star wars more fun than jeebus anyway. (my friend's professor father driving us back from empire strikes back going on about the parallels to the holy trinity and zzzzzzzz....we were like omg light sabers.)
― scott seward, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:06 (eleven months ago) link
either that or it's just about selling shit to the rubes
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:28 (eleven months ago) link
I hope you threw him out of the car.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:29 (eleven months ago) link
i kind of want to do a Star Wars vs Jesus poll but i kinda don't
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:34 (eleven months ago) link
"creepazoid should make a comeback."
I never stopped using that one
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 27 October 2023 18:37 (eleven months ago) link
"either that or it's just about selling shit to the rubes"
same thing! tithing vs. limited-edition wolverine doll
― scott seward, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:41 (eleven months ago) link
i went to yankee candle flagship store here in deerfield once. holy crap. it was nuts. they make so much money. tons of christmas stuff but also dragons. i can't imagine spending lots of money on xmas stuff or halloween stuff.
― scott seward, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:45 (eleven months ago) link
lol we went there right after visiting your shop. It was extremely intense.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 October 2023 19:02 (eleven months ago) link
Also, I use sketchy/sketch all the time and have since I was a teen. I thought that was universal!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 October 2023 19:03 (eleven months ago) link
I have no explanation for why I hate it so much but “turnabout is fair play” just annoys me. It’s not about the meaning, either.
Also “______ much?”
― just1n3, Friday, 27 October 2023 19:35 (eleven months ago) link
"so I did a thing much?"
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 27 October 2023 19:40 (eleven months ago) link
xp has a loaded history on ilx iirc
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 27 October 2023 19:58 (eleven months ago) link
when did people stop saying
as if!
and
not even!
?
― Left, Friday, 27 October 2023 20:40 (eleven months ago) link
it used to be the coolest thing ever and then it just sort of faded away - do any gen Xers still talk like this?
― Left, Friday, 27 October 2023 20:42 (eleven months ago) link
that's so random
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 27 October 2023 20:44 (eleven months ago) link
"Fur baby"
This is cool though when used to describe incredible hirsute human infants
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 27 October 2023 22:51 (eleven months ago) link
Listen I am childless but have two dogs. Furbabies is AWFUL.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 October 2023 23:05 (eleven months ago) link
Most newborns are actually hairy. It's to keep them warm and they shed the hair soon after birth. That should be what "fur babies' is used for lol.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 October 2023 23:06 (eleven months ago) link
Sketchy in that sense is definitely American, I'd never heard it used like that before I met my late wife and we figured out it meant the same as "dodgy"
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 27 October 2023 23:27 (eleven months ago) link
I don't think I ever heard sketchy until maybe 1996.
On the topic of fur babies, this is kind of a niche one, but as an owner of black cats, I'm not a fan of the term "voids".
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 28 October 2023 00:02 (eleven months ago) link
Sketchy in the sense of 'dodgy' or 'highly questionable' has been around longer than I have and I'm 68.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 28 October 2023 03:49 (eleven months ago) link
Yes - that's how I use it. Dodgy is exactly what it means.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:54 (eleven months ago) link
the more recent use cringe as adjective or noun is fascist and I hate it so much. it's based on a contempt for "weakness" and any hint of nonconformity and all the usual right wingntargets. leftists adopting it is a total capitalulation to fascism
respectuflly i cannot tell if this is a serious post or some kind of parody
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:56 (eleven months ago) link
this gives me Galapagos (Vonnegut) flashbacks. I should re-read that one. I never feel like re-reading Vonnegut; I loved each book the first time and don't really want to go back.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 28 October 2023 05:01 (eleven months ago) link
Galapagos is, I think, an underappreciated book.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 28 October 2023 15:00 (eleven months ago) link
One of my favorites of his
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 28 October 2023 15:11 (eleven months ago) link
but as an owner of black cats, I'm not a fan of the term "voids".
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Saturday, 28 October 2023 15:18 (eleven months ago) link
i had no idea that "sketch" went back to the 70s! i thought it was a millennial invention.
We used to use "sketch" in Ireland to mean keeping a lookout for authority. If you were keeping sketch and you saw the teacher coming, you'd hiss "SKETCH!" at everyone and they would stop messing.
