"Current year" terms that piss you off

[From The Uncanny Valley]

wait where the fuck did you hear that

Surprise, TV Tropes

 

[DenseDeerFather]

"nonverbal representation"

Isn¨t that a term used to convey concepts through images and shit for kids? Did retards hijack it and turn it into shit?

 

[Ingmar Aspergman]

Guaranteed someone mentioned this already, but referring to people as “bodies”, like “bodies of color” or “plus sized bodies” is fucking creepy as shit.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Mid

Just call it mediocre or average like a normal person would.

 

[CharcoalChkn]

High pitched "Sheeeeeesh"

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

Guaranteed someone mentioned this already, but referring to people as “bodies”, like “bodies of color” or “plus sized bodies” is fucking creepy as shit.

Not all bodies are people

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

Mid

Just call it mediocre or average like a normal person would.

I've seen several people mention this here before, but I haven't once encountered it either on any of the socials or in real life.

Where are you people seeing this? Or is it because I'm 30+ and basically insulated?

 

[Clovis]

Suddenly seeing idiots on twitter have discovered and keep overusing the word "stochastic".

 

[Flaming Insignias]

Suddenly seeing idiots on twitter have discovered and keep overusing the word "stochastic".

People have been using that term for the past 5 years, and "stochastic terrorism" has been a staple of NPC programming since then. After all, claiming that free speech is provoking terrorism is necessary to justify their Though Police dreams, even though saying "this is happening and I don't like it" is not the same as "turbulent priest" declarations.

 

[starborn427614]

Mid

Just call it mediocre or average like a normal person would.

This one I don't mind so much. It's more shorthand than slang, really.

 

[DenseDeerFather]

One that kinda makes me roll my eyes is "sapphic" instead of lesbian or just gay or whatever.

Like "Sapphic artist" or "sapphic fanfiction" and shit like that.

It sounds so pretentious, like someone smelling their own farts on a daily basis. I might be a dunce but isn't the whole sapphic bullshit inapplicable because Sappho wasn't even a lesbian because there's evidence to suggest she might as well just have been a horny straight woman?

But beyond that, what's wrong with saying lesbian?

 

[Flaming Insignias]

One that kinda makes me roll my eyes is "sapphic" instead of lesbian or just gay or whatever.

Like "Sapphic artist" or "sapphic fanfiction" and shit like that.

It sounds so pretentious, like someone smelling their own farts on a daily basis. I might be a dunce but isn't the whole sapphic bullshit inapplicable because Sappho wasn't even a lesbian because there's evidence to suggest she might as well just have been a horny straight woman?

But beyond that, what's wrong with saying lesbian?

I guess it sounds more elegant than saying "lesbian," and it honestly does sound a bit more cultured in comparison to standard usage of the word.

 

[Pony! Hugger of People]

I am officially pissed off at the phrase

"The science is settled"

Just because it's so reductionist and I only ever hear it from people who have no fucking idea about the field they're talking about.

 

[veeeeeeeee]

I am officially pissed off at the phrase

"The science is settled"

Just because it's so reductionist and I only ever hear it from people who have no fucking idea about the field they're talking about.

Literally the point of science is that it's never truly settled and that anything can be disproven. Gravity is considered a "theory" for a reason.

 

[starborn427614]

Literally the point of science is that it's never truly settled and that anything can be disproven. Gravity is considered a "theory" for a reason.

People confuse science and maths all the time. One is fluid, one is solid.

 

[glass_houses]

One that kinda makes me roll my eyes is "sapphic" instead of lesbian or just gay or whatever.

Like "Sapphic artist" or "sapphic fanfiction" and shit like that.

It sounds so pretentious, like someone smelling their own farts on a daily basis. I might be a dunce but isn't the whole sapphic bullshit inapplicable because Sappho wasn't even a lesbian because there's evidence to suggest she might as well just have been a horny straight woman?

But beyond that, what's wrong with saying lesbian?

Because the word 'lesbian' apparently has trans exclusionist connotations. If you see someone using the word 'sapphic' it's a guarantee that they're into trannyism right up to their necks.

 

[Akashic Retard]

I am sick of people overusing "existentially"

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

If you need "representation" you're not somebody worth talking to

 

[Cow-Lovin' Fool]

I am sick of people overusing "existentially"

You can't even use that word correctly without sounding like a pretentious shithead.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

If you need "representation" you're not somebody worth talking to

I can't relate to any fictional character, unless they're a yellow anthropromorphic fox like me