this is precisely the point of it― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:27 AM (one hour ago)
how so? the point appears to be "acting like a self-satisfied older neoliberal is obnoxious and due for many of our current problems" not "let's call anyone annoying us a boomer" - it's like an even dumber bye felicia.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
and responsible for* etc u get the pt
"give your head a wobble"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 09:54 (four years ago) link
customer reps reassuring me with gentle words not to worry, as though I had called them in panic rather than exasperation.
https://i.imgur.com/N9PJi9a.png
― mick signals, Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
I think that "don't worry" in that context is code for "please do not yell at me like everyone else does".
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Shoot, is it? Too late.
― mick signals, Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
Not sure I hate it, but lately the thing where people reply 'That's okay' to 'Thank you' is really tickling me:
CASHIER: 'That's £5.95, and here's your change'CUSTOMER: 'Thank you'CASHIER: 'That's okay'
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2019 12:12 (four years ago) link
FRIEND 1: I just got accepted for an amazing dream job!!FRIEND 2: Wow, congratulations, that's brilliantFRIEND 1: Thank youFRIEND 2: That's okay
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
SUPERMAN: 'Here are the baddies to put in prison'MAYOR: 'The city is safe again! Thanks Superman'SUPERMAN: 'That's okay'
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 8 November 2019 12:14 (four years ago) link
...and here's why
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Been around for ages now but this use of "do a ____" in an attempt at being winsome is just awful and needs to stop (I did a cry, you are doing a frighten, &c)
"did a racism"
― Sam Weller, Monday, 18 November 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
Knock yourself out
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Monday, 18 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
'Like', that fatuous word sticking out like a sore thumb in conversational English. It's like killed American podcasts for me, like, the word just pops up like every five seconds. I used to think littering sentences with 'like' was solely an American thing, but last time I was in England I heard it quite a lot?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
My podcast bugbear is Americans starting an answer with "So" and ending it with "right?"
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 08:54 (four years ago) link
Starting an answer with "So" is just what politicians et al do in the UK these days.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 09:24 (four years ago) link
'Like' has been a thing in UK and US English forever really and I'm guilty of it myself. But there's a certain tone to a lot of podcasts that amplifies it, definitely
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 09:32 (four years ago) link
"So" used to annoy me as the classic opener for broadsheet columnists and Guardian letter writers ("So Celebrity X claims..." etc). As the beginning of an answer to a direct question it just signals to me that evasion will follow.
― fetter, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 09:39 (four years ago) link
State of this, state of that...
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
Screw 'so', go 'hwæt' or gtfo.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 10:28 (four years ago) link
one of my supervisors does the "so..." opening to a "...right?" closing for nearly every sentence uttered. one of those things where once you notice it, it's very distracting and grating.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
Chicken cacciatore.
No idea why.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 November 2019 09:37 (four years ago) link
across from the medical center
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 30 November 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
Been around for ages now but this use of "do a ____" in an attempt at being winsome is just awful and needs to stop (I did a cry, you are doing a frighten, &c)"did a racism"― Sam Weller, Monday, November 18, 2019 9:08 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Sam Weller, Monday, November 18, 2019 9:08 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah these are really bad but I think widely mocked for what they are, infantile regression... see also 'doggo,' 'heckin,' etc.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, November 18, 2019 11:57 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
creeping americanization.
i mean, like, i say like a lot, but i have been living with canadians for 7 and a half years. british people in britain should not be saying like
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
As an American I can say that saying “like” totally rules
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Everyone should do it
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Probably have said this before, but using BCE/CE rather than BC/AD is some shit-eating namby-pambyness. First of all, "common era" is a meaningless phrase. Secondly, if you want to pretend your dating system has no connection to Christianity, maybe start it in a different year.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 6 December 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
stuff it, sick of seeing BC/AD still in 2019 CE, they're in different languages even.
Guess I could start using the Hebrew calendar exclusively tho
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 6 December 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
xp Fair enough, except that those abbreviations don’t say merely “Jesus,” which would be okay...they say “lord” and “Christ”
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 6 December 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
I’m happy to start writing “BJ” and “HJ” (for “h’after Jesus”)
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 6 December 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
lollll
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 6 December 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
Indeed quality of life has truly declined over the millennia
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 6 December 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
Secondly, if you want to pretend your dating system has no connection to Christianity, maybe start it in a different year.
Yeshua ben Joseph didn't start in that year either, but our commonly-agreed era of dating did
― insecurity bear (sic), Friday, 6 December 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
I thought this was some kind of criticism of Jdate before I scrolled up
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 6 December 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
Even for you, sic, this is feeble trolling.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 6 December 2019 04:46 (four years ago) link
*wipes brow* lucky I wasn't trolling then!
(obv the dating didn't actually start that year either)
― insecurity bear (sic), Friday, 6 December 2019 05:34 (four years ago) link
Lived in blissful ignorance of this crime against the English langauge until this Joshua v. Ruiz fight tbh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing
― I've Got A Ron Wood Solo Album To Listen To (Tom D.), Saturday, 7 December 2019 12:27 (four years ago) link
Such and such an artist/album 'slaps' is a construction I'll happily see the back of.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Saturday, 7 December 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
'We need to talk about... [ultra-niche, super-ephemeral, almost certainly insignificant cultural moment]'
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Saturday, 7 December 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
“slab”
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 7 December 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
slab?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 7 December 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
scottish labour?
Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 7 December 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
to be clear I was saying "slab," not objecting to it
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 7 December 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
God, "thanks for coming to my Ted Talk" is still going around like it's clean. jesus christ
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 06:05 (four years ago) link
"i turned around to them and said..."
― dogs, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
"i'm a _____ kind of person" or "i'm a _____ type of person"
― dogs, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 12:12 (four years ago) link
these words, usages, and phrases annoy the shit out of me, ilx
― dogs, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 12:14 (four years ago) link
"nothing burger"
― Number None, Sunday, July 16, 2017 6:08 AM (two years ago)
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
Pssh, what a nothingburger of a complaint!
(Yeah, it's real fucken dumb.)
― Masters of Engilsh Litera-ture (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link