The single most destructive phrase...
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It's more the sub-text of what someone's saying than the words themselves that really get my goat. If they say something in such a way that makes me seem like I don't even know what I'm talking about, especially with a smug turn of phrase I'll usually rage more than if someone said something as if they wanted to help me understand. Frankly, smugness pisses me off in general, any smug word says holds no purpose other than to incite rage and make the speaker sound like a douchebag.
"I believe firmly in the right to bear arms."
The internet implodes in debates and not so cordial discussion.
The internet implodes in debates and not so cordial discussion.
There is no single universal most destructive phrase. Making a post here detailing all the reasons you believe the female gender is inferior from an evolutionary standpoint would cause all sorts of mindless rage. Making the same post on the Stormfront forums would probably make you fit right in.
You need to know your audience if you want to make them mad, there's no universal easymode for trolling.
You need to know your audience if you want to make them mad, there's no universal easymode for trolling.
^^ Did you see Day 9's (sc2 commentator)story about his ex girlfriend Felicaty? She typed g.g. and it annoyed him so much. She was also the one who thought Starcraft was about clicking really fast. What is worse is when people do a preemptive GG when they are winning.Cyfu said:
"I just want to be friends."
"Stop being depressed. Other have it far worse than you."
"Why are you not smiling?"
"Why don't you come out of your room?"(during days that I am studying for exams)
"Video-games are addictive!"
"Why don't you have a girlfriend? You're a great guy!"
"You have to tell us about everything you do!"(from parents or grandparents)
"Stop being depressed. Other have it far worse than you."
"Why are you not smiling?"
"Why don't you come out of your room?"(during days that I am studying for exams)
"Video-games are addictive!"
"Why don't you have a girlfriend? You're a great guy!"
"You have to tell us about everything you do!"(from parents or grandparents)
"Could care less" and "hit and miss." Not because the phrases themselves upset me, but because they're the wrong phrase. It's "Couldn't care less" and "hit or miss." You care for something so little that you couldn't possibly care for it less. And something is either hit OR miss, meaning it's either good or bad - nowhere in between. How the hell do you hit AND miss something? Something is good AND bad? WTF? Whatever dropped-on-their-head-as-a-baby person started saying those versions instead of the real ones needs to be slapped repeatedly, because they've caught on and people use the wrong versions all the time.
You are all wrong (or at least most of you, I haven't read through the entire thread). There is only one answer.
"I love you."
It's instantly disarming, whether you're saying it to someone you've known for years or the guy that's in the process of mugging you.
"I love you."
It's instantly disarming, whether you're saying it to someone you've known for years or the guy that's in the process of mugging you.
I have a hard time seeing phrases as inherently destructive. For me, it's the person that says the thing that makes it destructive.
As an example, if someone I don't know and don't care about says something to me, like "you wouldn't understand"(I see myself as an understanding person), I wouldn't be fussed. But if a close friend says it to me, that's when it hits me.
As, I've always said: People give words power!
As an example, if someone I don't know and don't care about says something to me, like "you wouldn't understand"(I see myself as an understanding person), I wouldn't be fussed. But if a close friend says it to me, that's when it hits me.
As, I've always said: People give words power!
Because Yahtzee 1. puts valid reasons up or 2. Is the most convincing man on the planetGrenge Di Origin said:
i personally choose both :U
Ldude893 said:
OT: "Make friends." I'm a naturally shy person and have a hard time making friends so when I hear my relatives tell me to make some more friends it pisses me off to no end.
Also "Stop being so depressing." If I could stop I wouldn't be depressed would I?
Captcha: in limbo - my social life is kind of in limbo so I guess it makes sense.
Oh, I don't know. One phrase destroyed a man I knew a long time ago.loc978 said:
This man looked after a boy who wasn't his own because he'd once loved the mother and the biological father wouldn't change his lifestyle to accommodate a child. For twelve years he took care of his as well as any single parent could.
This man was talking to the boy he loved as his son. Said son had a question this man could easily have answered. The man said he could help, if the child asked.
"No, I'll just ask my real dad." said the boy. The man never really got over that.
This man was talking to the boy he loved as his son. Said son had a question this man could easily have answered. The man said he could help, if the child asked.
"No, I'll just ask my real dad." said the boy. The man never really got over that.