Words/phrases that piss you off
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Sounds like you're upset by concepts that are not in line with your particular ideology more than words specifically as I'm noting a significant trend.Envy Omicron said:
Fit.
Used in a sentence. "That girl/boy/puddle of primordial ooze is well fit."
Just...no. It makes me want to punch whoever says it.
Used in a sentence. "That girl/boy/puddle of primordial ooze is well fit."
Just...no. It makes me want to punch whoever says it.
Since "thank you" is "tak" in Danish, I was wondering how an Australian knew the that word first time I heard it.Teriver said:
"Cisgender"
Actually, a lot if the Tumblrisms. Most of them. I don't know when everyone started deciding everything needed a special word and a flag and a dedicated movement.
I also hate being refered to as "mate", it sounds really condecending.
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If people could carry on a discussion about Gamergate without using any of those words, that be just greeeeeeeat.
Actually, a lot if the Tumblrisms. Most of them. I don't know when everyone started deciding everything needed a special word and a flag and a dedicated movement.
I also hate being refered to as "mate", it sounds really condecending.
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If people could carry on a discussion about Gamergate without using any of those words, that be just greeeeeeeat.
jklinders said:Yeah, to be honest I was a little hesitant to bring it up again as it's been a while since I've seen it used and wasn't particularly happy about reminding people that the term used to be a thing.Grouchy Imp said:
I'd like to refer you to a vocal representation of my feeling on a few key words/phrases:
Aside from that!
"Problematic" - Vague, evasive, passive aggressive term with aggravating connotations.
"Literally" - When the user (read: idiot) means 'virtually.' (I don't care what a certain dictionary says. Said dictionary is wrong.)
"Misogyny!?" - It's losing the heft and severity it once had due to over/misuse.
Annnd others that I can't really think of right now.
Oh!
"Obummer/Any idiotic term for the president" - For the love of all things. Using those terms immediately makes it obvious who I should and shouldn't take seriously in a discussion.
Aside from that!
"Problematic" - Vague, evasive, passive aggressive term with aggravating connotations.
"Literally" - When the user (read: idiot) means 'virtually.' (I don't care what a certain dictionary says. Said dictionary is wrong.)
"Misogyny!?" - It's losing the heft and severity it once had due to over/misuse.
Annnd others that I can't really think of right now.
Oh!
"Obummer/Any idiotic term for the president" - For the love of all things. Using those terms immediately makes it obvious who I should and shouldn't take seriously in a discussion.
Racist or sexist and the words derived thereof.
I don't have a problem with the words directly, but the usage of the words that gets to me. It feels like every time I see these words they're being used to describe something as "offensive" to the race or sex in question. That is not what these words mean dammit, racism and sexism refer to discrimination, not offense.
Insulting someone based on their race is not being racist, it's just you being a jerk.
Also, misogynist, misandrist, similar thing. I always understood these words to mean hatred or perhaps extreme distrust of the sex in question. Hatred is a debilitating emotion, I've never hated anyone in my life and I don't really want to. In my experience seeing these words used they are typically describing people and viewpoints that are at most sexist and often just, as above, people being jerks.
I don't have a problem with the words directly, but the usage of the words that gets to me. It feels like every time I see these words they're being used to describe something as "offensive" to the race or sex in question. That is not what these words mean dammit, racism and sexism refer to discrimination, not offense.
Insulting someone based on their race is not being racist, it's just you being a jerk.
Also, misogynist, misandrist, similar thing. I always understood these words to mean hatred or perhaps extreme distrust of the sex in question. Hatred is a debilitating emotion, I've never hated anyone in my life and I don't really want to. In my experience seeing these words used they are typically describing people and viewpoints that are at most sexist and often just, as above, people being jerks.
"There's always more fish in the sea" gets my eyes rolling, not that it's cliche or untrue but it doesn't really hold up, there's also octopus, crabs, jelly fish and a bunch of other crap and who wants to go through an ocean to find one fish?
Other than that it is so uncomforting
Other than that it is so uncomforting
I always wonder if vegetarians have ever seen a gazelle taken down by lionesses, or what army ants do to whatever is caught in their path. Yes, there are assholes in the world, but, in most cases, we are much kinder to our prey than other animals.giles said:
"Hater"
It basically demonizes anyone that has a different opinion... thats it. Something isn't your cup of tea? Have legitimate reasons as to why? Well too bad, you're labeled as a cynical loser who goes out of their way to seek pleasure in disliking what other people like.
