Annoying things people say

[jensenthejman]

"It is what it is" - Of course it is what it is. If it wasn't, then it would be something else, dumb-shit. I hate that damn phrase.

"Same-difference" - That's just logically absurd.

"Irregardless" and "ain't" - THOSE. AREN'T. WORDS!

"It's a matter of faith" - No. No, it really isn't. You just can't enforce an argument properly.

 

[necromanzer52]

Are you old enough?/Are you 18?/Are you over 16? for small things, such as shopping. I got ID'd the other day in a Pub for buying a Coke, I got ID'd for online shopping by the person who delivered it (My Groceries, nothing bad!) Common sense.

Well, to be fair you were in a pub. In my country, it doesn't matter how old you are (or what you're ordering), if you look under 25 you will be asked for ID to make sure you're old enough to be there, unless a parent or guardian is with you. Because if you're underage, then someone else could be trying to buy alcohol for you.

Hang on. Are you saying that in your country underage people aren't allowed inside pubs, without a parent/gaurdian?

This is just mind-boggling to me.

OT: Could care less. I have actually heard people use this phrase correctly in real life, but 99% of the time they mean couldn't care less, and it's very annoying when they get it wrong.

 

[Eddy-16]

I've always understood that as a term for, you learn from your mistakes. It's not supposed to be literal I think.

I know but it still annoys me because, most people who have said it to me mean it in a literal sense and its still pretty stupid as most people won't learn from their mistakes.

 

[Dango]

"Man up."

Must resist urge... to fuck their shit...

 

[chozo_hybrid]

I've always understood that as a term for, you learn from your mistakes. It's not supposed to be literal I think.

I know but it still annoys me because, most people who have said it to me mean it in a literal sense and its still pretty stupid as most people won't learn from their mistakes.

Ah, fair enough then, that would annoy me as well.

Are you old enough?/Are you 18?/Are you over 16? for small things, such as shopping. I got ID'd the other day in a Pub for buying a Coke, I got ID'd for online shopping by the person who delivered it (My Groceries, nothing bad!) Common sense.

Well, to be fair you were in a pub. In my country, it doesn't matter how old you are (or what you're ordering), if you look under 25 you will be asked for ID to make sure you're old enough to be there, unless a parent or guardian is with you. Because if you're underage, then someone else could be trying to buy alcohol for you.

Hang on. Are you saying that in your country underage people aren't allowed inside pubs, without a parent/gaurdian?

This is just mind-boggling to me.

OT: Could care less. I have actually heard people use this phrase correctly in real life, but 99% of the time they mean couldn't care less, and it's very annoying when they get it wrong.

This is taken from the ALAC website:

Underage Drinking
What you can do

If you are under 18 and are with your parent or legal guardian you can:

Drink responsibly in a private home or at a private function like a family BBQ or 21st

Go into supervised area of bars and pubs (that's most bars - but to be sure - check the licence)

What you can?t do

If you are under 18 and without your parent or guardian you can't:

drink in a public place
go into pubs and bar
buy booze or get an adult to buy you booze
carry a fake ID or use someone else's.

A person who is under 18 can only be supplied with alcohol by their parent or legal guardian. Laws are being toughened up for underage drinkers and those who sell or supply them alcohol. Penalties for breaking the law have increased.

Me again: So basically, someone in New Zealand can, but has to have someone with them. Underage drinking is a bit of a problem in my country.

the link to that info: [link]http://www.alac.org.nz/alcohol-you/law-you/underage-drinking[/link]

 

[The Thinker]

"It's always in the last place you look!"

Of course it is, because when you find it you stop looking! You'd be missing the point of searching for something if you found it and then continued searching. The above sentence is just a statement of an incredibly obvious truth. It's such a pointless thing to say.

In my experience... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk]

(I post this one every time this thread comes up)
...you know (what I'm saying)?. THIS PHRASE IS NOT A PERIOD SUBSTITUTE, FULL STOP. It also insinuates that the listener isn't keeping up. Yes I know what you just told me, because you just told me.

I use it as an "am I making sense or taking crazy" tester. Works... sometimes.

 

[Gatx]

I hate it when people say "Boom! Headshot" every single time someone in anything gets hit on the head.

Also this is fairly recent and it's not really "saying" but people who abbreviate The Old Republic as ToR. WHY IS THE "O" LOWER CASE?! It makes no sense! WoW is abbreviated like that because "o" stands for "of" which is lower case in "World of Warcraft."

