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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: KickTheBobo on December 31, 2009, 01:48:33 PM
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We need a fresh start in 2010, culture-wise. It's time to bury some of this shit!
1. anything "Rock Star" related
2. the massive amount of digital photography. I propose a 15 picture per day limit on taking pictures.
3. internet gross-out videos
4. Hyper-Sexuality in public. The young folks need to learn that it's tasteful to NOT post all your private bidness to the world
5. Star-fucking-Wars, and anything referencing it
6. The whole American Apparel, Terry Richardson aesthetic (see below)
(http://i37.tinypic.com/wjvupz.jpg)
7. Cocaine
8. White Guys with Dreads
9. Extreme Gluttony shows (Man Vs. Food)
10. Top-anything lists
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1. Autotune.
2. Friends who think anywhere but Hollywood is "The New Hollywood." (New Orleans)
3. The Urban Outfitters flannel long sleeve shirt pandemic.
4. Bike riders' assumed superiority.
5. Spike on The Best Show.
6. The use of the phrase "With the economy the way it is."
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We need a fresh start in 2010, culture-wise. It's time to bury some of this shit!
1. anything "Rock Star" related
2. the massive amount of digital photography. I propose a 15 picture per day limit on taking pictures.
3. internet gross-out videos
4. Hyper-Sexuality in public. The young folks need to learn that it's tasteful to NOT post all your private bidness to the world
5. Star-fucking-Wars, and anything referencing it
6. The whole American Apparel, Terry Richardson aesthetic (see below)
(http://i37.tinypic.com/wjvupz.jpg)
7. Cocaine
8. White Guys with Dreads
9. Extreme Gluttony shows (Man Vs. Food)
10. Top-anything lists
I agree with everything on your list except #6 (erotic), #7 (very fun in moderation), and #9 (a lesser show of this type would be horrid, but the very likable Mr. Richman makes MvF work).
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Let's get rid of the young folks altogether.
Who's with me? Other than Sarah I mean.
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Let's get rid of the young folks altogether.
Who's with me? Other than Sarah I mean.
Spike!
But Not me Mahn.
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1. Excessive display.
2. <Some Shit> is the new <Other Shit>.
3. Pecking at your Iphone/Blackberry constantly like you were brought up with zero social skills.
4. Bedazzles/Studs/Rhinestones on anything unless you 10 years or below
5. Saying you are "just a big kid" to justify spending inordinate amounts of money on overpriced crap you don't need but like to collect anyway.
6. Frottage in the subway. (Only if one-sided; if mutual, pls move to below list at position #7)
7. War/Bad Stuff/Mean People/Conservatives/Paper Cuts/Torn elastic on fave pair of undies etc etc.
Things that must never be buried, now or forever more:
1. Pictures of cute animals.
2. Videos of cute animals.
3. Calendars of cute animals.
4. Blogs of cute animals.
5. Book deals for blogs of cute animals.
6. Books of pictures from the blogs of cute animals that sit at the registers of our fine nation's bookstores, waiting for your impulse purchase gland to activate.
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3. Pecking at your Iphone/Blackberry constantly like you were brought up with zero social skills.
I propose: Taking the phone out and placing it on the table when you are eating at a restaurant. I don't care if your buddy might call.
Also Teabaggers.
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Vice Magazine
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Hey, I like the youngsters as much as the oldsters.
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10. Top-anything lists
You can take away my hyper-sexuality but you'll never get my lists!
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10. Top-anything lists
you'll never get my lists!
Seconded.
Here's my short list
1. Ignorance
2. Lack of compassion
3. Designer dogs
4. Reality shows
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1. People bitching about hipsters. All kinds of obnoxious knee-jerk identity politics getting thrown at people regardless of their intentions, people just getting reduced to their marketing-centered component parts. Gawker named Carles their Hipster of the Year; they should've gone the Time route and bestowed it upon "You" instead.
2. Geek triumphalism. The appeal of geekiness before this decade is that these people (of which I was kinda one in high school) knew that they were still relatively powerless and had to find solidarity with fellow weirdo outcasts where they could, even if they couldn't see eye to eye on everything, and then eventually they'd graduate high school and find out that the world actually wasn't out to invalidate them, and maybe they'd lose the persecution complex and grow up a bit into genuinely fascinating idiosyncratic people. Now there's too many overgrown manchild types whose every whims are breathlessly catered to by Hollywood and the video game industry and the internet, and geek culture has this weird sense of spoiled, complacent, bullying, nostalgia-slave entitlement to it now. Geeks are the hippies of our times. I think that makes Harry Knowles our Wavy Gravy.
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1. Fox News and the pundits.
2. Celebration of Youtube stupidity.
3. Teen sex comedies (how many American Pie movies do we need?)
4. Weezer (it's just not cute anymore)
5. The economy sucking
6. Zombie movies (the good ones have all been done, enough already)
7. Top 100 lists.
8. Home decorating shows.
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1. crocks
2. uggs
3. men's sports sandals
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1. Autotune.
2. Friends who think anywhere but Hollywood is "The New Hollywood." (New Orleans)
3. The Urban Outfitters flannel long sleeve shirt pandemic.
4. Bike riders' assumed superiority.
5. Spike on The Best Show.
6. The use of the phrase "With the economy the way it is."
"Autotune" should also be 2, 3, and 4, and "People who disagree with dfk" should be 5. Otherwise, carry on.