And not only has this fallacy been spread... but dear god almighty, the word just sounds stupid.
You use that term in an argument, you lost the argument, period.
It basically demonizes anyone that has a different opinion... thats it. Something isn't your cup of tea? Have legitimate reasons as to why? Well too bad, you're labeled as a cynical loser who goes out of their way to seek pleasure in disliking what other people like.
And not only has this fallacy been spread... but dear god almighty, the word just sounds stupid.
You use that term in an argument, you lost the argument, period.
- "I could care less!" - That actually means you DO care, numbnuts! Try a different phrase like "I couldn't care less!"
Speaking of...
- "Whatever..." - I'm not sure what's worse - when this is said by American teenage girls with the intellect of celery or by people who AREN'T American teenage girls with the intellect of celery.
- People who can't tell the difference between "lose" and "loose".
- People who can't tell the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".
- People who can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're"
- People who can't tell the difference between "break" and "brake".
- When people fling around the term "Grammar Nazi" (also a term I hate, by the way) when people point that you have made any of the previous four errors I just raised - It's BASIC FUCKING ENGLISH! Considering yourself all superior when you have such a shitty grasp of your native tongue just makes you look like an even bigger idiot. If English is not your native tongue then I will let you off, so long as you don't use the aforementioned phrase.
- [insert random word here]gate - Not every little thing needs to be "gated". Sure Watergate and...that other one that people won't shut up about...are pretty big but it's getting to the point where we'll have Toiletseatleftupgate and Fartedinaliftgate...
- "I drive a hybrid!" As if it somehow makes you better. It doesn't.
- "I could taste the fear in the meat!" Yes I have heard this one more than once from people when giving their reasons for turning vegetarian or vegan. Not even Rick Perry has said anything quite so idiotic and that's a pretty high bar!
- "Typical [bloody] man!" Casual sexism works both ways, you know?
- "Cisgender" I really didn't have this word on my radar until somebody, who I had not provoked in any way, referred to me as "cis-scum!" I don't even know who they are and it was in response to a response I made to a mutual friend's tweet. I can't even remember what the initial tweet was about but I am fairly sure it was to do with something completely unrelated.
- "Typical BMW driver!" Most often heard from people who are jealous because they don't have a BMW. We're just living up to your expectations, after all!
- "Opening up a dialogue." Because "Talking to someone" is just soooooo, like, last millennium, right?
- "Libtard" Usually because it's used by ignorant, right-wing morons in place of an actual, reasoned argument. Yeah - that'll show them with all their fancy facts, evidence and ability to speak coherently!
Speaking of...
- "Whatever..." - I'm not sure what's worse - when this is said by American teenage girls with the intellect of celery or by people who AREN'T American teenage girls with the intellect of celery.
- People who can't tell the difference between "lose" and "loose".
- People who can't tell the difference between "there", "their" and "they're".
- People who can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're"
- People who can't tell the difference between "break" and "brake".
- When people fling around the term "Grammar Nazi" (also a term I hate, by the way) when people point that you have made any of the previous four errors I just raised - It's BASIC FUCKING ENGLISH! Considering yourself all superior when you have such a shitty grasp of your native tongue just makes you look like an even bigger idiot. If English is not your native tongue then I will let you off, so long as you don't use the aforementioned phrase.
- [insert random word here]gate - Not every little thing needs to be "gated". Sure Watergate and...that other one that people won't shut up about...are pretty big but it's getting to the point where we'll have Toiletseatleftupgate and Fartedinaliftgate...
- "I drive a hybrid!" As if it somehow makes you better. It doesn't.
- "I could taste the fear in the meat!" Yes I have heard this one more than once from people when giving their reasons for turning vegetarian or vegan. Not even Rick Perry has said anything quite so idiotic and that's a pretty high bar!
- "Typical [bloody] man!" Casual sexism works both ways, you know?
- "Cisgender" I really didn't have this word on my radar until somebody, who I had not provoked in any way, referred to me as "cis-scum!" I don't even know who they are and it was in response to a response I made to a mutual friend's tweet. I can't even remember what the initial tweet was about but I am fairly sure it was to do with something completely unrelated.
- "Typical BMW driver!" Most often heard from people who are jealous because they don't have a BMW. We're just living up to your expectations, after all!
