Memfis Posted July 28, 2018 Certain words and expressions annoy me. Often they are connected to modern internet culture I guess. When I encounter constructions such as "don't be a pleb", "*** master race", or "that rustled my jimmies", I feel like I can't relate to the person using them anymore and I want to close the page. I don't really understand why this is happening. Is it some form of perfectionism? Do I have very high standards when it comes to the beauty of speech? Am I just a grumpy old man hating on everything that's new? Why do I give these people the power to annoy me? 3 Share this post Link to post
mrthejoshmon Posted July 28, 2018 I can kind of understand it as obnoxious shit like that is kinda cringe, on the other hand it's also kinda jaded to just to disregard everything for an offence as trivial as that. To be fair though, I will say that anyone who unironically uses "*** master race" is a dickhead anyway. 3 Share this post Link to post
MaxTrevors Posted July 28, 2018 Lol stay off of 4chan and any other shitburger central type sites. 11 Share this post Link to post
durian Posted July 28, 2018 Isn't it just that all these expressions have had moments of being mildly trendy and popular, and - as has been well established - you tend to have an irrationally negative reaction to anything that you perceive to be mildly trendy and popular? 4 Share this post Link to post
baja blast rd. Posted July 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Memfis said: Am I just a grumpy old man hating on everything that's new? I feel like the truth value of this is independent of whether your annoyance is justified this time... Anyway, use of meme phrases that is offkey -- poor context, not grasping the nuances, the meme being outdated entirely -- can signal that the speaker is out of touch or trying too hard. Also specific words and expressions can get inextricably linked to types of people you might find annoying, or worse, to toxic cultures, to disingenuous arguments, to unscrupulous people, as with many alt-right or MRA pet words. 4 Share this post Link to post
Manuel-K Posted July 28, 2018 No, I don't think you are a grumpy old man. Some of those annoy me as well and I'd like to add “git gud” and “shitstorm” (in English and German sentences) to the list. And more examples of annoying English words in German sentences: “turnover”, “crap”, “gefighted” (pseudo-German modification of the wrong past tense of “fight” — it's an irregular verb, if you have to use it instead of the German equivalent, use the correct past tense). And the phrase „das macht Sinn“ is another heavy offender. It's the direct translation of “that makes sense”, but it's wrong, because you cannot artificially produce “sense” in German. The correct wording would be „das ergibt Sinn“. Another common Word is „Quantensprung“/“quantum leap” which is always used in the exact opposite of the meaning in physics (smallest possible change). 3 Share this post Link to post
129thVisplane Posted July 28, 2018 I feel the same honestly, in fact I installed a word replacer addon into my browser just to get rid of stupid words such as "blease" and "abt". I just personally can't stand that shit. It does make me feel a bit like an old fart who hates new things, though. Also i'm pretty sure someone out there's probably ticked off by my own overuse of "cuz", whoops 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted July 28, 2018 These terms are easy to ignore because of how often I encounter them, It just became normal somehow. The "know it all" type of person however is more annoying. 0 Share this post Link to post
lowpass30Hz Posted July 28, 2018 Trigger words and phrases: Triggered Could care less At the end of the day Keep calm and (anything here) Literally Totes regardless It is what it is I could go on... 1 Share this post Link to post
Britney_the_King Posted July 28, 2018 I think the one I hate the most is "oof." ... 5 Share this post Link to post
Maser Posted July 28, 2018 I'm mainly getting sick of acronyms. When the fuck did we become so lazy that we have to abbreviate EVERYTHING?! 2 Share this post Link to post
lowpass30Hz Posted July 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Maser said: I'm mainly getting sick of acronyms. When the fuck did we become so lazy that we have to abbreviate EVERYTHING?! IDK 9 Share this post Link to post
Bauul Posted July 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Memfis said: When I encounter constructions such as "don't be a pleb", "*** master race", or "that rustled my jimmies", I feel like I can't relate to the person While I understand your sentiment, I genuinely laughed at your objection to "that rustled my jimmies". Sounds like something my granddad would say! Why the dislike? It's kind of funny. 2 Share this post Link to post
wheresthebeef Posted July 28, 2018 I defiantly hate when people misspell definitely 3 Share this post Link to post
