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

Doesn't annoy me that much except when watching US State Department press conferences (like right now) where absolutely everybody says it every minute or so: "speaks to" instead of "speaks about" or "speaks of".

It's just nice to see that the singer for Kajagoogoo is still the talk of the town.

the neverending usaaaaage

based on that wikipedia article, I'd identify that backrooms stuff as just yer basic "objective correlative" for a particular kind of dread that has been showing up in post-armageddon films and stories for half a century at least. otherwise known as "here's the church and here's the steeple, open the doors, where are all the people?"

This post resonates with me (I do not resonate with it): https://annehelen.substack.com/p/i-resonate-with-that-nails-on-chalkboard

"Do you like this post? Are you already thinking of all the people you want to forward it to and debate it with? Consider Subscribing! Support the things THAT RESONATE WITH YOU"

Heh

speaking of xennials...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/magazine/singles-rom-com.html

Steward / stewardship … it alternately makes me think of the Dickies song “if stewart could talk” or flight attendants…or the Love Boat … I don’t hate it, it is just annoying because the meanings in my head are so unrelated to the intended meaning

Since I read that thing about resonating I have heard three separate people (in two different states/time zones) say they resonate with xyz

tbf I know he can be a bit abrasive at times but he's often otm

just after seeing thread i was walking near my teen’s blaring blabbering phone i immed noticed a woman saying “…MADE SO THAT IT RESONATES WITH U AND…” so yeah

today’s vibes

"source of truth"

Got a "welcome in" from a doctor the other day.

I’m even a fan of “I appreciate you” because it’s not a referendum am I good y/n it’s an appreciation.

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, October 30, 2023 6:20 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I love “I appreciate you.” This is the worst fucking thread. :-(

― brimstead, Monday, October 30, 2023 6:54 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don't think I have ever heard "I appreciate you" outside the southern U.S., but I am a fan.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, October 30, 2023 7:03 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have, and it’s a perfectly nice thing to say.

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, October 30, 2023 7:09 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I appreciate you has begun to make inroads at my workplace in the past few months. I enjoy seeing it written to me in an email, but it feels so intimate that I'm uncomfortable writing or saying it myself. I've definitely told colleagues, "I appreciate it," or the more casual "Much appreciated." I hadn't thought too deeply about those before now, but in the light of I appreciate you, they do seem to put a little distance between the speaker and the receiver. So, I'm a fan, but it doesn't feel natural enough for me to say yet.

its stilted to my ears, i couldnt see where id ever hear it or use it where it wouldnt come out as a bit....much

but its a game of opinions and we are all using these phrases in very different contexts

people who take issue with the less formal versions of any such sentiment are a little weird tho i think