The Cringe/Hate Thread
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Those new style sphincter-like bog paper dispensers.
When the paper jams ( frequently it seems ), there is no wriggle room to work the next piece out with a pen or finger, and the unit is usually locked. Being dome shaped, they can't even leave an emergency pile or bundle resting on top as back-up.
Somebody will have a design award for this I am sure.
The options available for the more dramatic events sre all pretty unsavoury.
When the paper jams ( frequently it seems ), there is no wriggle room to work the next piece out with a pen or finger, and the unit is usually locked. Being dome shaped, they can't even leave an emergency pile or bundle resting on top as back-up.
Somebody will have a design award for this I am sure.
The options available for the more dramatic events sre all pretty unsavoury.
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Any first world issue being described as a crisis, disaster, absolute chaos etc. Hyperbole makes me literally explode
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"life hack".
Fuck off.
Fuck off.
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oh yes.morepork wrote:"life hack".
Fuck off.
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Doubly so when the "hack" in question is ridiculously facile or pointless. "Use a straw to remove the core from strawberries! Life hack!"morepork wrote:"life hack".
Fuck off.
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Very close to Viz top tips tbhPuja wrote:Doubly so when the "hack" in question is ridiculously facile or pointless. "Use a straw to remove the core from strawberries! Life hack!"morepork wrote:"life hack".
Fuck off.
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'Reach out..'
not sure when 'contact' / 'tried to contact' failed to have meaning, or where this leaves Outreach workers.
not sure when 'contact' / 'tried to contact' failed to have meaning, or where this leaves Outreach workers.
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The phrase “like deja vu all over again”.
I never know if this is meant to be funny or it’s simply people not knowing what deja vu actually means, but I hate it either way.
I never know if this is meant to be funny or it’s simply people not knowing what deja vu actually means, but I hate it either way.
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I could have sworn you posted that earlier in the thread.Mikey Brown wrote:The phrase “like deja vu all over again”.
I never know if this is meant to be funny or it’s simply people not knowing what deja vu actually means, but I hate it either way.
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Even if that’s a joke you might well be right.
I was going to add that using the phrase “quote unquote” before you quote something seems incorrect. Which may be both wrong and a duplicate of something I posted in here already.
I was going to add that using the phrase “quote unquote” before you quote something seems incorrect. Which may be both wrong and a duplicate of something I posted in here already.
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Bookcases - the things that got in the way of uncluttered, minimalist interiors.
( Second-hand book sales must have gone through the roof )
( Second-hand book sales must have gone through the roof )
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The phrase "cancel culture". For fucks sake, the entire dictionary is being turned into a handful of shouty nonsense memes.
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Seconded. "Cancel culture" goes right next to "political correctness" in the collection of phrases that instantly lets me know somebody's not worth talking to.morepork wrote:The phrase "cancel culture". For fucks sake, the entire dictionary is being turned into a handful of shouty nonsense memes.
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May I add "Why don't you go and do your own research" and "you asked for empirical evidence, so here's a youtube video"Puja wrote:Seconded. "Cancel culture" goes right next to "political correctness" in the collection of phrases that instantly lets me know somebody's not worth talking to.morepork wrote:The phrase "cancel culture". For fucks sake, the entire dictionary is being turned into a handful of shouty nonsense memes.
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I've had both of these today when challenging the obvious fact that lockdowns and social distancing is causing more deaths than letting covid run rampant / anything because Covid is a hoax
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Which Tyler wrote:May I add "Why don't you go and do your own research" and "you asked for empirical evidence, so here's a youtube video"Puja wrote:Seconded. "Cancel culture" goes right next to "political correctness" in the collection of phrases that instantly lets me know somebody's not worth talking to.morepork wrote:The phrase "cancel culture". For fucks sake, the entire dictionary is being turned into a handful of shouty nonsense memes.
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I've had both of these today when challenging the obvious fact that lockdowns and social distancing is causing more deaths than letting covid run rampant / anything because Covid is a hoax
The whole of humanity is now 2 degrees of separation away from any conveniently unsubstantiated anecdote thanks to that "do your own research" shit.
Some days, I just fucking hate people.
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Woke...up...this morning / with a headache / feeling sh!t...
that's about it isn't it ?
that's about it isn't it ?
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People who say ‘yourself’ instead of you: ‘I posted it to yourself’; ‘I’ll send an email to yourself,’ etc.
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‘Red Wall Voters’ ...
TV continuity announcers with faux-Northern accents.
TV continuity announcers with faux-Northern accents.
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One of my favourites, buy onions instead of apples they're cheaper.Banquo wrote:Very close to Viz top tips tbhPuja wrote:Doubly so when the "hack" in question is ridiculously facile or pointless. "Use a straw to remove the core from strawberries! Life hack!"morepork wrote:"life hack".
Fuck off.
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"Clutch."
I haven't the slightest clue what people mean anymore when they use this word. It seems to have taken on some new meaning in a sports context and, whatever it is, I hate it.
I haven't the slightest clue what people mean anymore when they use this word. It seems to have taken on some new meaning in a sports context and, whatever it is, I hate it.
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You read the article about Raducanu too, huh?Mikey Brown wrote:"Clutch."
I haven't the slightest clue what people mean anymore when they use this word. It seems to have taken on some new meaning in a sports context and, whatever it is, I hate it.
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Nope, I don’t think so. Was it used in a positive way? I feel like it’s used to say someone’s got big balls maybe? The thing that prompted me to post this was seeing a thumbnail for a clip from the top 14 with “x player comes in clutch”, which just… what? How is that a phrase?
God I’m so old.
God I’m so old.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... to-anotherMikey Brown wrote:Nope, I don’t think so. Was it used in a positive way? I feel like it’s used to say someone’s got big balls maybe? The thing that prompted me to post this was seeing a thumbnail for a clip from the top 14 with “x player comes in clutch”, which just… what? How is that a phrase?
God I’m so old.
First real time I'd come across it, so I'm not aggravated by it/inured to it as of yet, but it did strike me as a very Yankee turn of phrase and one the writer seemed embarrassed by given they put it in speechmarks every time they used it.The biggest names in men’s and women’s tennis are often reckoned to be more “clutch” under pressure – in other words, they play even better when the stakes are higher.
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Well that makes sense. Sort of? I’m sure I saw a ‘top 10 clutch players’ video or something similar which had Farrell’s face on it. So I should have guessed that meant flawless under pressure.
It seems odd that something like the guardian would bother using and explaining a phrase that will have entirely disappeared in 6 months time.
It seems odd that something like the guardian would bother using and explaining a phrase that will have entirely disappeared in 6 months time.
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' So...' every response to a question has to begin with this wee conjunction, which may be just twendy, or a subtle tool to soften the question. Save ye'breff please.