- "Opening up a dialogue." Because "Talking to someone" is just soooooo, like, last millennium, right?
- "Libtard" Usually because it's used by ignorant, right-wing morons in place of an actual, reasoned argument. Yeah - that'll show them with all their fancy facts, evidence and ability to speak coherently!
"(It's as) simple as that."
I swear to Gods that literally every single time I've heard someone use that phrase, THEY'VE BEEN WRONG. And not even 'standard' wrong. Ridiculously wrong. I can't think of an example off the top of my head, but every time the phrase comes up, I physically cringe and think less of the person who used it.
The other one is any variation of 'I'm going to put toast in the toaster'. I don't know why it sets me off, it just does. You don't put toast in a goddamn toaster. YOU PUT BREAD IN A TOASTER TO MAKE TOAST.
I swear to Gods that literally every single time I've heard someone use that phrase, THEY'VE BEEN WRONG. And not even 'standard' wrong. Ridiculously wrong. I can't think of an example off the top of my head, but every time the phrase comes up, I physically cringe and think less of the person who used it.
The other one is any variation of 'I'm going to put toast in the toaster'. I don't know why it sets me off, it just does. You don't put toast in a goddamn toaster. YOU PUT BREAD IN A TOASTER TO MAKE TOAST.
Any phrase that derides the perfectly acceptable word "moist." What's with the hate? It sounds "weird" to you, I get it, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. "Artichoke," as something people want to put in their mouths, sounds weird to me but I accept it. All "moist" is is an expressed level of dampness that is derived from the term "moisture."First Lastname said:
Captcha: The Silverado Difference, this is a phrase that pisses me off, as well.
I'll try to explain Cultural Marxism, and why people think it's good/badDANGER- MUST SILENCE said:
Cultural Marxism is an adaptation of Marxism; the idea that the working classes should control the means of production in the hopes that everyone will be raised up to an equal level in the economic and social sense. There are no rich, there are no poor, there is only the people and they are equal. You with me so far?
So, Cultural Marxism is the idea that the ruling elite culture (in America and Europe, this would be white culture and by extension, the overwhelming white middle class and white governments and white power structures and so on) should be dismantled from being so overwhelmingly white and instead raise everyone up to the same level of culture, societal power, etc. Instead of economy and production, this is Marxism regarding culture, the media and society.
Why is this seen as good?
It's seen as good because, well, who doesn't like equality? If we can provide the same level of opportunity to blacks, Mexicans, Asians, Middle Easterners, Jews, etc as whites receive in white countries, then it will produce a stronger country with a strong middle class and similar values, which increases stability and helps to prevent extremism. In theory.
Why is this seen as bad?
Well, firstly, this is only being applied to white countries. If you were to try this in, for example, China, they'd tell you to fuck off. As such, many feel that this unfairly targets white culture which is the culture which seems to be the only one willing to try it.
Secondly, Cultural Marxism works both ways. You can't just ask the whites to dismantle their culture, you have to ask that all participants do so. While it is fine to ask a Christian man to stop being so oppressive with his dominant culture, few people are actually asking, for example, Muslims to stop practising their culture in public or trying to pass laws which benefit them. So, it is being light on the minorities while being heavy on the majorities.
Thirdly, there is such a thing as "the tyranny of the minority". Trying to force a minority opinion on a majority can be oppressive since there is no public mandate for such a thing; the idea of a democratic society is the majority decides what happens for the majority, and this is seen as undemocratic.
Fourthly, it is inherently sexist and racist. In order to do this, you have to admit that the minorities or weak parties are weak because they are unable to compete due to their culture, intelligence or personal abilities. They are unable to help themselves without being patronisingly helped by the majority.
Fifthly, the people who tend to be very into it are VERY into it. Very vocal, very forceful. If we take the idea of Marxism, these people become similar to Commissars; very into pushing the agenda, the propaganda of their ideology. This is not popular and generally leads to the phrase "SJW".
I wonder how many "gaters" know that Watergate was just the name of the hotel that the burglary took place.Varrdy said:
Yes, that is very stupid, but Rick Perry did once call for secession, so you're wrong.Varrdy said:
Captcha: All-New Silverado We have another winner! There's been an "All-New Silverado" just about every year for I-don't-care-how-many decades.
I would say Jews are not being barred from many places outside of certain Muslim countries, to put it mildly...Leon Declis said: