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

I like "no sweat."

Somebody I work with cannot go two minutes without saying "well, it is what it is," and he's never wrong, it always is what it always is

"what it is, is" is bad

in my call centre days i couldnt believe how common an intro into a spiel this was, whether the tale of woe or hope related to delayed bicycle deliveries or purchasing granny a commemorative ken barlow death china set

"Nobody asked for this"

“please understand that…”

y’all just hate bad news

lookit bossmate what it is what it is is

now we're cookin

lookit is the full stop at the beginning of a sentence

"I said no worries so many times last night at work and felt no remorse"
you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short
(n.b. "furries" pronounced like "furrow")

lookit is the full stop at the beginning of a sentence

My wife says when I start a sentence with "Listen," she knows bad news is coming.

i'm also a "no sweat" guy idc who knows it

This is a pretty random reference but “Lookit” reminds me of Jennilee Harrison on Dallas cuz she often said it and it sounded cute coming out of her mouth… I think the implication in that case was that her character was from a humble background (though technically heir to part of the Ewing estate) and was a straight shooter.

i prefer "no worries" to "no sweat" because i prefer people not to be thinking about my sweat at work and these stock phrases come up at work, both jobs in fact

I said that I prefer “no worry “to “no worries“ because I can only address one phobia at a moment, nor should I have to worry about all of the dimensions of your neurotic ass. I got my own neurotic ass to worry about.

you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short

or as I sometimes like to say it, "no wux"

"Talk to me about..." When did interviewers start using this construction? I don't mind it as such but it's absolutely rife now.

Q: "Talk to me about..."
A: "So..."

"No stress" is my go to. It pretty directly refers to my current state rather than the vague "no worries". Who isn't meant to worry, you, me, both of us?

let’s all just go back to no problem. we don’t have to bring our feelings into this. the problem, there is none

Personally I don't have a problem with "no problem."

There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.

My go-to phrases tend to be more obsequious things like "happy to help" and "glad to be of service," "glad to help," which have the advantage of being true. I actually do like being useful. Which I guess could be interpreted as me being a tool of capitalism and/or the patriarchy. But I am too old to be reformed. Probably I should have been canceled long ago.

The only time 'no worries' annoys me is when the shop assistant is trying to upsell me something. 'Do you want to pay a monthly charge for this other thing you didn't ask for?' 'No...' 'No worries!'

There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.

but fuck these people?

Well, yeah.

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— Tom J Newell (@tomjnewell) July 11, 2023

lmao

no worries slipknot

There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.

but fuck these people?

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lol yes fuck them BUT I am an assistant so 80% of my job is replying to some kind or request or another from people. I read somewhere that using "no problem" in some situations can serve to diminish the importance of the task you're about to do. No idea if that's true but it stuck with me and I usually go with something along the lines of "happy to help".

Even worse when you're relying on the goodwill of these haters for your actual income. I am appalled by the vitriol people will heap on service workers for doing something utterly innocuous like saying "no worries/problem" tbh. The fact that I have to worry about offending someone in this way or not getting paid is disturbing. So I can't really say "fuck those people" because the poisoned dance that we do as tipped employees.

(In private I can absolutely say fuck those people but if I want to pay my bills I can't tell them to get bent to their face)

I used to say "Easier done than said", and have finished the task by the time they had worked out what that meant.

“No wuckers” is the furthest I’ve been on the asymptotic line toward Pure Australianism and I have to respect it

I am appalled by the vitriol people will heap on service workers for doing something utterly innocuous like saying "no worries/problem" tbh

after my injury i'm a lot less likely to get riled at std service crap-- not from identification with them or sympathy, just-- well maybe it is sympathy a little? they're doing what they do for money. part is i-- i just like people generally more, and interacting is fun to me.

you have to be pretty particularly offensive or dismissive to get me to break. that said when i do, whoa, i can be quite direct and particular. not profane tho. more than most people maybe, and it is quite surprising to me and to others. it's also a post-injury trait, i expect due to much loss of control vs impulsivity.

i have no idea what that post is... you're speaking from the pov of someone who is sometimes a dick to service workers? you're saying you don't identify with or sympathize with them?

thats not what he said at all tbh

I thought it was refreshingly honest to admit a change in behavior toward the less-irritable, on account of an injury or not. People in general could afford to examine why they’re so irritable and who they heap scorn on.

Hey buddy maybe YOU could afford to examine why YOU'RE so irritable and who YOU heap scorn on! Leave ME out of it!

Xpost Otm. Irritability in today's environment is understandable, but someone, friend or stranger, shouldn't be a punching bag simply because they had the audacity to cross your path on the wrong day.

That being said, I was awful to people last year and have had to undertake a similar initiative

I love Five Easy Pieces but I do not love that scene.

Pretty sure James Redd prefers "Dinnae fash yersel".

Wheesht

This is more of an internet thing than something people say, but I am finding myself increasingly annoyed by the number of crappy reels I see on social media titled "POV" when there's nothing point-of-view about it, it's just a video

From the is this racist thread:

i have to say i don't love the increasingly common term "street tacos" for....actual tacos

maybe they're saying 'dud joke'

Pretty sure James Redd prefers "Dinnae fash yersel".

vice-ah versa

I recently became aware of “delulu”. Just fucking awful, makes me want to die.

almost certainly complained about these before, but the thread has become too large to search, so if you write

• smacks of
• methinks
• writ large

One that's been annoying me lately is "technical term" followed by some colloquialism, ie "Her behaviour was certainly unusual, I believe the technical term is 'batshit crazy'".

hearing a couple of people recently using what sounds like the phrase cognitive dissidence in places where I would expect cognitive dissonance. Wondering if it is conscious and an in joke of sorts or if it is a case of the latter.

Would think a cognitive dissidence had some level of agency involved. Whether that's esoteric knowledge or just arrogant doubling down.
But not sure if it is conscious or not.

Cognitive Dissidents is the name of a San Francisco-area bar in William Gibson's Virtual Light

"Spitballing"