tracer otm re noun phrase. the 'happy' is not functioning as a pure adjective per the adjective order there.
rob otm that the person saying it to you is not your friend, therefore by definition they cannot wish you anything because they are dead to u.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
wow i'm never gonna wish anyone a happy belated birthday again in case one of them turns out to be you fucks
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
j/k
our work here is done
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Worse than any of the belated wishing is people, and belated love to ye all, saying "noun phrase" like it means anything other than excusing this awfulness
― flagpost fucking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
If anything "happy birthday" is imperative tbh
So "get fucked" is actually the correct response even when the wish is timely
― flagpost fucking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
get belated fucked
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
fellated happy birthday
― flagpost fucking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:52 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
have I belatedly told you all that I love you?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 06:44 (three years ago) link
fuck off with this “timeline” bullshit already
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 16 April 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
ugh yeah
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 16 April 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
huge cringe the time or two i've heard someone say it out loud irl
anyway i think it makes a lot of sense that his market worth is so huge because he's basically an avatar for the continued dominance of car culture. it's certainly not because he's competent in any way. he's kind of a similar figure to trump in the sense of being a stand-in for the relevance of a huge reactionary industry where his incompetence is a feature. like his real asset is just the fact that he's a stupid blowhard true believer.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 16 April 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
haha wrong thread
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 16 April 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
think the first i heard of of 'c-suites' was when (otherwise beloved) max used it to defend gawker's outing of some rando
anyway it's probably fine and useful but nevertheless i hate it
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 April 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link
I don't know what the C stands for but I have my own headcanon
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 17 April 2021 03:29 (three years ago) link
"well, here's where we netted out with that"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
What does that mean?
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
i don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re not ____________, you’re doing it wrong
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
"I don't know who needs to hear this"
well, probably someone who doesn't actually follow your posts
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
Patriot
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
kind of like "after taking everything into consideration"... "net" in the sense of "what's left over after costs". "where did you guys net out on that?" like.. when all's said and done, what did you end up deciding?
it's totally horrific obv
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
TH owns this thread btw.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
an extremely dubious distinction but i'll take it!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
Or rather, your workplace owns this thread. You are merely the whistleblower.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
twinkle fingers
― sarahell, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
Also not a fan of those standard form funny phrases people add to their tweet, like "thanks for coming to my ted talk" after the message or something like that. If you don't have the confidence to let your thing stand on its own then it's probably no worth tweeting.
― ninthyoung, Wednesday, August 14, 2019 7:03 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
This also applies to "I don't know who needs to hear this"
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
"(x) is good people"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:14 (three years ago) link
ilx is good people
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:16 (three years ago) link
GAH
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
Love it when I hear terrible phrases for the first time on this thread (usually from Tracer)
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
smarmy folksiness like that does grate, but I have to say that phrase pales in comparison to virtually everything Tracer has ever posted here
― rob, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
It grates for me much more than any corporate guff, which I'm mostly past caring about.
"(x) is good people", as well as the cutesy 'because reasons'-like toying with grammar, also hits a nerve because the whole idea of good people is such pernicious bullshit.
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
"One of the good guys" can fuck off too.
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
It's not even new! I've heard that one since the 90s at least. Always a bit vague as to what it's supposed to imply.
xpost, yeah I guess that's it, basically.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
As much as I try to please everyone all the time it would be incredibly satisfying to hear myself referred to as "one of the bad guys"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
Ha ha - make it your screenname!
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
Tracer would you settle for bad'un?
― rob, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
If I did, it would be a sign of weaknessDon’t forget, I’m one of the bad guys
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
got it: Tracer Hand is bad people
― rob, Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
Now you know
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
I would add “That’s it. That’s the tweet” to “I don’t know who needs to hear this” and “thanks for coming to my TED talk”.
Maybe not a word or phrase but I hate the way that one emoji is used to denote drug use and have also grown to hate the way people use the “monkey see-no-evil” emoji.
― MrDasher, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
in the same vein, talking about a person in general: "XX is a GIVER."
― Bnad, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
oh no
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Duke-Dumont-The-Giver-Remixes/master/516358
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
The way all of those witty tweet cliches are deployed makes me think of the techniques to get the best youtube SEO with particular thumbnail image recipes. Things are just done a certain way to maximize views and shares.
xposts
― Evan, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
one emoji is used to denote drug use
Which? Googling didn't help narrow it down …
https://www.drugaddictionnow.com/2018/10/03/emojis-give-youth-a-new-way-to-communicate-about-substance-abuse
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
oh the newish world of emojis and reaction gifs ... fuck, there is so much annoyance there. I am really glad that digital blackface article got circulated relatively widely, because I definitely see a lot less of the "I don't feel comfortable expressing my actual self using actual words, so I am going to let a black person with funny facial expressions 'speak for me'" bullshit now, and damn, did that annoy the fuck out of me. ... Like, I'm white, you're white, just ... don't.
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link