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2. Geek triumphalism. The appeal of geekiness before this decade is that these people (of which I was kinda one in high school) knew that they were still relatively powerless and had to find solidarity with fellow weirdo outcasts where they could, even if they couldn't see eye to eye on everything, and then eventually they'd graduate high school and find out that the world actually wasn't out to invalidate them, and maybe they'd lose the persecution complex and grow up a bit into genuinely fascinating idiosyncratic people. Now there's too many overgrown manchild types whose every whims are breathlessly catered to by Hollywood and the video game industry and the internet, and geek culture has this weird sense of spoiled, complacent, bullying, nostalgia-slave entitlement to it now. Geeks are the hippies of our times. I think that makes Harry Knowles our Wavy Gravy.
What an excellent point that I totally agree with. When too much of society caters to the purposefully disenfranchised, everybody loses!
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1. crocks
2. uggs
3. men's sports sandals
I think the reason I despise uggs so much is rooted mostly in the fact that they look SO warm and comfortable but they are marketed to ANYONE but a straight man.
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the reality tv phenomenon (shows, publicity stunts, would be stars etc.)
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Using words like "collective" and "curate" and "granular" to sound smarter.
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Saying "really?", ala Seth Meyers and Tina Fey.
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Using the word "meh" on the internet or in real life.
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Using the word "meh" on the internet or in real life.
Meh.
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Saying "really?", ala Seth Meyers and Tina Fey.
Yes! Especially when it is followed up with "seriously?" and then a "really?" refrain.
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Saying "really?", ala Seth Meyers and Tina Fey.
Yes! Especially when it is followed up with "seriously?" and then a "really?" refrain.
Along this vein, "-ish" added to something or standing alone.
"Do you feel sick?"
"Yes."
"Do you have a fever?"
"Ish."
I started hearing that this summer and I think the world would be a better place without it.
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..or the word "even" where it doesn't belong used for awkward emphasis.
As in: "Are you even serious?"
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..or the word "even" where it doesn't belong used for awkward emphasis.
As in: "Are you even serious?"
Similarly, "What does that even mean?" is used a lot. Usually after something that's pretty understandable.
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the reality tv phenomenon (shows, publicity stunts, would be stars etc.)
I know this is an old problem, but how about people who are famous for being famous.
Also, the Bacon meme.
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..or the word "even" where it doesn't belong used for awkward emphasis.
As in: "Are you even serious?"
Similarly, "What does that even mean?" is used a lot. Usually after something that's pretty understandable.
But ending a sentence with "even" (or "already") is pretty great. Both shown in Thee Headcoats album Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It’s Thee Headcoats! (Already). I were to see Samir eating a sandwich, I would normally say something like "It's Samir eating a sandwich, even!"
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the reality tv phenomenon (shows, publicity stunts, would be stars etc.)
I know this is an old problem, but how about people who are famous for being famous.
Also, the Bacon meme.
This "bacon in everything" trend that's happened in recent years needs to stop. Chocolate covered bacon, bacon flavored whatever, the Baconator, etc. I mean we all love bacon but no one want to see something so wonderful overstay its welcome.
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Bacon and lox.
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If I were to see Samir eating a sandwich, I would normally say something like "It's Samir eating a sandwich, even!"
If I were to see Samir eating a sandwich, I would normally say something like "It's Samir eating a sandwich, dere!"
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(http://i48.tinypic.com/2epkapz.jpg)
yep, it's a slow news day.
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Bravo.
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The phrase "baby bump"
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The phrase "baby bump"
Ugh, good one cutout.
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I don't even know what that is. Is it like a fist bump, only you bump your babies together?
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I don't even know what that is. Is it like a fist bump, only you bump your babies together?
Yes.
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Baby bump/horror show:
(http://dailycontributor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nadya-suleman-baby-bump2.jpg)
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the reality tv phenomenon (shows, publicity stunts, would be stars etc.)
American Idol, specifically. I've never even viewed this show for more than 5 minutes. And yet I feel like I can't escape from it. Every year it's a new crop of airbrushed, factory-farmed, over-singing mutants assaulting my eardrums whenever I'm trying to get some shopping done at the supermarket. Adam Lambert was supposedly in rebellion against the "factory farm" aspect of the show. But was his album any good? I'm gonna make a wild guess: probably not.
American Idol: GET OFF MY LAWN.
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Baby bump/horror show:
(http://dailycontributor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nadya-suleman-baby-bump2.jpg)
Jesus, that looks like one of the Body Snatcher pods.
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That one guy at shows who thinks he is original by yelling "PLAY ANYTHING YOU WANT" while everyone else is yelling out song requests.
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2. Geek triumphalism. The appeal of geekiness before this decade is that these people (of which I was kinda one in high school) knew that they were still relatively powerless and had to find solidarity with fellow weirdo outcasts where they could, even if they couldn't see eye to eye on everything, and then eventually they'd graduate high school and find out that the world actually wasn't out to invalidate them, and maybe they'd lose the persecution complex and grow up a bit into genuinely fascinating idiosyncratic people. Now there's too many overgrown manchild types whose every whims are breathlessly catered to by Hollywood and the video game industry and the internet, and geek culture has this weird sense of spoiled, complacent, bullying, nostalgia-slave entitlement to it now. Geeks are the hippies of our times. I think that makes Harry Knowles our Wavy Gravy.
