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

by definition the very youngest boomers are now 59yo and the oldest are 77

still too young to be president apparently

We boomers will always have Bill Clinton and Dubya to live down.

My 80+-year-old parents are VERY adamant that they are not Boomers, but war babies. The distinction (if it ever mattered) will stop mattering soon.

Biggest difference for war babies was that they entered adulthood as a much smaller cohort. They tended to have easier career paths (less competition for desirable openings) but much less social/cultural impact or influence. They weren't as flattered or catered to by big business.

I am sure that's true on the macro level, but my parents are weird. My father was born in Los Alamos because his father was a not-insignificant Manhattan Project figure; his career path led him to Vietnam (which was decidedly NOT easy). My mother lost her father early and struggled to get by at all; she worked three jobs for most of my life, yadda cubed.

Now, I know most everybody is dealing with something you don't know about, and privilege is most definitely a thing, and anecdotes are not data. But when I think of my own specific parents' career paths or lives, "easier" is not the first word that springs to mind.

nothing said about a group larger than one person is true of any one person we might all put that into practice now we have had an awakening here today hmmmm?

I'd like to blame it all on the aussies but I could imagine someone doing this in a trendy part of london too

US VC money has enabled franchising of Karen's Dinner, there's a couple in Britain (London and Birmingham), one in Dublin and one in Denver Colorado.

karen's diner particularly egregious because if one profession has to deal with actual karendom a lot surely it's waiters

The one near me went OOB. I assume the others did too.

that is a noise actual karens make and all

Karen is played out, but Chad is still going strong.

Waiting for a Trixie revival.

My first cabbage patch doll's name was Trixie Alice.

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"Pazz & Jop"

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words to do with fermentation eg

“scobie”
“poolish”

ugh so gross. stop

scoby don’t

Tracer how else do you want us to say "two weeks pass..."

a fortnight transpires?
fourteen suns set?

bimonth

every month is bimonth

what ever happened to straight smarck month thats what i wanna know

Hey now
You're a smarck mouth
Get your game on

read the room

bi- and semi- as a modifiers for frequency of occurrence always slow me down, my brain has to run an extra calculation

Also: usage of "20th century" to describe "the 1900s" and so on

Sixmonthly, twoyearly tho? Yuck. Even worse

"20th century" to describe "the 1900s"

According to the accepted cultural and legal definition, I am 69 years old. It is just as true that I am currently in my 70th year of life. Young kids get this distinction and insist on being e.g. five-and-a-half instead of just five.

Oh I know it's correct, I'm not disputing it, I just find it annoying.

Had no idea you were 69! Nice

I have been hearing “perfect” as an acknowledgment of any sort of response to a question.

“Date of birth?”

“12/21/73”

[types into computer] “Perfect”

Repeat for the next 6 questions

verbal tics that mask the void in one's soul

I kind of hate "mate", as in "How are you, mate". I'm pretty sure I've never said it in my life.

Just ran some errands and unconsciously said “perfect” to various clerks multiple times and felt shocked and appalled at myself afterward, sorry world

Today I learned that Tom D. is probably not Australian

also not Argentinian

I have been hearing “perfect” as an acknowledgment of any sort of response to a question.

hm. i see it as an analog of "very good," which i normally assume to mean "request in good order and understood."

i don't use it, as it does sound like "in excellent taste" or something.

I've caught myself saying "perfect" lately in exactly this way. It bugs me, and I have no idea where I picked it up. Taking this thread as a caution.

I couldn't imagine using "perfect" non-sarcastically. "Someone tore open a package of diapers and changed their baby in the store aisle." "Perfect."

I searched my WhatsApp chats for “yeah perfect” and had to stop scrolling after thirty instances.

I find myself overusing "very well" in the same way that some people use "perfect."

Another option is "good choice."

Whenever I am interacting with musicians doing covers (which may be a bit too often), I find myself saying "that's a good choice for you." Which may be bad instead of good.

My wife has admonished me about saying things like "I am glad you're having fun" or "I am glad you're interested in these things" to our daughter, when the topic is k-pop or v-tubers or whatever. I am working on figuring out the right response.

Lol puffin. Hope you figure that one out with your daughter

All "mate" haters please identify yourself so you can be appropriately killfiled.

The amount of joy I get returning from travelling and being able to put "mate", "cheers", "gday", "howzitgoan" etc. back into my vocabulary/being able to lean back into my accent, is immeasurable

xp to my kids i often use "i'm glad you're..." but sometimes i resort to "that sounds fun!" my worst dad style is probably *looking slightly grave or disappointed* "hey, doing x is erm, well, that's a bad model." lol.

my fave annoyance (which cracked me up) was in early 10's when i was doing verbal text messages, and thus saying the words "comma" or "period" into them, and my young teen kids would spontaneously walk around mocking me by interjecting "COMMA" or ending sentences with "PERIOD," while giving me a hard time.

my son calls me mate when i call him to find out where he is, absolutely infuriating

"alright mate?"

my young teen kids would spontaneously walk around mocking me by interjecting "COMMA" or ending sentences with "PERIOD," while giving me a hard time.

lol roasted

Feel like “mate” is like calling an adult “buddy” or “pal”, something you use deliberately to be irritating. “Oh mate” is a classic of this genre IMO