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Ceffer
2026 Jan 21, 4:05pm
Ceffer
2026 Jan 21, 4:05pm
They are generally alienated and ungracious in their speech. They also say 'no problem' if you say thank you instead of 'you're welcome', like they are ready to throw down some guantlet at the slightest offense or 'micro-aggression'.
Maybe it's from playing too much Grand Theft Auto. Maybe it's just the penetration by the baleful forces of a kind of itchy Hegelian frisson all the way into everyday speech. Maybe it's because they're mad because a live person took their attention away from their cell phone for a millisecond.
Maybe it's from playing too much Grand Theft Auto. Maybe it's just the penetration by the baleful forces of a kind of itchy Hegelian frisson all the way into everyday speech. Maybe it's because they're mad because a live person took their attention away from their cell phone for a millisecond.
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Tenpoundbass
2026 Jan 21, 4:06pm
Tenpoundbass
2026 Jan 21, 4:06pm
GenX knew how to Nip that in the bud.
"Do you have a mouse in your pocket?"
"Do you have a mouse in your pocket?"
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Patrick
2026 Jan 21, 4:44pm
Patrick
2026 Jan 21, 4:44pm
That "we" thing sounds as annoying as singular "they":
"When an applicant notifies the other residents, they must lodge a notice within 14 days." (Who must, applicant or residents?)
It would be better to use the traditional "he":
"When an applicant notifies the other residents, he must lodge a notice within 14 days."
I had a high school English teacher who would mark anything but "he" wrong. As he put it: "Sorry ladies, he is the default pronoun in English."
BONUS: The correct use of "he" causes high blood pressure in the terminally woke.
"When an applicant notifies the other residents, they must lodge a notice within 14 days." (Who must, applicant or residents?)
It would be better to use the traditional "he":
"When an applicant notifies the other residents, he must lodge a notice within 14 days."
I had a high school English teacher who would mark anything but "he" wrong. As he put it: "Sorry ladies, he is the default pronoun in English."
BONUS: The correct use of "he" causes high blood pressure in the terminally woke.
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stereotomy
2026 Jan 21, 4:46pm
stereotomy
2026 Jan 21, 4:46pm
Don't get me started on corporatese bullshit:
"Let's leverage this"
"I have a new ask for the team."
FUCK YOU! Stop trannying nouns and verbs!
"Let's leverage this"
"I have a new ask for the team."
FUCK YOU! Stop trannying nouns and verbs!
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beershrine
2026 Jan 21, 7:16pm
Watching "We are the world" videos when they were kids didn't help.
Today I rented a vehicle and ended up correcting the employee several times before he stopped referring to me as a group that somehow included him. The conversation went something like this:
“What kind of car are we looking for?”
Re: “Not we, just me. I’m looking for a midsize anything.”
“Do we have insurance we like to use?”
Re: “Not we, unless you’re planning to use your own.”
“How are we paying?”
Re: “Are you paying, or am I paying? Because you keep saying we.”
There was more to it than I remember, but it took plenty of corrections before the young man finally stopped “we-ing” everything to me.
What happened to simple, clear, direct language? Why is this vague, generic, corporate pretentious we are all one team phrasing everywhere? This isn’t one place, or one time, or just me. It’s everywhere these days.