"Stop trying to make it a thing!"

[Stu35]

You know, ever since the "selfie" became a thing, I've been silently facepalming often on the interent. Not only does the word sound rather pretentious, that's also how the act looks. Dunno why, but I'm a bit averse to people doing stuff that just screams "Hey, look at me, look at me!"

The Oxford dictionary people apparently have made "selfie" the word of the year here in the UK...

This makes me sad. I hate Selfies, and think there should be a legal limit on how many a person can take in a single year (4, for example)... With punishments increasing based on how badly the limit has been violated: for example, Helen Flannigan should be hanged by her neck until dead.

On a similar note of renaming geographical foods. I wish the european union would stop this stupid idea that you can only call it cheddar cheese if it is sourced from cheddar or that brussells sprouts can only be named so if they are sourced from brussells

Actually, I love that kind of thing - unfortunately the two things you've mentioned are NOT things - sprouts I'm not so bothered by but, for example, go to America and get ANYTHING with "Cheddar" cheese on it. Then, once you're done choking down the plasticy, processed shit they serve you, you might also be calling for 'Cheddar' to be a protected word, up there with Scotch (Whisky made in Scotland), Champagne/Burgundy/Bordeaux (specific Wines made in their respective regions of France), etc.

So, yeah, I'm pretty much all about protecting food names, and it's a shame that America can (for the most part) just flout any rules that do come up, especially cheeses.

America is shit at cheese.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I guess Riot pulling the term "Marksman" to suddenly replace the term "AD Carry" in League. Seriously out of nowhere, no trace of anyone using it before. Stop. It ain't working.

Plus it's completely cringeworthy.

"I PLAY MARKSMAN!"

*facepalm*

Marksman implies a Ranged AD Carry. It's a way to differentiate between say, Caitlyn and Master Yi - both are AD Carries, but they fill vastly different roles.

Yeah I get that but traditional melee carries like Yi are dead and gone, ranged carries are the only ones played so the new term is not really needed. The current meta, the meta in general for a good while now is a ranged AD/support bot lane. You know what happens if you send a fuckin' Yi bot vs a competent AD? He's done. He's going to be poked down from the start of the game onwards so if he sticks around in farming range he'll die, so we have an underleveled and underfarmed Yi. AKA useless as fuck.

He can still be played top or jungle VERY rarely but the meta is a tanky jungle and a bruiser top, but calling adc in champ select explicitly means bot lane unless you clarify you're "breaking the meta" and going Yi/Khazix bot lane to feed the Caitlyn.

Nobody calls marksman. Ever. Bad term is bad.

Sorry to go off topic here.. but never have i read a post that seems so much like a foreign language to me. I'm laughing my ass of as i try to figure out what ANY of what you said means. I'm guessing it's LoL lingo.. but .. just.. wow, to someone who knows nothing of the game.. that is just bizarre.

edit: Especially the part "feed the Caitlyn" ... that has just got my giggles on and i can't stop lmao

Very basics, guy with sword (Yi) vs chick with a sniper rifle (Caitlyn.) Guess who wins.


Yeah taking a step back and looking at that post it is pretty illegible to everyone without knowledge of the game, i've never mashed so many League terms in a single post THAT badly before XD

Eh, at least it was funny :3

 

[Battenberg]

One of them was in some cop show where a character was looking for information about a person, and somebody told her to "Bing it." That was probably the very first instance of anybody hearing that phrase, since regardless of how much Microsoft may try, Bing isn't going to become a thing. We've got Google, and if we ever leave its not-being-evilness, it won't be for Bing.

This. A thousand times this. I'm still not sure why Microsoft bothered making Bing, they must have known they weren't going to come close to the success of Google and their refusal to accept this has become genuinely irritating.

Also, on the topic of Google, this:

The fact that they're trying to patent this pisses me off enough but the idea of people going around doing that in real life all over the place just... ARRRGGHHH!

 

[Nyaliva]

You know, ever since the "selfie" became a thing, I've been silently facepalming often on the interent. Not only does the word sound rather pretentious, that's also how the act looks. Dunno why, but I'm a bit averse to people doing stuff that just screams "Hey, look at me, look at me!"

