Things that should be buried with the last decade

[Christina]

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.

[emma]

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.

[Sarah]

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.

[Bryan]

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.

[dave from knoxville]

Unlike, say, horn-rim glasses and Galois'

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

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.

[JustNicole]

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.

[Steve of Bloomington]

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.

[dave from knoxville]

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.

[fonpr]

"Going Forward" unless you are in reverse.

[cutout]

"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.

[liberalcrow]

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

[Dan B]

This was an exchange between two children at a store:

"You're an epic fail!"
"No, YOU'RE an epic fail!"

BURY THAT.

[Emily]

Swine Flu!

[todd]

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.