Actually I agree. Along those lines we can leave in the last decade geeks pretending or wishing they had Asperger's Syndrome; that is also getting tiresome. It is Geek culture's 'I wish I were black', to quote the Lou Reed song.
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Using words like "collective" and "curate" and "granular" to sound smarter.
and 'conflate'.
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Along those lines we can leave in the last decade geeks pretending or wishing they had Asperger's Syndrome;
Don't know if it's exactly what you mean but: Moldy Peaches.
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Don't know how specific this is to web design, but everyone in the industry writes their bio the same way on various social media sites:
"Husband, father, Apple fanboy, social media guru, Christ follower"
We get it, you're accomplished & well-rounded!
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The general lack of manners.
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When female bloggers coyly refer to someone they've recently begun dating as "The Boy".
Once I start complaining about the oughties, I can't stop!
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When people call it "the oughties".
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Calling problems 'issues'.
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I was just watching a bit of 'Life After People' on the History Channel. It's kicking off Armageddon Week.
Enough with the End of Days/ Armageddon/9-11 scare porn. I think we all deserve a little break from this for awhile.
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I was just watching a bit of 'Life After People' on the History Channel. It's kicking off Armageddon Week.
Enough with the End of Days/ Armageddon/9-11 scare porn. I think we all deserve a little break from this for awhile.
People have been talking about the End of Days since The Beginning of Days ... it's just how people are.
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People that punctuate their online writings with haha. This one guy I know, uses it every other sentence, even when he isn't attempting humor, haha.
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When female bloggers coyly refer to someone they've recently begun dating as "The Boy".
Sorry, I'd ask them to stop, but I've usually got a short window before they start calling me "The Dud."
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I found Life After People uplifting. It is heartening to think the earth would be able to shrug off humanity's insults and injuries so easily.
I'm with you on the other scare porn, though.
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People that punctuate their online writings with haha. This one guy I know, uses it every other sentence, even when he isn't attempting humor, haha.
At least "haha" isn't as willfully dumb as "lulz".
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People that punctuate their online writings with haha. This one guy I know, uses it every other sentence, even when he isn't attempting humor, haha.
heheh is also pretty bad.
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1. crocks
I would be glad to see the shoes go, but I would be very sad to see actual crocodiles be buried with the last decade, because they are super fucking awesome.
Along this vein, "-ish" added to something or standing alone.
I once dated a girl who had an "-ish" tattoo. As in, the actual fake word. The relationship did not work out. True story.
Maybe this is a sign I spend too much time on internet boards, but I'd be happy not to ever read the phrase "FTW" ever again.
In fact, maybe I'll just expand that and say that me spending too much time on internet boards should remain in the last decade.
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I was just watching a bit of 'Life After People' on the History Channel. It's kicking off Armageddon Week.
Enough with the End of Days/ Armageddon/9-11 scare porn. I think we all deserve a little break from this for awhile.
If I remember correctly, they have a Nostradamus show now. I'm up for leaving the History Channel in the last decade. Starting with modern marvels running out of interesting topics and turning to screws, or doing their 50th show about guns, the station went way down hill, way fast.
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2. Geek triumphalism. The appeal of geekiness before this decade is that these people (of which I was kinda one in high school) knew that they were still relatively powerless and had to find solidarity with fellow weirdo outcasts where they could, even if they couldn't see eye to eye on everything, and then eventually they'd graduate high school and find out that the world actually wasn't out to invalidate them, and maybe they'd lose the persecution complex and grow up a bit into genuinely fascinating idiosyncratic people. Now there's too many overgrown manchild types whose every whims are breathlessly catered to by Hollywood and the video game industry and the internet, and geek culture has this weird sense of spoiled, complacent, bullying, nostalgia-slave entitlement to it now. Geeks are the hippies of our times. I think that makes Harry Knowles our Wavy Gravy.
Actually I agree. Along those lines we can leave in the last decade geeks pretending or wishing they had Asperger's Syndrome; that is also getting tiresome. It is Geek culture's 'I wish I were black', to quote the Lou Reed song.
Can we leave "the sensitive guy" behind too? He's the acoustic-guitar playing cousin of the geek.
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This thread makes me afraid to say or do anything.
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This thread makes me afraid to say or do anything.
Just say or do only the right things, and you'll be fine! Otherwise, we will crush you.
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2. Geek triumphalism. The appeal of geekiness before this decade is that these people (of which I was kinda one in high school) knew that they were still relatively powerless and had to find solidarity with fellow weirdo outcasts where they could, even if they couldn't see eye to eye on everything, and then eventually they'd graduate high school and find out that the world actually wasn't out to invalidate them, and maybe they'd lose the persecution complex and grow up a bit into genuinely fascinating idiosyncratic people. Now there's too many overgrown manchild types whose every whims are breathlessly catered to by Hollywood and the video game industry and the internet, and geek culture has this weird sense of spoiled, complacent, bullying, nostalgia-slave entitlement to it now. Geeks are the hippies of our times. I think that makes Harry Knowles our Wavy Gravy.
I'm with Joe: this is great. I am a pretty big geek, but I don't get the slavish devotion to terrible things (the Watchmen movie, Dollhouse, etc etc etc) because they are made by card-carrying geeks.