Well I can't speak for adults who do that but as a teenager it feels good to look good. Nothing heinous about in my opinion.

Exactly. Not everyone can stomach putting yourself in-front of a hired photographer (or even a friend) to take photos, just so that you can look good and find a partner (because yes, looks is important in the beginning when first catching contact online) or get some self-esteem. There's nothing pretentious about wanting to look nice and be appreciated for it.

If you are this aloof person that doesn't need recognition or feel that you look perfect in every 'normal photo' taken of you, then kudos, but there are plenty of others that do not feel that way.

I can understand that, I keep thinking I want to start filming stuff but I know that would mean standing in front of a camera AND asking others for help and I don't really want to, not to mention I'm not certain they'd want to either. Nor do I think I look good in ANY 'normal photo' as you put it. But Vegosiux wasn't talking so much about taking photos of yourself, but more the particular brand of photos people are taking where they make a face in the mirror, use their phone to take the picture and point it at the mirror rather than themselves and all around physically TRY to look pretentious.

There are so many things wrong with those pictures from a photography standpoint that they are now only done because that's how everyone's doing them. You can take a nice photo of yourself without looking pretentious, that's why camera's have timers. My sister used to do it all the time, tried to be artistic about it too, and most of them turned out really nice.

 

[DugMachine]

I didn't think e-books would become a thing but that's just my bias as I prefer physical copies.

 

[Nyaliva]

Also, on the topic of Google, this:

The fact that they're trying to patent this pisses me off enough but the idea of people going around doing that in real life all over the place just... ARRRGGHHH!

This is the stuff that REALLY irritates me. Things that big companies do that have nothing to do with their company and then they try to tie it into their company. For example, if any other company had come up with this first, they could have put their logo in the middle and it would have been the same. This type of thing doesn't tell me the product is good, it just tells me they have some nicely creative people in their marketing department.

I believe the two things that really annoy me about it is that first, they have the audacity to think that I'm dumb enough not to realise how empty their marketing campaign is, and secondly, there are people who won't realise how empty their marketing campaign is (not to say their dumb, just less educated on the topic of marketing).

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Friendzone. The very concept is ridiculous, as is the word. Sadly, this is also one of the things on the list that are already things, but should stop.

From experience on this forum, I've learned that quite a lot of people here think it's a thing and will come to its defense.
You're all free to do so, but I will not debate it with you. Go ahead. You "win". If you want to think it's a thing I will not try to convince you otherwise.

Unlike some folks on this forum, I agree with you completely.

The concept of the "Friendzone" is nothing more than a disgusting attempt to vilify someone who won't bang you (as in the general "you") or won't get into a relationship with you as if it's their fault and no one else's. There's always two sides to a story, after all, so blaming the other person and acting like you didn't do anything wrong is immature, selfish, and borderline narcissistic.

And yet the "Friendzone" has become a thing and a reason for people to demand sympathy instead of just moving on. And people are willing to give sympathy to the "Friendzoned"... ugh...

 

[vid87]

selfie.. yolo.. friend zone..
*throws a dictionary* " the power of proper english commands you!"

If I may hand you another dictionary to use in your throwing arsenal:

-"twerking"

-"hot mess"

-"loose" when you meant to say "lose"

-"where we're at" instead of "where we are"

 

[Realitycrash]

You know, ever since the "selfie" became a thing, I've been silently facepalming often on the interent. Not only does the word sound rather pretentious, that's also how the act looks. Dunno why, but I'm a bit averse to people doing stuff that just screams "Hey, look at me, look at me!"

Well I can't speak for adults who do that but as a teenager it feels good to look good. Nothing heinous about in my opinion.

Exactly. Not everyone can stomach putting yourself in-front of a hired photographer (or even a friend) to take photos, just so that you can look good and find a partner (because yes, looks is important in the beginning when first catching contact online) or get some self-esteem. There's nothing pretentious about wanting to look nice and be appreciated for it.

If you are this aloof person that doesn't need recognition or feel that you look perfect in every 'normal photo' taken of you, then kudos, but there are plenty of others that do not feel that way.

