The single most destructive phrase...

[pwnatornr1]

"I used to be a dude"
i met a girl in a bar once who said that...

things were awkward the next morning...

 

[randomsix]

"Just calm down!"

Does not work as advertised.

 

[chadachada123]

"I think Lilly is better than Hanako."

I would probably slap a *****.

"I'm voting for (Romney or Obama) over (Obama or Romney) because they're the lesser of two evils!"

"There is a functional difference between Romney and Obama," or "There is a functional difference between the Democrats and Republicans on the national level."

Anyone that says any of the above three sentences not only is a complete fucking idiot with absolutely no understanding of politics (let alone liberty), but the world would be a vastly superior place with their demise or disappearance.

 

[Micromyni]

When I ask "What's wrong?" and they say "Nothing."

 

[Frostbyte666]

when you lose something and get asked:

"Where did you last leave it?"

The result of that being "If I knew that it wouldn't be lost would it!"

EDIT: Thought of another "If you don't vote you can't complain"

this ignores the fact that if I don't like any of the candidates then I'm not going to vote for any of them. I believe that if caught between 2 evils then kick both of them in the nads and take a 3rd option.

Really the statement would hold more weight if it became "If you don't register to vote you can't complain."

 

[floppylobster]

"Can I ask you a personal question?"

Doesn't work for everyone but that's a phrase (and the questions that followed) that pretty much shattered my childhood. These days, always, my answer is "no".

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

"What did you get up to today"

When? 10 this morning? After lunch? I'm always up to something, and I'm not going to describe my whole entire day to you.

 

[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

If I ask you why you did/are doing something and you say:

"I don't know..."

Then please by all means, go fuck a cactus, thank you.

I mean really, did your body just spontaneously take control away from you and left you incapable of controlling your actions? You think something, you do something, rinse and repeat. That is how actions work.

 

[Wayne Bridges]

"Would You Kindly..."

This comes to mind.

I agree 100% percent for more than one reason. I'd say mine would have to be, "You're so stupid, you can't do shit" which is what my brother tell me, or What my parents always say "I birth you, i'm going to have you do it."

 

[Amethyst Wind]

"I will pray for you" is the religious equivalent of "fuck you". They often use this phrase when loosing an argument.

I just tend to respond with "I won't pray for you."

 

[Quakester]

"We have to talk."

That phrase has never preceded a pleasant conversation.

 

[Ledan]

"Of course, you're always right."/"Oh I forgot that you're never wrong" etc
This one gets me really mad, because what the hell can you respond with? No I'm not always right, but I wouldn't be arguing with you if I didn't think I was right NOW. Jesus.

 

[pearcinator]

That [insert thing/game/movie I like here] sucks/is a gimmick/is the worst thing in the world!

That makes me angry...but I confess, I say that to other people's things/games/movies they like too and it also makes them rage at me. People have opinions but everyone's opinion is wrong because I am always right.

P.S.
In my opinion, The Dark Knight Rises was vastly inferior to The Avengers.

Inception is over-rated and not even in the top 3 Nolan films, let alone ranks as one of the 'best movies ever' according to my friends.

Your girlfriend is ugly.


EDIT:
Also, anyone who wants to start an argument with me over why I believe in God. Am I not allowed to believe in a higher power now? Seems to be considered wrong with most of my friends...especially the ones who go "I know how to disprove religion in one word. Dinosaurs!"

WHAT THE FUCK! THAT DOESN'T PROVE SHIT! MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS! I DON'T GO ASKING WHY YOU AREN'T RELIGIOUS SO DO ME THE SAME COURTESY!...is what goes on in my head...

 

[Darkmantle]

SNip

In cases of sexual assualt the legal system fails as there is usually far too little material evidence and a great many ways for the defence to claim "sex yes but rape no". As I said I have no issue in general with the "innocent until proven guilty" philosphy but with sex crimes it is insufficient to provide a satisfactory system to convict the guilty and protect the innocent.