Other things I'd like to see go away:
1. 90% of Boston Red Sox fans (there are a few decent ones out there that should be spared)
2. Kevin Smith
3. Chuck Klosterman
4. People who want to talk about how much better The BBC Office is than The American Office (related: people still mad about Arrested Development getting canceled)
5. Horror movies that are more gross than scary
6. Foursquare
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The phrase "man up," except when followed with "and call me fat."
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4. People who want to talk about how much better The BBC Office is than The American Office (related: people still mad about Arrested Development getting canceled)
This should have it's own thread. I used to be one of these people but now I can easily think of handful reasons the US Office is such a better and more rounded piece of television.
...And the anger over Arrested Development gets them going on how great the movie, or what they heard was going to be a movie, is going to be.
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I'm with Joe: this is great. I am a pretty big geek, but I don't get the slavish devotion to terrible things (the Watchmen movie, Dollhouse, etc etc etc) because they are made by card-carrying geeks.
Other things I'd like to see go away:
1. 90% of Boston Red Sox fans (there are a few decent ones out there that should be spared)
2. Kevin Smith
3. Chuck Klosterman
4. People who want to talk about how much better The BBC Office is than The American Office (related: people still mad about Arrested Development getting canceled)
5. Horror movies that are more gross than scary
6. Foursquare
Foursquare is so goddamned annoying with all that mayor & badge crap. It's just a feeble attempt at people trying to validate that they are living a full life by earning little stars next to the names of their local bars & coffee shops.
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(http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2007/11/nancy-grace-preggers.jpg)
Pleeeeeease!
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When female bloggers coyly refer to someone they've recently begun dating as "The Boy".
I despise this. How demeaning to the person being referred to and how condescending of the person you're talking to. Ugh. "The Man Friend" falls along these lines for me.
Along this vein, "-ish" added to something or standing alone.
I once dated a girl who had an "-ish" tattoo. As in, the actual fake word. The relationship did not work out. True story.
An "-ish" tattoo? So many questions...
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When female bloggers coyly refer to someone they've recently begun dating as "The Boy".
I despise this. How demeaning to the person being referred to and how condescending of the person you're talking to. Ugh. "The Man Friend" falls along these lines for me.
I just grunt and point at his crotch, and then point at my crotch. I find that identifies it nicely for newcomers.
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6. Foursquare
Foursquare is so goddamned annoying with all that mayor & badge crap. It's just a feeble attempt at people trying to validate that they are living a full life by earning little stars next to the names of their local bars & coffee shops.
Okay, I had to go look this up 'cause I didn't know what this was ... Yuck. It also gives me a bad dystopian Phillip K. Dick-esque vibe.
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4. People who want to talk about how much better The BBC Office is than The American Office (related: people still mad about Arrested Development getting canceled)
This should have it's own thread. I used to be one of these people but now I can easily think of handful reasons the US Office is such a better and more rounded piece of television.
...And the anger over Arrested Development gets them going on how great the movie, or what they heard was going to be a movie, is going to be.
We could also discuss why Borat works so much better as a movie than Bruno did, but on the show it was the reverse.
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4. People who want to talk about how much better The BBC Office is than The American Office (related: people still mad about Arrested Development getting canceled)
This should have it's own thread. I used to be one of these people but now I can easily think of handful reasons the US Office is such a better and more rounded piece of television.
...And the anger over Arrested Development gets them going on how great the movie, or what they heard was going to be a movie, is going to be.
We could also discuss why Borat works so much better as a movie than Bruno did, but on the show it was the reverse.
Could it be simply the hype it had? Hype that cause SBC to try too hard resulting in an unfunny movie?
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An "-ish" tattoo? So many questions...
Yeah. It identified her as able-ish to avoid getting dumb tattoos.
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This thread makes me afraid to say or do anything.
Just say or do only the right things, and you'll be fine! Otherwise, we will crush you.
Better still, don't give a fuck.
On Dollhouse, it's pretty darn good this season. Surprised the bejesus out of me, since I was disappointed early on (and got scolded about it on this very board, I do believe).
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When people call it "the oughties".
I called it that twice today, you rat.
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Along those lines we can leave in the last decade geeks pretending or wishing they had Asperger's Syndrome;
It's not often I truly get all "ready to punch someone in the face for being an idiot". But that does it for me every time. It's not actually a fun thing to live with.
(I don't have it; a member of my immediate family does. Said family member would prefer to not have it if given the choice. That says it all for me.)
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When people call it "the oughties".
I called it that twice today, you rat.
Yeah, but you're all hopped up on the goofballs, so you can claim anything you want later and get away with it.
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When female bloggers coyly refer to someone they've recently begun dating as "The Boy".
I despise this. How demeaning to the person being referred to and how condescending of the person you're talking to. Ugh. "The Man Friend" falls along these lines for me.
I get that, but here is the thing: "boyfriend" has always sounded silly to me, "partner" is something you can only use if you've been together for a billion years, and then what are you left with? I say "gentlemen friend" but that is because I have no idea at this point. Do I have to start saying, like, "the dude I make out but also share feelings with in a non-casual, committed way?"
I am giving this a lot of thought because I have work I should be doing instead.
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If "boyfriend" sounds silly to you, emma, imagine what it would be like for someone my age to say it.