I can understand that, I keep thinking I want to start filming stuff but I know that would mean standing in front of a camera AND asking others for help and I don't really want to, not to mention I'm not certain they'd want to either. Nor do I think I look good in ANY 'normal photo' as you put it. But Vegosiux wasn't talking so much about taking photos of yourself, but more the particular brand of photos people are taking where they make a face in the mirror, use their phone to take the picture and point it at the mirror rather than themselves and all around physically TRY to look pretentious.

There are so many things wrong with those pictures from a photography standpoint that they are now only done because that's how everyone's doing them. You can take a nice photo of yourself without looking pretentious, that's why camera's have timers. My sister used to do it all the time, tried to be artistic about it too, and most of them turned out really nice.

It's reaaaaally hard to lean a mobile-phone so that it takes a timed picture from the right angle. Not everyone can afford a good camera and a tripod so that said camera remains fixed. You also have to find someplace with decent lighting and the same place must have an area of right elevation to lean the phone, etc.

 

[Oly J]

I don't know if this generally counts, but I don't like when people say "going/moving forward" when they mean "in future" or something to that effect, it just seems either really obnoxious or really patronizing depending on context

for example I was in a seminar the other week, and there were a few people in my class that made an annoying habit of not turning up, so my tutor asked to arrange a meeting with them to discuss "all options moving forward" and I just thought "it doesn't sound like forward is where they're moving, that just sounds really patronizing considering he's probably going to tell them they're in danger of failing the course" I don't generally hear the phrase that much but it annoys me when "for the foreseeable future" is an expression that while a bit longer has roughly the same meaning, and sounds much less obnoxious...maybe it's just me

 

[Nyaliva]

-Snip earlier bits-

It's reaaaaally hard to lean a mobile-phone so that it takes a timed picture from the right angle. Not everyone can afford a good camera and a tripod so that said camera remains fixed. You also have to find someplace with decent lighting and the same place must have an area of right elevation to lean the phone, etc.

Really simple cameras are pretty cheap now, but I can understand not having one. Mine is a bit of a shoddy one that I only got because the phone I used to have then had a REALLY bad camera. I don't take many photos but I do at least like to have the opportunity if I need to.

I've never used a tripod, I just stack books and things until it's at the right height. For the few times I needed photos of myself recently, I always managed to find someplace in my house with enough space, sufficient lighting at some time of the day (or I just got a lamp once) and something that was at least a close enough height that I needed (I recently had the epiphany that my ironing board has an adjustable height and is semi-portable, so if I need any future photos, I'll be using that). But I have never gone into my bathroom and taken a photo because it's too small and usually too bright so there's always glare (two problems that are rampant in most selfies, it looks cramped and it's glarey).

But, if all you have is a phone and a bathroom, turn the camera so the SCREEN is facing the mirror and look into the mirror so you can see the screen. That way the phone stays out of the photo and if there's a flash, it doesn't flash back in the mirror and ruin the picture.

Sorry if I'm over analyzing this - I tend to do that - but it's just so obvious to me that selfies seem more and more as something that's done improperly because that's the way everyone does it and it really annoys me for some reason.

 

[Nyaliva]

-"loose" when you meant to say "lose"

That's just a misunderstanding of English.
And there is NOTHING I hate that is described so eloquently as something that just 'irritates' me as much as a misunderstanding of English.

 

[Dalisclock]

Why dont they just call them chips like we do. It kinda eliminates the whole 'murica fell of the word "freedom fries"

I don't know if it applies to the EU, but in the US, if you used the term "chips", people would assume you were talking about potato chips or corn chips, like pringles or doritos or lays, etc.

 

[SAXsamus]

In regards to this topic id have to say the one thing that irritates me more than anything else would have to be people trying to use memes in reality. Its bad enough when TV shows do it (IE:NCIS with the arrow to the knee meme) but its worse when i see my peers do it. I dont know why it just really makes me grit my teeth.

 

[Fijiman]

"YOLO". Sadly it actually seems to have become a thing, but damn if it doesn't make me want to punch something when I hear it.

I agree,my little brother keeps saying it and it makes me want to punch him in the face every time. It really should have just stayed as a stupid little hashtag for people to use on Twitter or wherever it started appearing.

On the subject of bing. I want to make a search engine called "faurk" and the advert is people asking questions and the answer is always "i dont know, fuark it"

That would be hilarious even though I doubt it would catch on.

