Luftwaffles Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 It's the whole pseudo-chivalrous language that seems to pop up a lot nowadays, though I mostly see it on reddit. "Have an upvote, good sir" "So sorry, m'lady" "You sir are a gentleman and a scholar" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Hey, Donald Sterling defenders, either learn how freedom of speech actually works or shut the fuck up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Hmm, maybe it's a regional thing, because I've been hearing stuff like that even irl since like middle school (~2000, before I really had much exposure to the internet). I mean, not all the time, but occasionally, whenever someone wanted to be jokingly proper. Most common would be "you sir are a gentleman and a scholar" in place of a "thank you". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 It makes my toes curl - I just imagine they are all a bunch of fedora-wearing toss pots. The gentleman and scholar thing is an established phrase though, so I don't really mind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I wholeheartedly agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I've lost track of how many times I've had to remind people whining about squeakers that TF2 has a mute button only to be ignored so the punk can be an internet tough guy. You deserve every ounce of annoyance that ~10 year old provides you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 "Meh." You really have to stop with that shit. You sounded retarded AND like an asshole. With absolutely no ideas in your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 I dunno, I think it can be useful when you want to say that you can't disagree with someone's point, but you just don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 This is so important You don't understand how important this is It's a drawing of martin freeman and benedict cumberbatch snuggling on a sofa reading a book. I understand exactly how important it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Sorry if this is already in here somewhere, but: "_____ much?" "Lame overplayed joke much?" "Misunderstand proper usage and syntax much?" "Too lazy to have an actual thought much?" "Pavlov's dog much?" Enough with that shit. Let it go already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mister Jack Posted May 8, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Entry level job postings that require years upon years of experience. You sons of bitches have no idea what "entry level" means. Fuck every company that does this. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I feel you Jack, I feel you. "At least 1 year of experience," they say sometimes, but who's going to give you that year? For me, it's gotten to the point where I'm considering going back to college for another degree. I don't want to spend another year in retail where I'm underpaid and not appreciated for the work I put in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 "This. So much this." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Articles or posts or stories that get tagged with [TRIGGER WARNING]. Look, I get that rape is a terrible, traumatic thing, but this is just dumb. If the idea of putting a trigger warning on something is to keep rape victims from remembering their trauma then you already fucked it up because anyone who knows what "trigger warning" means will start thinking about it as soon as they read that tag EXACTLY because they already know what it means and your tag just reminded them, so what's the point? I'm not trying to sound insensitive, but if you're so traumatized from a bad experience in your past that reading someone else's article/personal story will make you have a breakdown, then you need way more help than a tag can give you. Seriously, just get off the internet and go talk to a therapist or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Because reading detailed information about something can be much worse than just the vague acknowledgement that the thing exists? Being considerate of others, how ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 The word "fap." It sounds deliberately cutesy when used as a verb, which annoys me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 trigger warnings are useful because people can filter out the tags so they don't see those posts at all. I can see where Mister Jack is coming from though because some of the things I read on tumblr make me want to punch the person in the face until my knuckles bleed. I know there are blogs out there full of emaciated people and images of self-harm which I understand would be bad for people to see, and I find it jarring if a picture like that ends up on my dash, even though it doesn't really affect me. BUT, for example, this happened on my tumblr dash: blogger makes a post - "had pasta for lunch it was lovely". It got a reply "can you tag that it's very triggering for my problems/bulimia". It was already tagged [food], and seriously could you have created a more innocuous post? [very triggering] is a phrase that's very triggering for me. Some people are just looking to be offended and if that sort of post is genuinely a problem then you should literally not go on the internet and need a stay in hospital until you can interact safely in the real world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I can understand the "trigger warning" as it was intended, but as you say it's been abused to the point of meaningless. I find a lot of stuff like that seem to originate through Tumblr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 This shit was all over the Lindsay Lohan debacle of a reality show. Her sober coach kept saying everything was "a trigger for Lindsay" when she started acting like a spoil brat. Eventually, when he was on the air, you knew he was going to say "trigger", which made me and my wife laugh by that point. Hell, it could have been part of the Lohan drinking game, except there are no rules in Lohan drinking with one exception. You must drink a clear spirit from a water bottle because, *shhh* nobody knows your drunk, I swear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I might as well just put this here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eleven Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 ^ Usually it's the accompanying picture that gets my attention. I've learned not to trust the headlines, but the picture I want to see! And then it's not even in the article. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 ^Jezebel, Buzzfeed, Gawker, Yahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 When I watch a youtube video and at the end one of the related videos has a thumbnail that's full of gore or an oozing tumor or some other disgusting shit like that. I don't want to see that, god damn it! I wasn't even watching anything gross or violent in the first place! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 "Remember how awesome the 90s were", "If you remember this, you were a 90s kid", "AIDs was coolest in the 90s" and such articles, mostly by Buzzfeed. I hate them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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