Hey, yet another reason to be single.
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6. Foursquare
Foursquare is so goddamned annoying with all that mayor & badge crap. It's just a feeble attempt at people trying to validate that they are living a full life by earning little stars next to the names of their local bars & coffee shops.
Okay, I had to go look this up 'cause I didn't know what this was ... Yuck. It also gives me a bad dystopian Phillip K. Dick-esque vibe.
Obviously, I could wiki this like AC, but I'm hoping someone around here can throw down a shorter and more scathing description of this thing?
For the record, I still find the use of "-ish" kind of cute. Maybe it's 'cause I don't spend as much time haunting the blogosphere as I once did.
I find it annoying how fast turns-of-phrase go from cute and original to utterly ubiquitous and hackneyed. Can we leave that trend in the last decade? (Warning: Accomplishing this might require bloggers and writers of lifestyle content stop writing stuff if they don't have anything to say.)
I give Stupornaut the gold medal for this thread so far. I'm with him all the way on his anti-hipster thing. That shit is tired.
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Unlike, say, horn-rim glasses and Galois'
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I'm really sick of unfunny but raunchy statements being passed off as jokes. I don't like it when men or women do it, but I especially hate female comedians doing Sarah Silverman knock-off acts. I think women can be just as funny or funnier as men, that goes without saying, or should. But just because you are under 40 and reasonably good-looking does not mean that talking about your "twat" or whatever is a moment of hilarity.
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I just grunt and point at his crotch, and then point at my crotch. I find that identifies it nicely for newcomers.
That is quite clear. I would understand what that meant.
Yeah. It identified her as able-ish to avoid getting dumb tattoos.
Don't like it. Love it.
I get that, but here is the thing: "boyfriend" has always sounded silly to me, "partner" is something you can only use if you've been together for a billion years, and then what are you left with? I say "gentlemen friend" but that is because I have no idea at this point. Do I have to start saying, like, "the dude I make out but also share feelings with in a non-casual, committed way?"
I am giving this a lot of thought because I have work I should be doing instead.
I think it's more of when someone says "The Man Friend" other than "my Man Friend." A lot of really beautiful girls I worked with last year would always say, "The Man Friend" like "The Sweater." It was just really off putting. I am glad you gave it a lot of thought, though. :D
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The phrase 'connect the dots' used to describe analysis/synthesis of information.
Like you don't know it's a picture of a train before you connect the dots. Come on now.
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I'm really sick of unfunny but raunchy statements being passed off as jokes. I don't like it when men or women do it, but I especially hate female comedians doing Sarah Silverman knock-off acts. I think women can be just as funny or funnier as men, that goes without saying, or should. But just because you are under 40 and reasonably good-looking does not mean that talking about your "twat" or whatever is a moment of hilarity.
OK, Gallagher.
Actually, I agree with you.
And Gallagher.
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"Going Forward" unless you are in reverse.
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"FIRST!", "WANT!", "FAIL!" and other one-word online caveman utterances. You can almost see/feel the Cheeto particles flying out of the mouths of people who say these words on Twitter & elsewhere.
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1. A time capsule
2. (In warm climates only) seeds
3. Overreaction to things that don't matter all that much
4. THAT JERK WHO CUT ME OFF!
5. All those dead people (unless they wanted to be cremated)
6. Literalism
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This was an exchange between two children at a store:
"You're an epic fail!"
"No, YOU'RE an epic fail!"
BURY THAT.
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Swine Flu!
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I would like to retire the following lazy jokes:
Anything fake sequel followed by "Electric Boogaloo."
The thing where people go, "I know that he knows we know, but does he know that I know that he knows we know?"
Shitty nerd references where the guy pushes up glasses and goes "I EQUIP MY +7 DAGGER OF BLAH BLAH BLAH." I'm lookin' at you, Big Bang Theory and/or every improv group in human history!
Ninjas/pirates/zombies/vikings etc.
Anything that's ever been on a Threadless shirt.
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I would like to retire the following lazy jokes:
Anything fake sequel followed by "Electric Boogaloo."
The thing where people go, "I know that he knows we know, but does he know that I know that he knows we know?"
Shitty nerd references where the guy pushes up glasses and goes "I EQUIP MY +7 DAGGER OF BLAH BLAH BLAH." I'm lookin' at you, Big Bang Theory and/or every improv group in human history!
Ninjas/pirates/zombies/vikings etc.
Anything that's ever been on a Threadless shirt.
I vote for all of these too.
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I would like to retire the following lazy jokes:
Anything fake sequel followed by "Electric Boogaloo."
I've been trying to popularize "The New Batch" as funny fake sequel name, with no success. Maybe "Port of Call: New Orleans" will catch on?
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Ed Hardy, and Ed McMahon.
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Anything that's ever been on a Threadless shirt.
I own a Threadless shirt that is just a bunch of line drawings of old boomboxes and radios and such. It's nerdy, but at least it is an honest apparel-based appraisal of what a dork I am for/about music. That said, I've started to wear button-ups more often, because I am A Professional.
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I'm really sick of unfunny but raunchy statements being passed off as jokes. I don't like it when men or women do it, but I especially hate female comedians doing Sarah Silverman knock-off acts. I think women can be just as funny or funnier as men, that goes without saying, or should. But just because you are under 40 and reasonably good-looking does not mean that talking about your "twat" or whatever is a moment of hilarity.
