. I'm sure people overuse the terms but they are quite helpful in describing a pattern of behavior without getting into details.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
examples:
us 2009:
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/magazine/06texas-t.html
uk 2010:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8227773/David-Cameron-must-face-the-challenge-of-Islamisation.html
australia 2011:
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/89228/enough-is-enough-on-asylum-seeker-politics/
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
'X for people who don't like X'.
What if instead of gatekeeping the shit out of a given genre you considered the possibility that it might be broader than first meets the eye (or ear)?
― pomenitul, Sunday, 20 October 2019 09:41 (four years ago) link
"That will be just..."
immediately before eye-watering price for mundane item
― anvil, Sunday, 20 October 2019 09:43 (four years ago) link
"Imagine thinking...."
― anvil, Sunday, 20 October 2019 10:10 (four years ago) link
"imagine ..." and how it has generally taken over for "what a maroon"
― maffew12, Sunday, 20 October 2019 14:09 (four years ago) link
"Do better"
― anvil, Monday, 21 October 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
"questionable"
come back problematic, all is forgiven
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 21 October 2019 08:35 (four years ago) link
"You do you"
― anvil, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
One cup of coffee please.
That will be just £4.25
Imagine thinking thats a suitable price. Listen *clap emoji* to *clap emoji* customers. Do better
Fine, you do you
― anvil, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link