I hate it when people are doing old-timey Shakespeare talk and they put "eth" on the end of the wrong words. "I was shooketh." No.
― trishyb, Saturday, 28 October 2023 15:22 (eleven months ago) link
I just saw this in the Guardian and wondered if they'd just made it up...
“LFI’s strategy of conflictualising and systematically obstructing everything in parliament has also really angered its partners,”
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 October 2023 08:12 (eleven months ago) link
I just realised what Aussies use instead of ya'll! ya's! I.e. Whaddaya's doin? whaddayasreckon? canya's come over here?
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 30 October 2023 05:40 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah our accent is close to Irish, cf “yiz”
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 30 October 2023 07:38 (eleven months ago) link
yeah "gutted" is annoying and I associate it with the british and hyperbole, personally; it's akin to calling everything "brilliant". why go to these extremes.― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 27 October 2023 16:39 (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 27 October 2023 16:39 (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
British professional sportspeople have two emotional states: gutted or chuffed.
― fetter, Monday, 30 October 2023 11:05 (eleven months ago) link
"oh, and by the way"
― anvil, Monday, 30 October 2023 11:13 (eleven months ago) link
or just by the way in general
the british and hyperbole
One of my favorite examples of this is people using "You're a star" at work. Uh, really? I just did my job and answered your q. Not sure that really makes me a star lol.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 30 October 2023 11:21 (eleven months ago) link
“It is what it is” is not a term I hate, but it is very very silly. You’ll find it in nearly every baseball interview ever, and I chuckle to myself whenever I hear/read it. It’s part of my regular lexicon, but usual said with a smirk to a friend just to be a pest
Also, chuffed and gutted are the only two descriptive words one needs and I need to use them more (particular chuffed, what a banger (do we hate “banger” in here?))
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 30 October 2023 12:52 (eleven months ago) link
Hyperbole in the workplace in a positive matter? Absolutely classic. Would love to be called a star for my regular work tbh
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 30 October 2023 12:53 (eleven months ago) link
Reading the top of this thread thoughts:
1. Didn’t know other countries said “veggies”2. I didn’t know Ben Shapiro wasn’t the first person to say “p-word”3. Bring back “touch base” (and you know what? Let’s say p-word more, it’s so silly and fun)
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 30 October 2023 12:57 (eleven months ago) link
I'm guessing/hoping the p-word is not what it means in the UK
― Alba, Monday, 30 October 2023 13:03 (eleven months ago) link
Oh okay I didn’t know that was a thing. Definitely not silly or fun
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 30 October 2023 13:09 (eleven months ago) link
I don't know what the p-word means on either side of the Atlantic tbh.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Monday, 30 October 2023 13:15 (eleven months ago) link
... oh hold on, no that is not advisable in the UK.
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Monday, 30 October 2023 13:16 (eleven months ago) link
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, October 30, 2023 8:53 AM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
It feels demeaning in some way when it's for really simple things. If it were something amazing that would be one thing but for literally everyday tasks I'm responsible for it's weird.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 30 October 2023 13:31 (eleven months ago) link
sometimes it can be used as a pretext to shit all over you later.
subtext being 'i said nice stuff to you before so i'm not a monster now that i'm saying really nasty stuff'
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 October 2023 13:34 (eleven months ago) link
Agree with ENBB - saying someone is a star generally comes from above; there’s no way the receptionist is telling eg. a director that they’re a star for some small nice thing but a director handed a cup of tea by the receptionist will absolutely tell them what a star they are.
― steely flan (suzy), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:31 (eleven months ago) link
I called the woman who went out of her way to make me up a bag of donuts a star the other day and I definitely meant it
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:35 (eleven months ago) link
I mean most words can be used to patronise this is true but sometimes you're just legit elated when somebody does something for you
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:37 (eleven months ago) link
anyone can call anyone a star ime
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:46 (eleven months ago) link
Todd Rundgren can
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 30 October 2023 15:51 (eleven months ago) link
I completely get what ENBB and suzy are talking about, lol it’s pretty much my mother’s mo
― brimstead, Monday, 30 October 2023 15:52 (eleven months ago) link