 

[hazabaza1]

[b/]4. yeah..well men get objectified just as bad[/b]

*sigh*...I'm sorry..I really am

but no....they don't..and no...its not the same

Kratos running around shirtless is not the same as Catwomen running around with her zipper down to her navel...man and woman sexuality is different...

its not just the amount of skin showing..for males its about power..for females its "look her tits"

weather or not catwomen is "powerful/empowered" is an entirely different thing..but my actual point is "Kratos and Catwomen" are not interchangeable as sex objects

and the fact is in real life women will always be judged on their looks first and foremost..more so than men

Why would you do this, Vault?
Why?
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy?

OT: "I could care less".
Oh, you fucker.

 

[DoPo]

IMHO. Really? Only this opinion is honest? Are all of the others just a big fat lie?

Also, noob, fag, gay, butthurt, white knight, leet. There are more but that short list alone started making me cringe.

Yeah, the H should be for "humble". Or at least that's what I've always seen it as. Must be a relatively new change into "honest", since I haven't seen anybody write the whole phrase for years now. But "honest" can still work, you know as in like saying "My honest opinion is " - it doesn't imply that the speaker has the only honest opinion, it means that the speaker shares exactly what they think, rather than try to obscure/hide parts of it.

Whatever, though, it's still pretty pretentious phrase.

[b/]1-"I play games for fun!"[/b]

[i/]I don't see why games thease days are so serious and grity..I play games for fun![/i]
-snip-

Yeah, I agree. It's pretty annoying when used to attack/dismiss stuff.

[b/]2. people only didn't like it because [insert retarded reason][/b]

[i/]people only didn't like Metroid Other M because samus taliked and people don't like change.[/i]
-snip-

100% agree here. This phrase only crops up when trying to attack some view point. It's never "only", I doubt there is ever a single reason large amount of people don't like something. Saying that means you more stupid than you try to make the other to be.

3. [b/] should games?[/b]

[i/]should games be story driven/purely gameplay/have good graphics/deal with issues/have sec in them/have voice acting/have realistic graphics/have styleised graphics/be art[/i]
-snip-

Another 100% agreement. Why the fuck would you want the games to be exactly one thing? Should there be a formula how you make them? No. If you cannot enjoy a game that isn't what games should be, then just bugger off and play something else. Easy. There is enough place for both story games and mindless shooters and whatever else.

[b/]4. yeah..well men get objectified just as bad[/b]

*sigh*...I'm sorry..I really am

's OK, at least I forgive you. And yeah, I agree with you too. The idea isn't that men aren't objectified, just ladies get it worse. Dunno if it's an age thing, but I'm noticing it more and more now. And it annoys me. Not because of some white knight complex it just looks fucking ridiculous. Been playing some Mass Effect 2, recently - Miranda is just appears idiotic. Yeah, I know genengineered an so on, that's not what I mean - she's on friggin' heels. And while her attire might be fit for jogging or something, the idea that she goes and, you know, gets shot at in it, makes me facepalm.

EDIT:

Also this is fairly recent and it's not really "saying" but people who abbreviate The Old Republic as ToR. WHY IS THE "O" LOWER CASE?! It makes no sense! WoW is abbreviated like that because "o" stands for "of" which is lower case in "World of Warcraft."

Oh, right, same thing with GoG - "Good old Games"? It's GOG, even easier to write, too, since you're not switching case in the middle of it.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

'Oh my god, how could you put drugs into your body! They're dirty chemicals!'

No shit. Everything you put in you is a chemical. Do you pull this bullshit every time someone takes a paracetamol? Bonus points if they then go out on a friday night and drink so much they pass out in the gutter.

Basically, like with most things, people talking about things they know nothing about.

 

[DevilWithaHalo]

Recently?
"Patriarchy!"
"All men are rapists!"
"All men are potential rapists!"
"Men rape!"
"Once we get paid the same amount for the same work then we'll talk!"
"Male privilege!"
Pretty much anything out of the mouth of a political feminist (Hey, I used a qualifier there!)

 

[nifedj]

"It's always in the last place you look!"

Of course it is, because when you find it you stop looking! You'd be missing the point of searching for something if you found it and then continued searching. The above sentence is just a statement of an incredibly obvious truth. It's such a pointless thing to say.

In my experience... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk]

Yeah, some people say it as a joke. But I posted it because someone said it to me totally sincerely yesterday.When she said it I thought she was joking then I realised from her face that this was her idea of incisive social commentary...

 

[inquisiti0n]

As for #1-3, most gamers need to chill the fk out.

