Or could it just be that people like to wallow in being annoyed, offended, disappointed etc., especially on the Internet?
Yeah, no, these things actually do annoy us IRL. But it's really not all that deep.
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Yeah, no, these things actually do annoy us IRL. But it's really not all that deep.
Not really a word, but a particular clip that certain modern women have (distinction necessary), where the final word in a sentence has "...uh" appended to it. It usually happens when said women (I've only heard women/girls do this) are exasperated, i.e. "Come on-uh!" or "Why do I have to work-uh?"
and yes... the word bro, especially when modern women and girls use it, must die in a fire.
and yes... the word bro, especially when modern women and girls use it, must die in a fire.
Not just the internet, friend. Humans, in general, identify themselves by their drama, misery, and suffering; most of which is self-inflicted, and brought on by years of predictive programming (with celebrity "role models" being the worst tools of all that are employed). It's only gotten worse with the advent of antisocial media.Or could it just be that people like to wallow in being annoyed, offended, disappointed etc., especially on the Internet?
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OK. I’ll have a go.
Speaking here as a modern woman (if only the discussion forum could see my eyes roll hard right now), the “…uh” is extremely versatile, powerful, and has a mess of different meanings, depending on not only its use at the end of a thought, but also in how it is enunciated. My favourite use of “…uh” comes after repeating something spoken/written by another party with any implication or suggestion their statement was somehow gospel or even remotely credible — whether at face value or no.
A really basic example, for the general audience here:
“Microsoft, during the development of XP’s successor, attested Longhorn would be a breakthrough operating system… uh.”
Ahem. How about everyone stop using “bro” and “bruh” in any capacity, unless you’re talking about or to your own, actual brother?
Anyone and everyone who says uses either “bro” or “bruh” without irony, sounds like a clown who doesn’t realize they’re running their own one-ring travelling circus full of empty bleachers.
It's more of a clip, or sound, than an actual, literal "uh", and it's usually appended to blend with the final letter of the word being spoken, i.e. "nuh, kuh, buh" etc. "Why are you filming usuuhhh?" as the girl stuffs makeup in her purse to shoplift it (from a video someone showed me at work). I should have better explained it.
The usage you mentioned is actually pretty funny, IMO. It's a sort of weak condescension, almost used as a deflection tactic by someone who is totally unsure of what they're saying, but they sure as heck are going to convince you that it's true.
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People in general are not aware that they are promoting and running with the very "language" that was designed to keep them down. Men and women(of all races) included.
The real management is the management that you are unable to see.
See, I’ve taken notice of how you’ve found different ways of saying this very same idea throughout this discussion — as if to telegraph a notion that you believe other people who read this take don’t grasp what you’re talking about.
The thing is, it’d be silly were it not so obtusely vague and conspiratorial, coupled with no substantiation or further elaboration. Bluntly, it reads as paranoid.
I’m sorry, but I’m only able to hear this sentence in the slow staccato of Hugo Weaving, portraying Agent Smith, in The Matrix. And it makes me smile.
tl;dr: You seem to take others here as incredibly naïve. To believe this is the case is, well, incredibly naïve.
There are only two major worldviews:
1. Everything is random. Any attempt to find a "link" like "follow the money" is considered conspiratory.
2. Everything is logical and "fits the puzzle one way or another"(including the "language" we seem to use and embrace "as our own").
I am sure that most people would like to think that they are "truly neutral" and "somewhere in between".
Well, not to belabour this any more than I have: “neutral” is a highly subjective yardstick to be using.
Personally? I’m not thinking about this sidebar in either/or terms (or “somewhere in between”). There’s a reason why “discursive”, as a descriptor, exists within a society premised on the technology of culture, by a society which also informs the life and shape of that culture. Tautology notwithstanding, one cannot prop itself up without the other.
That’s about the last I’ma add to this aside.
And a severe hazard on railway trains. Not for falling off or over - but for braking and signalling. And, where applicable, for third-rail electricity pick-up shoes.
And the high pressure of steel wheels pressing leaf slurry on steel track can form a tough coating. Requiring special track cleaning trains to remove.
While some processes are objective and are happening naturally the management of those processes are still subjective. So we came back to the "management that you are unable to see" because you are participating in natural processes and have no reason to believe otherwise.
I know exactly what you're talking about, and I often hear young kids--both boys and girls--do the exact same thing when they're exasperated. It's definitely cringe for an adult to talk that way.
i think it’s really funny that you use the word “cringe” based on your stated dislikes.
You have stated that you don't like the following words/phrases, all which are modern slang and/or text speak:
legit
hella
convo
my guy/man
OG
I have only sampled a few of your annoyances, as I was not about to reread all 65 pages. And yet,
doesn't seem to bother you, even though it is very much modern slang. The traditional way to say it would be "cringeworthy" but the texting/slang version cuts out over half the letters.
Based on all that I have read from you in this thread, the use of "cringe" in the manner that you did should rate highly on your list of annoyances.
I think there was a book with a title "What do you say after you say hi(or hello?)". Obviously it seems that the use of the language is important not only for the diplomats but for the "ordinary" people as well.
You would think that come on man, you are not a "player" of any scale so just be a straight shooter and tell it like it is. Then again a person might ask wait, why am I not a "player"? and perhaps even gets offended.
Remember hearing someone talk about the "3 second rule". "if you drop your food on the floor it is OK to eat if you pick it up in 3 seconds". A lot of people evidently believe it and feel it is obvious. I had never even heard of it, and of course it is quite wrong, although I had heard of a 1 second rule. Some things are quite commonly believed within certain groups who believe that everyone thinks the same thing.
As such need documented sources supporting your statement which is as alien to me as the 3 second rule.
It depends what is dropped. If it's something I don't want to eat, then that rule is stupid. If it's something tasty, then it's scientificality proven that it's a five second rule.
Also broken biscuits (cookies) allow the calories to leak out, so are better for you than whole ones.