Phrases that piss you off

[SirDerpy]

I hate (insert whatever)

No you don't, hate is a strong feeling, it may have upset you that Michael Bay has changed the Turtle origin story, you might be a bit pissed as you stare at your original Leonardo figurine with tears in your eyes, but hate? No, so stop using it!

Hey, you can't tell me what my feelings are!

But on a more serious note, what exactly is the definition of hate? I mean, sure, we can all agree that hate is pretty strong, but how strong it is in actuality is a pretty subjective definition. And plus, sometimes people actually have things that they legitimately hate. I dunno, maybe their father beat them a lot with a reinforced vinyl record of the Beatles when they were young, and that's why they really hate Beatles music?

Although I'm one of those people who uses the word "love" way too much, apparently, so you might take whatever I say about words like that with a grain of salt.

OT: I don't really get ticked by improper usages of idioms, or teen-level hyperbolic usage of various turns of phrase, but something that always rubbed me the wrong way was "guess so". It just sounds so annoyingly apathetic, like the person saying it really, really wants me to just leave the room. Use "sure" or "I suppose" instead!

 

[Kolby Jack]

Nobody yet? Nobody at all? Huh... *Ahem* You Only Live Once.

Now, I don't mind the term when used in a context of "You only live once, so don't do *insert thing*" or something of the sort. Using it in a way to encourage something, like improvement, or not doing something really stupid. What I hate is when people go "Haha, I'm gonna throw myself in front of a car cause YOLO! *Herp derp swag SLAM! ... Dead*" THAT pissed me off to no end. Some people at my work dropped something on the ground, didn't pick it up right away and said "I'll grab it later, cause YOLO." Fuck... you.

I despise it when people use that term as an excuse for stupidity. It makes me just wanna yell at them, or at the very least tell them to shut up and use that term properly. Not just some extension of "Lol swag" culture. Yes, you only live once. So don't waste it by killing yourself in some dumb way cause "YOLO." Have half a brain cell, PLEASE

YOLO was actually originally a military acronym meaning the same thing, in the same vein as FUBAR or SNAFU. Knowing that it WASN'T created by 4chan or some shit makes me like it a lot more. I agree, though, that it's no justification for stupidity.

But automatically getting mad just because someone said it likewise is pretty unreasonable too. Do you get mad at people for saying "carpe diem?" It's a phrase. Get over it (not directed at you Elvis, just in general).

 

[Bedinsis]

I don't like hating stuff. Hate is one heck of a drug and it doesn't lead to anything productive, I find it better to try to concretize what I don't like about something then to focus on my immediate emotive response. So therefore I don't really "hate" any phrase.

Phrases that do annoy me however are those that are just codewords for "It's cool to hate things".

Like "Still a better love story than Twilight."
Or ~95% of all phrases online that involve Justin Bieber.

But even worse than that is "shove down our throats". This is because A. When this phrase is used, nothing is ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER being truly pushed onto someone else, and B. dat rapetastic imagery!

Wait, what? "Rapetastic"? How do you even

...

Oh. Oh! That's how you interpreted that phrase? I've always interpreted it as us being force-fed .

 

[Cerebrawl]

"It's just a theory".

Specifically to try to undermine science by conflating the scientific term with the colloquical term. (It's an ambiguity fallacy).

Drives me up the wall.

 

[conmag9]

Oh, more I forgot!

"Simple as that".

It is almost never as simple as that. This statement has been abused so frequently to casually dismiss another person's argument that I have an inherent distrust of it. I will automatically devote far more thought to deconstructing whatever the heck is apparently so simple that no argument can be raised against it. Nine times out of ten, it's simply incorrect.


Also, something that doesn't come up when talking to most people, but you hear it in fiction (usually from the villains):

"Did you really think..."

Anyone who utters this sentence instantly gets my back up. It's just so freakishly condescending that it makes me want to punch whatever over-the-top antagonists utters it, square in the mouth, until they can't bring themselves to say anything other than "ugggg". The weird thing is, other condescending statements don't usually have this effect quite so strongly. "Insolent fool" and the like don't do it, just "did you really think".

 

[Elvis Starburst]

YOLO was actually originally a military acronym meaning the same thing, in the same vein as FUBAR or SNAFU. Knowing that it WASN'T created by 4chan or some shit makes me like it a lot more. I agree, though, that it's no justification for stupidity.

But automatically getting mad just because someone said it likewise is pretty unreasonable too. Do you get mad at people for saying "carpe diem?" It's a phrase. Get over it (not directed at you Elvis, just in general).

I'll admit I have some personal bias cause of the use of YOLO as an excuse towards stupidity. I'm sure Carpe Diem was used in the same manner at some point, but it's not in the mainstream, or if it was, it wasn't in my direct time of knowledge. Sure, that can be pretty lousy, but I at least acknowledge it. Besides, I don't get full blown angry about the use of YOLO. It's just very annoying when I hear it used incorrectly. I'd like to hear people use it properly for once, not in the manner I discussed.

 

[tim597]

The Phrase "There's nothing worse than...". I mean seriously? There is nothing worth than getting sugar on the floor? Getting stabbed, shot, tortured or killed in the worst, most brutal ways possible is nothing! Compared to having to clean sugar off the floor. I understand that its not meant literally but still I can't stand it.

 

[lacktheknack]

But even worse than that is "shove down our throats". This is because A. When this phrase is used, nothing is ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER being truly pushed onto someone else, and B. dat rapetastic imagery!

Wait, what? "Rapetastic"? How do you even

...

Oh. Oh! That's how you interpreted that phrase? I've always interpreted it as us being force-fed .