And I would say Google+. For fucks sake Google, stop trying to force us to use your broken piece of crap service on YouTube. It will only drive more people away from both.

 

[shootthebandit]

On a similar note of renaming geographical foods. I wish the european union would stop this stupid idea that you can only call it cheddar cheese if it is sourced from cheddar or that brussells sprouts can only be named so if they are sourced from brussells

Actually, I love that kind of thing - unfortunately the two things you've mentioned are NOT things - sprouts I'm not so bothered by but, for example, go to America and get ANYTHING with "Cheddar" cheese on it. Then, once you're done choking down the plasticy, processed shit they serve you, you might also be calling for 'Cheddar' to be a protected word, up there with Scotch (Whisky made in Scotland), Champagne/Burgundy/Bordeaux (specific Wines made in their respective regions of France), etc.

So, yeah, I'm pretty much all about protecting food names, and it's a shame that America can (for the most part) just flout any rules that do come up, especially cheeses.

America is shit at cheese.

if you come to the UK and buy cheddar its got a distinctive cheddar taste and most of it doesn't actually come from cheddar where the cheese is named after.

 

[Queen Michael]

Also, on the topic of Google, this:

The fact that they're trying to patent this pisses me off enough but the idea of people going around doing that in real life all over the place just... ARRRGGHHH!

This is the stuff that REALLY irritates me. Things that big companies do that have nothing to do with their company and then they try to tie it into their company.

Another thing like that is Amazon's patented once-click buying. They actually patented the concept of buying somehting with just one click of the mouse.

 

[lostlevel]

You know, ever since the "selfie" became a thing, I've been silently facepalming often on the interent. Not only does the word sound rather pretentious, that's also how the act looks. Dunno why, but I'm a bit averse to people doing stuff that just screams "Hey, look at me, look at me!"

I agree, whilst I don't like the word it is more apt than saying profile photo, I can't remember what people used to say before and that makes me despair a little. Whatever the word used to be probably died with myspace.

Yesterday, there was this article on Cracked about ridiculous product placements. One of them was in some cop show where a character was looking for information about a person, and somebody told her to "Bing it." That was probably the very first instance of anybody hearing that phrase, since regardless of how much Microsoft may try, Bing isn't going to become a thing. We've got Google, and if we ever leave its not-being-evilness, it won't be for Bing.

(snip)

Frankly although terrible I prefer "bing it" to "selfie" but "Google it" is too entrenched in my vocabulary now even though often Bing produces much better search results for me most of the time. I guess something just has to be popular enough to be a thing, like xbone I guess.

Unless you count the PSX console, which was a PS2 with DVR functionality, so something completely separate.

WHY AM I ONLY NOW HEARING ABOUT THIS THING?! To protect against a low-content post...Panasonic and Nintendo teamed up to make a Gamecube that plays DVDs at one point:

I used to really want a Panasonic Q, although the white PSX looked much more pimping.

 

[Itdoesthatsometimes]

The Justice League movie. It is not going to happen anytime soon. DC/Warner needs a four year break then just go in and hard with the Justice League. Using Marvels formula is just not going to work for them. They need to work backwards from the marvel formula. They need time so everyone can forget about the mess they have made.

 

[Sectan]

Bing is actually relatively popular, for two reasons:

1. It's designed with profit in mind rather than information, so if you're trying to find a product or paid service, it's actually demonstrably better than Google search. (If you're looking for some piece of info that doesn't make anyone any money, stick with Google.)

2. It's "good enough" that it's not necessarily worth switching away from the default setting if you're using it with other MS product (Internet Explorer, Hotmail's most recent incarnation, etc) in the same way that Google gets more convenient if you're using it in tandem with Chrome/Gmail/Google News/etc.

So the "Bing it" thing is at least at the point where you know what people are saying, which means it might catch on.

Wrong! Bing is popular because it's great at finding porn. Plus you don't feel like Google is spying on your weird fetishes.

...What?


Anyways I think I have to copy some other people above me and say Google+. Google, you gave us no reason to use it. Everyone was using Facebook already, why would we want a Facebook ripoff? Knock it off.