This is why I consider trivialsing rape in the manner that you seem to think appropriate is so damaging. I dont have a problem with people joking about murder because people who commit such crimes are brought to justice in about 90%-95% of cases. In cases of rape justice is the rare rather than the common - and society by and large does not recognise this fact. For exactly what reasons I am not going to specualte upon here.

Suffice to say for myself, having never been a victim of rape but understanding it from the perspective of some who have, I would deem humour around sex crimes to be not just trivialising, but damaging to the chances of victims to recieve any kind of justice. It is also for this reason I would give anyone who is found to be fabricating a charge of rape to get a sentence in line with a rapist.

If justice is not seen to be done then justice ceases to deter those who would succumb to its temptations.

Are you serious? Take a step back and really look at what you are arguing for.

The problem is that rape victims often don't report the crime right away. There is plenty of physical evidence, but most of it has to be collected right away or it's useless. Encouraging victims to speak up as soon as possible, pushing back those who ridicule the victims, making sure the cases are taken seriously. All of these would increase the conviction rate. Wild changes to the law and legal systems will only serve to throw innocent people in jail.

Also, there will never be 100% conviction rate, because sometimes the prosecution is wrong. A rape may not have occurred. Now wait a second, I agree that more guilty get off then innocent, I just do not think the correct way to fight it is overthrowing innocent until proven guilty.


And to the first guy, CONGRATZ you really DO have a phrase guaranteed to start a shit-storm. I'm not sure whether to commend you, or condemn you.


OT: the word "patriarchy" just grinds my gears now. I guess I've heard it used improperly/offensively too many times.

 

[Darkmantle]

Hmm, I don't blow up on people often, but when I do it is often memorable, most recently, I was asked to do something I disagreed with by a manager for a company I no longer work for. I'm pretty flexible person, so I figured I must be misunderstanding the purpose of the assigned task, so I pressed my manager for a reason, she dodged the question for a while then snapped at me saying, "You'll do it because I said so."

Well, I'd had enough of her shit, so I went into a rant I can still remember to this day:

"Not f---ing good enough lady, only two people on this planet get to use "because I said so" on me, and you are neither old nor mean enough to be -either- of my parents. so if you can't answer a simple f---ing question then you can find yourself a new f---ing cook."

Needless to say, this is one of the major reasons I no longer work at this place. (And for the record, upon hearing the story and what I said, my parents couldn't stop laughing about it for a week.)

Hey is your name Peter? Because you remind me of a former chef I'm friends with

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

From teachers during high school (luckily I don't have to here it anymore): "This would have been "this grade" but because I know you can do better I gave you a lower mark" WHAT THE FUCKSTICKS!!! I know I'm trying to be pushed to work harder but at the same time I want to know how I do with the system so I know what I need to do to acheive the grade I want. Sigh.

And anyone that says: Jason Todd is better than Dick Grayson. No, he's not. Not in any incarnation. He's not as interesting a character, was so hated he got voted to die and even when he "beats" Dick Grayson's Batman he gets his ass kicked in the end. This comes up quite a bit with a friend who's favourite character is Jason Todd (as he's just read Final Crisis and Countdown to Final Crisis).

 

[Tsukuyomi]

"moving forward"/"going forward"- Had it said to me by teachers and bosses alike. Instead of sugar-coating it like that, just tell me to shut the hell up and do things your way. All it really is is a shorter way of saying 'We're going to do things this way despite the fact that you may have logical or reasonable objections or better ideas. But I don't have a reason or can't tell you the reason why I won't listen to those things, so just shut up and do it this way.'

"Suck it up!"/"We all have problems!"/"get over it!"-This has basically been said already but it still irks me to no end. Yes, I KNOW everyone has problems. I'm not asking for you to FIX my problems, I'm just fishing for a little compassion here. I feel like shit. It would be nice to think people who are my friends are willing to sit down and listen when I need it like I try to listen when they need it. Some people can't simply 'get over' some things.