OK, Gallagher.
Actually, I agree with you.
And Gallagher.
I am a lot like Gallagher, aren't I? I've definitely got the beginnings of a Skullet going.
I don't actually mind the raunch, as long as it's funny -- Zach G. sometimes goes there, and Sarah Silverman can actually be funny when she makes the effort to think up jokes. I just hate it when it's lazy. Also, there was someone like that at the Adult Education thing I just did and on top of being unfunny she was kind of an incredible jerk, so like all of my taste preferences, it's partially grudge-based.
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I would like to retire the following lazy jokes:
Anything fake sequel followed by "Electric Boogaloo."
I've been trying to popularize "The New Batch" as funny fake sequel name, with no success. Maybe "Port of Call: New Orleans" will catch on?
Hey! I've been using "The New Batch" for a while myself. Once "The Legend of Curly's Gold" got played out, it was time to move on.
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I am a lot like Gallagher, aren't I?
More like Gallagher 2: Electric Boogaloo
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"The New Batch" is alright, but c'mon - I think people are clever enough to customize their hilarious sequel names. Do we really have to rely on pre-written, plug-and-play jokes? Tom came up with Casino 2: Back at the Table on the spot, you can too.
Dare to rise above, FOTs.
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I hear more and more people saying "awesomesauce!". Actually, I don't know what decade this started but it should be buried just in case. It's like the "cool beans" for the '00s.
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'The new hotness'
'The best ____ EVAR'
General Internet inspired ironic stupidity. Now millions can't stop themselves from doing it. It's like the funny voice you do that turns into your all-the-time voice.
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I hope we see a lot more movie Squeakquels, I will say that.
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Jeff Dunham and all of his racist puppets.
Contrarianism
America waging war on concepts
TMZ
watching "reality" TV ironical
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all puppets.
America waging war on concepts
"reality"
Agreed!
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Please retire the following:
"____ is a hot mess."
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Please retire the following:
"____ is a hot mess."
Never got (or used) this one although I do refer to gross food as hot garbage, does that count?
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"Tin foil hat" has pretty much become meaningless if it ever was.
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haha, love the tin foil hat. Urban dictionary describes it as the number 1 fashion accessory for unemployed conspiracy theorists around the world.
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Time also to bury this overused idiom: "hilarity ensues"
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Time also to bury this overused idiom: "hilarity ensues"
Hilarity reigns. Hijinx ensue.
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Seinfeld add-ons to conversations-- "not that there's anything wrong with that;" "yadda yadda" etc. It's time to stop, the show was
cancelled retired years ago.
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Jay Leno.
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Might've complained about this in some other thread ages ago, but: South Park, and the quoting thereof ("PROFIT!"; "sad panda"; "Mmmmkay?").
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The "Got Milk"-style taglines (http://milkinggotmilk.com/)
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The word "Goodies" should never pass between two adults, especially not in an office. Also, I'd like to bury the phrase, "we work hard, but we play hard"
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The word "Goodies" should never pass between two adults, especially not in an office. Also, I'd like to bury the phrase, "we work hard, but we play hard"
Business in the Front, Party in the Back is still okay, right? Otherwise I have no idea how to ask for my regular haircut.
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The word "Goodies" should never pass between two adults, especially not in an office. Also, I'd like to bury the phrase, "we work hard, but we play hard"
Unless it is aspirin powder. Right Dave?
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The word "Goodies" should never pass between two adults, especially not in an office. Also, I'd like to bury the phrase, "we work hard, but we play hard"
Business in the Front, Party in the Back is still okay, right? Otherwise I have no idea how to ask for my regular haircut.
Ask 'em for a 10/90
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"FIRST!", "WANT!", "FAIL!" and other one-word online caveman utterances. You can almost see/feel the Cheeto particles flying out of the mouths of people who say these words on Twitter & elsewhere.
Yes! You left out the two worst ones though: "OWNED" and the indescribably awful "PWNED".
What's worse is when people actually say these in real life. My 12-year-old brother sometimes uses these words and it never fails to make my heart sink a little.
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The word "Goodies" should never pass between two adults, especially not in an office. Also, I'd like to bury the phrase, "we work hard, but we play hard"
Unless it is aspirin powder. Right Dave?
Indeed. And BC should no longer indicate "Before Christ".
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5. Star-fucking-Wars, and anything referencing it
Are you sure I can't interest you in a limited edition Marc Eko hoodie or two?
(http://ecko.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pECKO1-6478049t181a.jpg) (http://ecko.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pECKO1-6478043t181a.jpg)
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"swagger" has to go.
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"swagger" has to go.
The word? Or the act of swaggering?
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The phrases "rock my face off" and "melt my face off".
Using numbers in place of vowels when spelling words.
And Blue Tooth headsets.
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The Non-Fot-related internet.
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Energy drinks (at least, the ones that aren't coffee.) For that matter: all new soft drinks! We've got enough already!
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Friendster. It's still alive!
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People who say RightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRight when you're trying to tell them something.
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Internet advertising that uses explicit photographs of teeth.
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People who say RightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRight when you're trying to tell them something.
Or, yeahyeahyeahyeah really quickly. Really annoying.
