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

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?

― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, February 15, 2024 8:32 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

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"

p much all corporate speak tbh

mookie will you explain what bugs you about "smacks of" and possibly provide some alternatives, it's for a friend

it’s very Buster Bluth to me

Seems like

Calls to mind

Reminds one of

Has the air of

Is redolent of

all awful phrases ofc

Think Wodehouse used "has the air of" well, think it has its uses along these lines. The others, agreed.

learnings
stakeholders

most prepositions

Learningsssssss imagined always in a Von Helsing voice.

"worry not!|

mattkkkkk otm, I can't make soup without a voice in my head saying "with a smack of ham to it! "

To me, smacks of means than resembles. If something smacks of hypocrisy it means it stinks of it.

worry not!

A few of the pubs/restaurants I follow on social media use this sort of style and it really sets my teeth on edge. "Rejoice! our spring menu has returned...behold its wondrous delights" etc. Guaranteed someone will reply with a "Hurrah!"

Or worse, “huzzah”

On the suspenders side of things I give “wax” or “waxes” a pass, I kinda enjoy it tbh, I wax enthusiastic about wax

Somebody told me they hated “myriad” once and I have a subroutine in place to avoid its usage, too bad, it’s a useful word

If people wish to use "myriad," I prefer when they use it as an adjective. I know it also is accepted as a noun but I am not reconciled to that usage.

Best: I have myriad iguanas.

Not so great: I have a myriad of iguanas.

I didn't even know it could be used as a noun in place of multitude or suchlike. It's too similar to pyramid for me to take it seriously - "I have a pyramid of iguanas".

most nouns

I've got a myriad of pyramids, kid

Myriad as noun goes back further than myriad as adjective, I believe.