Aquila Chrysaetos Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, Manuel-K said: Another common Word is „Quantensprung“/“quantum leap” which is always used in the exact opposite of the meaning in physics (smallest possible change). This annoys me so much. Many pleonasms are also irritating to read or hear. "Words" like "Ir-regardless" are the worst, though, because they sound so ridiculous. Edit: Never thought that fixing an improper word would be something I'd have to do. Edited July 29, 2018 by Aquila Chrysaetos : Fixed improper word. 0 Share this post Link to post
pulkmees Posted July 28, 2018 High school children have time to think of shit like that. Most of the time the word or acronym has no good reason to even exist, it's just popular, because it got...popular. I got annoyed when yolo "came out" years back. Still am actually, although I am used to it by now. 2 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted July 28, 2018 It doesn't bother me that much, but I'm curious why so many people say "ye" instead of yes presently. It makes me think of a grunt that a proto-hominid with an oversized forehead would make. It's more amusing than anything though. 4 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted July 28, 2018 They're memes and like any other meme they get tiresome after you've seen them for the 10,000th time. But they also pick up associations related to the communities which use them. Just like if your avatar is Pepe the frog I'm probably going to wonder if you're a white supremacist, if you're using "kek" as punctuation I'm going to infer that you've probably been hanging around 4chan for too long and may not be anyone I want to know. Regardless, there's something rather pathetic if you're constantly sprinkling everything you write with that crap. 4 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted July 29, 2018 11 hours ago, lowpass30Hz said: Trigger words and phrases: Triggered It did its job then. 2 Share this post Link to post
CARRiON Posted July 29, 2018 11 hours ago, lowpass30Hz said: Trigger words and phrases: Triggered Could care less At the end of the day Keep calm and (anything here) Literally Totes regardless It is what it is I could go on... Totes unfortunate that so many words leave you literally triggered. Regardless, at the end of the day, you need to learn to just say "I could care less.". Keep calm and meme on, it is what it is. 12 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, lowpass30Hz said: regardless I sort of get the others, but why regardless? It's far more painful when someone spouts that non-existent bastardization 'lrregardless'. The prefix adds nothing of value to the word and only serves to artificially lengthen it, I don't understand why it's still used by anyone. That said, on it's own, regardless is a very useful word. EDIT: lol, the forum software automatically corrects 'lrregardless' to 'regardless', that's fantastic. I think that must have happened to your post as well. Quote I think the one I hate the most is "oof." You and Doomguy wouldn't last 5 minutes in a room together. Edited July 29, 2018 by Doomkid 6 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted July 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Doomkid said: That said, on it's own, regardless is a very useful word. Yeah. When well used it's fine. Sometimes, repeating any word just for the sake of repeating is annoying. 11 hours ago, Britney_Is_King said: think the one I hate the most is "oof." You don't like humping walls? ;) 2 Share this post Link to post
lowpass30Hz Posted July 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Doomkid said: EDIT: lol, the forum software automatically corrects 'lrregardless' to 'regardless', that's fantastic. I think that must have happened to your post as well. Yes that's right! 0 Share this post Link to post
lowpass30Hz Posted July 29, 2018 6 hours ago, CARRiON said: Totes unfortunate that so many words leave you literally triggered. Regardless, at the end of the day, you need to learn to just say "I could care less.". Keep calm and meme on, it is what it is. AHHHHHHHHH! 1 Share this post Link to post
MaxTrevors Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/28/2018 at 1:38 PM, lowpass30Hz said: IDK Lol totes funny. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted July 30, 2018 Ya prolly not all that offended tho tbh and rly y would u be anyway is not a big deal if anything is p. harmless. 3 Share this post Link to post
purist Posted July 30, 2018 Incorrect use of the word Random became fashionable a few years back and still hasn't gone away. I was out with friends who said we should go into an old man pub because they wanted a random night out. I made the case that if we choose the pub it's not random so for the rest of the night we let the dice decide and had a genuinely random night out. 7 Share this post Link to post