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Olde English vocab has slowly went from ironic to hip, and it's neither ironic or hip.
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_____y Mc_____ as a fake name. Jokey McJokester, or Laughy McLaugher, etc.
FUCK OFF AND DIE
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_____y Mc_____ as a fake name. Jokey McJokester, or Laughy McLaugher, etc.
FUCK OFF AND DIE
There goes the main character of my 900-page novel.
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_____y Mc_____ as a fake name. Jokey McJokester, or Laughy McLaugher, etc.
FUCK OFF AND DIE
I started this one in 1999... sorry, it was funny at the time.
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People who say RightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRight when you're trying to tell them something.
Or, yeahyeahyeahyeah really quickly. Really annoying.
Oh, you mean like Paul F Tompkins!
I'll run get the bullet
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People who say RightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRight when you're trying to tell them something.
Or, yeahyeahyeahyeah really quickly. Really annoying.
Oh, you mean like Paul F Tompkins!
I'll run get the bullet
Stir that pot, DFK!
Another contribution that may or may not have been mentioned:
Calling the internet the internets, the interwebs, intarweb, "teh" internets, any mention of the internet running on "tubes," and the joke that Al Gore invented it. If you've done this, you're a dumb guy.
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Calling the internet the internets, the interwebs, intarweb, "teh" internets, any mention of the internet running on "tubes," and the joke that Al Gore invented it. If you've done this, you're a dumb guy.
Oh, you're making this one retroactive?
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People who say RightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRightRight when you're trying to tell them something.
Or, yeahyeahyeahyeah really quickly. Really annoying.
Oh, you mean like Paul F Tompkins!
I'll run get the bullet
Stir that pot, DFK!
Another contribution that may or may not have been mentioned:
Calling the internet the internets, the interwebs, intarweb, "teh" internets, any mention of the internet running on "tubes," and the joke that Al Gore invented it. If you've done this, you're a dumb guy.
Oh yeah yeah yeah!!!
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It's all good
my bad
prolly
weak sauce
natch
ill
fresh
dope
retro anything
dude
cool
dank
schwag
the bomb
man
accents of any kind
phat
smell phone
words of any kind
eating food to sustain existence
life as we know it.
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What's next, burying, "Wait, whut?" Not on my watch, dude. That's weak sauce I tells ya.
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It's all good
my bad
prolly
weak sauce
natch
ill
fresh
dope
retro anything
dude
cool
dank
schwag
the bomb
man
accents of any kind
phat
smell phone
words of any kind
eating food to sustain existence
life as we know it.
I hereby declare: In Twenty Ten, and for the entire decade, marijuana will ONLY be referred to by the street term 'Hank Dula', regardless of strain or potency.
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Oh, I thought of another one. Saying "Awkwaaaard" after somebody says something weird.
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Snoop Dogg-speak / LOLCat-speak
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I hereby declare: In Twenty Ten, and for the entire decade, marijuana will ONLY be referred to by the street term 'Hank Dula', regardless of strain or potency.
I won't support this because my son's name is Henry and therefore all of his nicknames are Hankish and I can't have him associated with any kind of hippydom so I move that we only refer to the devil's lettuce as "Doobachevski" or "The Righteous Boo".
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I hereby declare: In Twenty Ten, and for the entire decade, marijuana will ONLY be referred to by the street term 'Hank Dula', regardless of strain or potency.
I won't support this because my son's name is Henry and therefore all of his nicknames are Hankish and I can't have him associated with any kind of hippydom so I move that we only refer to the devil's lettuce as "Doobachevski" or "The Righteous Boo".
Hank "The Dank" Reeleyes
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Cheese Wiz!
That stuff is so gross.
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This list is very comprehensive...
Perhaps it was mentioned, but "How ____ is that?!" really has to go.
Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
(I hope I have not offended anyone if "puke" is also on the list)
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
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Cheese Wiz!
That stuff is so gross.
At least getting crazy with it was left in the 90's.
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I've never heard "weak sauce" before, but now I'm going to start using it as frequently as possible.
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
Word is Lawrence Pervison's former significant other used to abuse this acronym.
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"deal breaker"
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I've never heard "weak sauce" before, but now I'm going to start using it as frequently as possible.
I've actually started saying it recently. I have no idea why. It just feels right.
Oddly, I have an intense hated for "cool beans".
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You know what word makes me skeevy? "Robust" when used in a context other than physical exercise or coffee. Like a robust publicity plan, or a robust operating system. It sounds dirty.
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'Performant'
I've just never liked that word. It's what people use instead of saying 'performs well' or 'cool'.
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
consider yourself lucky!
Maybe it's a British thing?
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
consider yourself lucky!
Maybe it's a British thing?
I'm not a huge reader of knitting blogs but I do think many of the crafters use DH to refer to the person they're knitting something for.
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
consider yourself lucky!
Maybe it's a British thing?
I'm not a huge reader of knitting blogs but I do think many of the crafters use DH to refer to the person they're knitting something for.
I'll get me coat...
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Also, I want to eradicate the term "DH" when referring to "Dear husband" or "Darling hubby" ... (PUKE!)
I have never heard this before in my life.
consider yourself lucky!
Maybe it's a British thing?
I'm not a huge reader of knitting blogs but I do think many of the crafters use DH to refer to the person they're knitting something for.
Yikes, that makes it about 50x worse.