"Well, just ______!"- I hear this mostly in terms of "Well just go back to college!". Gee, is it really that easy? If I just go back will all the money I need for tuition and fees and books just magically poof into my bank account?! Really?!?! It will?!?! Well I'll just go right out and-oh wait...that DOESN'T magically happen. Silly me, forgetting that. It's usually just the manner and tone that it's said that gets me. Like what I want to do is genuinely so easy that all I have to do is go out and DO it with no regards to the finer details like money or finding the time to do such things.

 

[Mr_Spanky]

SNip

In cases of sexual assualt the legal system fails as there is usually far too little material evidence and a great many ways for the defence to claim "sex yes but rape no". As I said I have no issue in general with the "innocent until proven guilty" philosphy but with sex crimes it is insufficient to provide a satisfactory system to convict the guilty and protect the innocent.

This is why I consider trivialsing rape in the manner that you seem to think appropriate is so damaging. I dont have a problem with people joking about murder because people who commit such crimes are brought to justice in about 90%-95% of cases. In cases of rape justice is the rare rather than the common - and society by and large does not recognise this fact. For exactly what reasons I am not going to specualte upon here.

Suffice to say for myself, having never been a victim of rape but understanding it from the perspective of some who have, I would deem humour around sex crimes to be not just trivialising, but damaging to the chances of victims to recieve any kind of justice. It is also for this reason I would give anyone who is found to be fabricating a charge of rape to get a sentence in line with a rapist.

If justice is not seen to be done then justice ceases to deter those who would succumb to its temptations.

Are you serious? Take a step back and really look at what you are arguing for.

The problem is that rape victims often don't report the crime right away. There is plenty of physical evidence, but most of it has to be collected right away or it's useless. Encouraging victims to speak up as soon as possible, pushing back those who ridicule the victims, making sure the cases are taken seriously. All of these would increase the conviction rate. Wild changes to the law and legal systems will only serve to throw innocent people in jail.

Also, there will never be 100% conviction rate, because sometimes the prosecution is wrong. A rape may not have occurred. Now wait a second, I agree that more guilty get off then innocent, I just do not think the correct way to fight it is overthrowing innocent until proven guilty.


And to the first guy, CONGRATZ you really DO have a phrase guaranteed to start a shit-storm. I'm not sure whether to commend you, or condemn you.


OT: the word "patriarchy" just grinds my gears now. I guess I've heard it used improperly/offensively too many times.

I believe I said (twice) in my post that I dont have a problem with innocent until proven guilty and trial by jury - the point I was trying to make in this in many cases the judicial system fails when it comes to sex crimes. In no way do I suggest that innocent people should be condemned in order to secure a better conviction rate for the guilty. I was trying to say that system is imperfect. This is kind of my point. Rape is a special case in law in the sense that it a very serious crime that, because of a variety of reasons, has a quite a low conviction rate. That is why im saying that society should not joke or make light of the issue as so many who commit the crime get away with it.

Imho its one of the big injustices of society and one that, without doing more harm than good, cannot be satifactorily solved.

I completely agree with you on trying to ensure a better conviction rate by persuading victims to come forward ASAP. Thats what I really meant by so little material evidence. Often if even 24 hours go past before the crime is reported then it is too late to gather the necessary material evidence that can be so useful to secure a convition.

OT: When somebody says "Nothing" when theyve been making it very obvious that there IS a problem. I hate all things passive agressive - and that one takes the chump.

 

[FamoFunk]

"Is it in yet?"

Surely that's a pretty destructive phrase for a Man to hear?

 

[Angry Camel]

"You should know this stuff" or "why don't you know about that?" To me it shows quite a blatant disregard for the variety of experiences people can have. Okay, so maybe there are absolute basics that people should know, but just because you know something they don't doesn't make them inferior. Once you start intellectually belittling someone, you're not educating them, you're just being a jerk.