start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

it is easy to switch the lines back under the sink too

Man, I hate it when the news provides subtitles or even translators to subjects that speak heavily accented but otherwise perfect English. This morning they were interviewing a Russian guy, and the guy had impeccable English, however thick his must-kill-moose-and-squirrel accent. But after every line, the interviewer popped through the speaker to repeat what he just said. And I kept thinking, this guy spent so much time learning English better than I could ever hope to learn Russian, and you're treating him like he's not speaking English at all. That's aggravating.

The habit of news media to always list the maximum punishment for a crime for which a person has been indicted. "John Doe faces a possible 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine" ... and he gets probation.

watching the Nietzsche documentary on bbc4 and *every other shot* was done using that tilt-shift technique that makes everything look like an n-gauge model village. stop it.

The (local?) phenomenon of treating "license" as a plural noun, as in "did you buy your fishing license?" "no, I don't have 'em yet." Infuriating! But the amateur etymologist in me wants to know how widespread the usage is — I've never heard it outside North MS/North AL.

I've never heard that!

Wouldn't know where to start - ending with 's' sound like most plural words? Rooted with "getting your tags renewed" on your car?

I've always assumed the former – if it ends with an 's' sound, it must be plural. I may have to take this one to Facebook to see if it shows up at all outside the local circle, and if it's common inside it.

the constant hawking in barcelona is really really annoying, it is one of the only major bad things about a great city. you have to walk at pace and with your eyes averted.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/Barcelona%20vendors_zpsvsiserhj.jpg

Sure, walk ahead and avert your eyes why don't you.

The (local?) phenomenon of treating "license" as a plural noun, as in "did you buy your fishing license?" "no, I don't have 'em yet." Infuriating! But the amateur etymologist in me wants to know how widespread the usage is — I've never heard it outside North MS/North AL.

That happens in North Carolina. It drove me crazy when I lived there. "Where are your license?"

Yeah, I just found this from a North Carolina tv station: https://youtu.be/2MbEcE5aBXM

I've heard it with words besides "license" that end in an "s" sound, but I can't think of any right now. xp

That reminds me of someone I know who used to refer to a single incense stick as "an inscent".

when you send an email that begins with a question and includes a request & the response affirms that your request has been fulfilled & completely ignores your question

i fucking hate it so much

Half of the responses I receive to email inquiries suggest that the parties on the other end are utilizing some kind of randomized autoreply. I have so many discarded, 64-pt "RE-READ MY EMAIL" follow-ups in my drafts folder.

Honestly, it's not even a plural sound, unless we've all gone back to Y2K spelling where everything is oddz and endz.

sending someone an email then watching myself walk to their office and say, "so i just sent you an email and..."

i am getting IA at the way regular, sane, non-foodie people are starting to talk about mundane foods in a foodie way

like a bunch of ppl in my office talked for like 45 minutes about hi-chews that someone brought in ffs
like 'ooh yes it's lime but it's more subtle and fruitier' like i swear they went on and on like it was a goddamn wine tasting
and they will talk about new hot dogs they've tried or hot wings etc, for fucking ever

i hate that foodie tendency in ppl who eat high end food too where they overdescribe everything but this is like, UGHHH STOP

well, if nobody else is going to applaud the hawking photo, I will

Tuneless humming.

Sorry about that (particularly since it's "Exit music (for a film)" (particularly particularly since it occasionally turns into tuneless whistling))

"no problem" or "no worries" in response to a "thank you." like, your self-absorption is such that you're going to assure me you weren't inconvenienced by what you did for me instead of offering a "you're welcome" or a less committed but still polite "of course", gah fuck you you selfish jerkoff.

ok that is ia. the actual content of phatic expressions is more or less moot. i never say "youre welcome"

as long as someone says something in return to thank you which denotes i acknowledge your thank you then what's the problem

the equivalent phrase in Spanish to "youre welcome" is "de nada" ("of nothing"), are spanish speakers all rude?

yes

i acknowledge your thank you

gonna start using this

when people say thank you I just tell them to eat my ass

I generally say "no problem" if I'm thanked in conversation. Now that I know it sandpapers map's ass, I'll say "definitely no problem."

xp lol

Oasis says "definitely maybe problem"

I say "no worries" a lot but not in response to "thank you", but usually when someone apologizes to me for something that's menial and that I don't think is a big deal.

thinking about it i only say "you're welcome" when im being sarcastic because someone hasn't thanked me

with all this anxiety around thanking and being thanked I think the correct solution is to go home and repress all feelings

i feel like "no problem" or "no worries" are originally face-saving responses to "i'm sorry" in the western u.s. english-speaking cultural milieu of which i'm a part, not the spanish-speaking one of which i'm not a part, and they've become appropriate responses to "thank you" somehow, and they denote some kind of embarrassment or inconvenience around being grateful for something. "of nothing" is closer to "of course" imo and totally acceptable, as is a grunt or a nod or a "yeah", just not "no problem", which i've also noticed men are more likely to say.

I generally say "no problem" if I'm thanked in conversation. Now that I know it sandpapers map's ass, I'll say "definitely no problem."

xp lol

― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Thursday, June 30, 2016 11:25 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how about you ignore me and i'll ignore you?

like i've long since stopped caring that you don't like me, would you be so kind as to keep it to yourself?

we used to be trained in our call centers not to say "no problem" in response to "thank you" for that reason.

xxpost whoa

definitely no problem

glad it's not going to inconvenience you.

"It was my pleasure," "my pleasure," or "happy to help" are all more gracious ways of saying something that is the equivalent of "you're welcome" without being "you're welcome."

(btw I personally don't mind "no problem" etc.)

my pleasure I use a lot but only when it's true, I hate people thinking it pleasured me to serve them when it did not pleasure me to serve them

Try "you're pleasure" instead

Try always a pleasure, never a chore, may the wind always be at your back and may the road rise up to meet you *doffs hat*

always a pleasure, never a chore, now please do fuck off, you beady-eyed boar

just tug yr forelock

to be safe, i stick with, "don't worry your pretty little head about it."

I just say "s'all good." Then I shuffle away.

the worst is the affirmative "uh huh!" in response to a thank you. like its a huge bother to even form words with yr mouth

<"no worries" has> become appropriate responses to "thank you" somehow, and they denote some kind of embarrassment or inconvenience around being grateful for something.

Being that this came from Australia, I can see a flaw in your theory there.

this is madness. "no worries" or "no problem" or "you're welcome" or "of course" are all basically the same. and anyway gratitude is a spirit not a formula based on words used.