It probably doesn't help that the first time I ever saw the phrase used, it was coupled with "double penetration".

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

Anything that presents a cutsy-poo play on words like it's an actual argument, such as "We kill people that kill people to show that killing people is wrong," or "Lack of evidence isn't evidence of lacking." (There's a bunch more like that but those are the first couple that came to mind)

Congratulations, you twisted the English language into a whimsical little ear pleasing phrase. Unfortunately the amount of smugness you exhibited in doing so makes you seem like a **** and what you actually said was oversimplified and fucking stupid.

Yes, exactly, I couldn't agree more. I hate it when people think that just because they managed to word something in a way that sounds clever automatically means that they're right.

 

[FoolKiller]

"If you don't try, you won't succeed" or somesuch, used to imply that you will succeed if you do try. Which really isn't a given, and obviously trying and failing can be worse than not trying at all.

Umm... no.

It has never implied that. Ever.

You may have inferred it but it was never implied.

I like this saying because its completely true.

I hate two things:
1. Irregardless
2. I could care less

I hate the first as it's not a word. I hate the second because it's the opposite of what the speaker actually means.

 

[Foehunter82]

"If you don't try, you won't succeed" or somesuch, used to imply that you will succeed if you do try. Which really isn't a given, and obviously trying and failing can be worse than not trying at all.

2. I could care less

Which ties into all those comment section and forum posts by people that would have you believe that "no one cares" about a topic or issue, and yet those very individuals that are saying that seem to have a vested interest in insuring that you know that "no one cares."

 

[Kolby Jack]

The usual "believe in yourself", "accept yourself as you are" alleged self-help slacktivist bullshit annoy the living piss out of me. That and general justification of any lazy/irresponsible action

What's wrong with believing in yourself?

 

[AuronFtw]

The worst one: "Check your privilege."

Nothing but a cop-out attempt to avoid a mature conversation about a complicated topic while also attempting to maintain the moral high ground via several forms of logical fallacy. It's incredibly infuriating.

 

[Vault101]

While I get what the phrase is referring to, why a picture of a duck? Am I missing something here?

its a reddit thing

the name of the "meme" is the "actual advice mallard" unlike saay "sudden clarity clarence" I don't get it...but the idea is to overly it with "actual" advice, like a lot of other "memes" on reddit it usually devolves into sexist/racist bullshit

 

[putowtin]

I hate (insert whatever)

No you don't, hate is a strong feeling, it may have upset you that Michael Bay has changed the Turtle origin story, you might be a bit pissed as you stare at your original Leonardo figurine with tears in your eyes, but hate? No, so stop using it!

Hey, you can't tell me what my feelings are!

But on a more serious note, what exactly is the definition of hate? I mean, sure, we can all agree that hate is pretty strong, but how strong it is in actuality is a pretty subjective definition. And plus, sometimes people actually have things that they legitimately hate. I dunno, maybe their father beat them a lot with a reinforced vinyl record of the Beatles when they were young, and that's why they really hate Beatles music?

Although I'm one of those people who uses the word "love" way too much, apparently, so you might take whatever I say about words like that with a grain of salt.

I'm not saying that people aren't allowed to hate, some people have valid reasons to hate, but that's normally because of something horrendous that has happened to them/ a loved one (murder/rape/etc.)

Hatred is all consuming, it's the first thing you think about when you wake up, it occupies your thoughts all day, and keeps you awake late into the night.

Saying you hate a game developer because they've delayed a games release is just you being grumpy...
but I guess saying: "Oh Bethesda have delayed Fallout 4, god I'm so grumpy with them" just doesn't sound right

 

[FPLOON]

"It was my destiny to [insert action here]..."

I kinda hate this worded phrase more than the "God made me do it" just on the ground of adding more questions than answers, in my opinion... like who told you that was your destiny in the first place? And, if it was God, for example, then why didn't you just say that "God told you that was your destiny"??

Another phrase that's actually slowing starting to piss me off is "I've lost/losing all faith in humanity..." mostly because the person who's usually saying the phrase isn't really helping the cause of restoring humanity's faith in themselves as a whole... It's almost a contradictory just waiting to happen afterwords...

 

[Samael Barghest]

Any type of text talk. Lol, rofl, tty, all of it pisses me off. I told my mom if she can't text me like an adult, then call. She said she hated calling people. I said then why do you have a phone? My brother just gave up and started spelling everything out because he had to send the same message twice. I know it's weird and petty in this day and age but it was only acceptable before phones had a full keyboard. Now it's just being lazy.

 

[Parasondox]

Any type of text talk. Lol, rofl, tty, all of it pisses me off. I told my mom if she can't text me like an adult, then call. She said she hated calling people. I said then why do you have a phone? My brother just gave up and started spelling everything out because he had to send the same message twice. I know it's weird and petty in this day and age but it was only acceptable before phones had a full keyboard. Now it's just being lazy.

I know your pain. Do you know what I have noticed too, is that people actually say "lol" or "ROFL" when they are having a voice to voice conversation. My mate did it once out of the blue. It was strange. "Oh my days, that is so funny. lawl (lol)". They just substitute actual laughing with a word. JUST LAUGH!!!

 

[The Harkinator]

"Man up" i.e. It doesn't matter how rational and reasonable your objections are, because I'm going to imply you lack masculinity if you don't agree with me and do as I say. Therefore, the course of action I have determined is the one you must take to avoid the judgement of your peers who also think your masculinity is determined by how willing you are to instantly agree with my potentially ill thought out demand.

It's not helpful and it's not useful, actually listen to their objections and think.

Oh yeah and telling women to man up isn't very helpful at all, but it happens for some reason.