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If I could choose one media "personality" to leave behind -- Nancy Grace.
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If I could choose one media "personality" to leave behind -- Nancy Grace.
Glenn Beck or anyone from Philadelphia NBC 10
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I've never heard "weak sauce" before, but now I'm going to start using it as frequently as possible.
I've actually started saying it recently. I have no idea why. It just feels right.
Oddly, I have an intense hated for "cool beans".
I hate cool beans as a saying but I love it as a weird musical number in Hot Rod.
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I've never heard "weak sauce" before, but now I'm going to start using it as frequently as possible.
I've actually started saying it recently. I have no idea why. It just feels right.
Oddly, I have an intense hated for "cool beans".
I hate cool beans as a saying but I love it as a weird musical number in Hot Rod.
It was also a good zine.
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/174710403_dbce1105e2.jpg?v=0)
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It should have been retired after the 90's, but I still hear it, so it still should.....
"You go, girl"
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It should have been retired after the 90's, but I still hear it, so it still should.....
"You go, girl"
I don't know, I think that one is due for an ironic comeback.
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Moms on Facebook, it's gotta stop. My mom's update from today verbatim: "I did the macarena in an elevator with a pickle because I'm awesome!" Is that a euphemism?
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Vic Chesnutt?
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Men rubbing their nipples ala Austin Powers/Conan O'Brien
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Men rubbing their nipples ala Austin Powers/Conan O'Brien
Yeah, that one never should have started.
Re. DH, I always assumed they were knitting stuff for Designated Hitters.
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Re. DH, I always assumed they were knitting stuff for Designated Hitters.
They did for a while. Baseball bat cozies and cleet protectors. But the MLB had to sanction the yarn, everyone said things they didn't mean...
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Addressing people as "bitches". Dave Chappelle started it 5 years ago and it won't die.
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I'm sure Chappelle didn't start that.
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'I'm James Brown, bitch!'
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Please abolish use of the word "sad" in internet discussions/flame wars... *
for example: "the fact that you believe blah blah blah is truly SAD!" or "the pathetic DJ only had three Abba albums in his bag. Sad," or "the removal of Chester's Cherry Bomb Sundaes from the Chucky Cheese menus is an affront to our freedoms and sad."
* unless you are truly sad.
Also "thoughts and prayers" as some sort of all-purpose get out of jail free/"I've done my share" card when a tragedy strikes should be made illegal.
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Moms on Facebook, it's gotta stop. My mom's update from today verbatim: "I did the macarena in an elevator with a pickle because I'm awesome!" Is that a euphemism?
Macarena is a euphemism. I don't know how the pickle figures in.
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Moms on Facebook, it's gotta stop. My mom's update from today verbatim: "I did the macarena in an elevator with a pickle because I'm awesome!" Is that a euphemism?
Macarena is a euphemism. I don't know how the pickle figures in.
Googled "macarena in an elevator" and found the culprit.
It's a chain letter circulating on facebook:
(why yes, I do have some extra free time at work!)
http://sarah-land.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2856001%3ABlogPost%3A191893&commentId=2856001%3AComment%3A210730&xg_source=activity
I know, I know, ack to back posts :P
Huzzah for facebook!
Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March----------I karate chopped
April------------I licked
May------------I jumped on
June-----------I smelled
July------------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over
Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10------my neighbour
11------my science teacher
12------a banana
13------a fireman
14------a stuffed animal
15------a goat
16------a pickle
17------your mom
18------a spoon
19------a smurf
20------a baseball bat
21------a ninja
22------Chuck Norris
23------a noodle
24------a squirrel
25------a football player
26------my sister
27------my brother
28------an iPod
29------a surfer
30------a homeless guy
31------a llama
What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 ---------On your car
3 --------In a hole
4 ---------Under your bed
5 ---------Riding a Motorcycle
6 ---------Sliding down a hill
7 ---------In an elevator
8----------At the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom
Pick the colour of shirt you are wearing:
White--------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red----------because the voices told me to.
Blue----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green--------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple--------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray---------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 d ollars
Orange------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other--------because I'm a Ninja!
None---------because I can't control myself!
I don't know what's more pathetic; that someone spent part of their lives thinking this up and sending it out to people, that people actually follow things like this and think of it as a route to "comedy," or that I spent time researching it.
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Please abolish use of the word "sad" in internet discussions/flame wars... *
for example: "the fact that you believe blah blah blah is truly SAD!" or "the pathetic DJ only had three Abba albums in his bag. Sad," or "the removal of Chester's Cherry Bomb Sundaes from the Chucky Cheese menus is an affront to our freedoms and sad."
* unless you are truly sad.
Also "thoughts and prayers" as some sort of all-purpose get out of jail free/"I've done my share" card when a tragedy strikes should be made illegal.
Let's also banish "... VERY ..." from Internet forums. Do we really need both the word "very" and the caps?
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Wasn't it "Rick James, bitch?" And didn't he actually say it in real life? But yes, kill that thing. Unless people (besides me) want to say "I'm Jason Grote, bitch," in which case I heartily endorse it.
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It started with "I'm Rich James, bitch" but Chappelle used "bitches" many many times in the shows, soon after which everyone and their mom started apeing it and using it to address any group of people. As a guy, that word really grates, I can only imagine it from a woman's perspective.