[b/]4. yeah..well men get objectified just as bad[/b]

*sigh*...I'm sorry..I really am

but no....they don't..and no...its not the same

Kratos running around shirtless is not the same as Catwomen running around with her zipper down to her navel...man and woman sexuality is different...

its not just the amount of skin showing..for males its about power..for females its "look her tits"

weather or not catwomen is "powerful/empowered" is an entirely different thing..but my actual point is "Kratos and Catwomen" are not interchangeable as sex objects

and the fact is in real life women will always be judged on their looks first and foremost..more so than men

thats all I can think of for now

Your observation that men and women are objectified differently in no way proves the claim that women are objectified worse. Women get judged by their looks more then men, men get judged by their strength more then women. No shit that Catwoman isn't going to be objectified by looking like a bodybuilder on steroids.

Of course, you don't have to agree that any of this is good, but it's foolish and myopic to challenge the notion that it's equally as shitty.

 

[Dangit2019]

Using "u mad bro" as a shield against legitimate criticism of your non-trolling opinion.

Also anyone who has a different opinion than you on a single issue in pop culture is now considered a "hater" and is to be laughed at and ridiculed.

 

[Dangit2019]

As for #1-3, most gamers need to chill the fk out.

[b/]4. yeah..well men get objectified just as bad[/b]

*sigh*...I'm sorry..I really am

but no....they don't..and no...its not the same

Kratos running around shirtless is not the same as Catwomen running around with her zipper down to her navel...man and woman sexuality is different...

its not just the amount of skin showing..for males its about power..for females its "look her tits"

weather or not catwomen is "powerful/empowered" is an entirely different thing..but my actual point is "Kratos and Catwomen" are not interchangeable as sex objects

and the fact is in real life women will always be judged on their looks first and foremost..more so than men

thats all I can think of for now

Your observation that men and women are objectified differently in no way proves the claim that women are objectified worse. Women get judged by their looks more then men, men get judged by their strength more then women. No shit that Catwoman isn't going to be objectified by looking like a bodybuilder on steroids.

Of course, you don't have to agree that any of this is good, but it's foolish and myopic to challenge the notion that it's equally as shitty.

Well, when men get objectified as big and strong, it's usually for the escapist entertainment of the average man playing the game, while when women are objectified in games, it's usually for the gawking by men. So there's a bit of a difference.

 

[DugMachine]

Until you have a child of your own..; oh shut your freaking trap. Having a kid does not automatically give you the right to state your opinions as fact on how parenting should be done. Will I tell you how to raise your kid? No. But don't ask me how i'd handle it then get offended.

 

[inquisiti0n]

Well, when men get objectified as big and strong, it's usually for the escapist entertainment of the average man playing the game, while when women are objectified in games, it's usually for the gawking by men. So there's a bit of a difference.

Again, different =/= automatically worse. And how often is it really for escapist entertainment? I don't see people contemplating on how Uncharted 3 would've been more enjoyable if only Nathan Drake had bigger biceps. The reason for it is usually due to the usage of stereotypes (ie, the same reason why women are objectified the way they are).

 

[Muspelheim]

What makes me spurt vaporized hatred from my ears? Well, it must be the internet's favorite cop-out metaphore:

(Hurr durr) "If a key opens many locks, it's a master key. But if a lock is opened by many keys, it's a shitty lock." (hurhur ammaright, gais?!1 )

It's... Oh, goodness sake, the flaws in that example are glaring! What does that example got to do with anything? It's a broken metaphore, it's not only retarded and hurtful, it doesn't even work. Honestly, to use that example, you're either going to have to be partially brain damaged or a complete bellend.

Of course, it also got the Twat-o-Matic Smug 2000 defence system. Anyone who doesn't join into the hearty laughter your clever suckerpunch of a master-joke deserves is of course a humourless whiner (who aren't gettin' any) who can't see the genius of your comedic talent. Or they've successfully been trolled by you. Both seem to warrant declaring victory in the monkey cage of the Internet.

 

[Vault101]

What makes me spurt vaporized hatred from my ears? Well, it must be the internet's favorite cop-out metaphore:

(Hurr durr) "If a key opens many locks, it's a master key. But if a lock is opened by many keys, it's a shitty lock." (hurhur ammaright, gais?!1 )

It's... Oh, goodness sake, the flaws in that example are glaring! What does that example got to do with anything? It's a broken metaphore, it's not only retarded and hurtful, it doesn't even work. Honestly, to use that example, you're either going to have to be partially brain damaged or a complete bellend.
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YEEEEEEEES YES YES YES YES YES YES yes yes yes yes yes YES!!!!

I hate it so much because I feel like peopel throw it out as some kind of explanation...so...it doesnt fucking explain anything, as you said its just a stupid metaphor that has little bearing in real life

you spoke my mind