"Current year" terms that piss you off

[Something Awful]

There's also "trap", but IIRC that was "called out" as "homophobic" and "cancelled" later.

I think it comes from 4chan, at least that's where I first saw it. Obviously transphobic now, since how can you ever be trapped by a true and honest person of gender? Any encounter with such a creature is a blessing and boon.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Hits different. A song, movie, show, whatever it is.

 

[Lone Star]

I hate how media, usually news sources, use the word troll. It just boils down to "anyone that talks negatively about what we approve of" at this point. Just saying that the newest Marvel slop is shit or whatever isn't trolling, that's just giving a negative opinion.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

respecting women

That may sound good, but it seems to mean "pretending women are men" -- or "no straight male attraction" -- when used by SJWs. Also "not criticizing women at all" as well.

 

[xXthrowawayaccountXx]

"Normie"

I know that it's not a new term, but I hate the way that it's so often used by antisocial faggots online to sneer at anything that has a semblance of pro-social behaviour. It's often used to find a way to bitch about everyone and everything that isn't a total sack of shit. "My family wants to take a vacation and they want to rent a cabin like a bunch of normies." Kill yourself already and stop making everything sound like it's on par with the burden that you are.

Also, the term is  normalFAG. Get it right. Not only are you glamorizing the fact that you are an antisocial loser, you are also still a sheep that is wearing a quirky outsider disguise despite having no deeper interest in the community you are trying to emulate.

 

[WhiteBoySummer]

Agree with so many of these. Some more:

"Black and brown," especially "black and brown bodies." Just sounds so insulting. Do Indians or Thais or Iranian people actually enjoy being lumped into the same "brown" category?

"Deeply rooted," if someone says their gay dog grooming business is deeply rooted in the community then you know it isn't.

"Learn from this," "it's okay to ___," "hope this helps," "allow yourself to ___." Don't tell me what to do in my own mind.

"No human is illegal." If I kill someone I committed an illegal act. If I cross a border without papers I committed an illegal act. The person isn't illegal, they broke the law. Bitch.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

“So….[….] got it.”

“Tell me you’re [x] without saying you’re [x].”

(General spamming misuse of and emojis)

Spoiler: I had to blow off steam sorry for this rant. It’s not that interesting.

These stupid sentence patterns are like 75% of Threads and it made me stop using the platform. I used to think it was just all bots but that’s simply a comforting thought. NPCs and actual bots have virtually the same exact thought patterns now. It’s depressing how a few thousand people globally can seem like a majority of the planet.

Also I don’t even think it’s all bots doing it. Here is Keith Olberman, a pillar of salt, using this same phrase and sounding like everyone else when he is a journalist and journos should want to sound different, not like everybody else?

Spoiler: old man TDS autism

None of these faggots would last a minute on kiwi farms. We empty our bomb bay doors of every slur we can think of when someone is this dumb.

I am losing a bit of faith in the community of Twitter when these assholes STILL just say whatever they please without any consequences: community notes don’t work and being dragged in the comments don’t work because they still keep getting back up after being dunked on over and over and over.

Not even Null’s pink triangle of shame would work on these fuckers.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Agree with so many of these. Some more:

"Black and brown," especially "black and brown bodies." Just sounds so insulting. Do Indians or Thais or Iranian people actually enjoy being lumped into the same "brown" category?

"Deeply rooted," if someone says their gay dog grooming business is deeply rooted in the community then you know it isn't.

"Learn from this," "it's okay to ___," "hope this helps," "allow yourself to ___." Don't tell me what to do in my own mind.

"No human is illegal." If I kill someone I committed an illegal act. If I cross a border without papers I committed an illegal act. The person isn't illegal, they broke the law. Bitch.

The "no human is illegal" people are the ones who call the National Guard to clear the spics out of their extremely affluent community once they arrive en masse, i.e. Martha's Vineyard.

 

[Local Fed]

The biggest problem with the "No human is illegal" thing is that it's a blatant manipulation of language that tricks stupid people and is used as a weapon by the disingenuous who have a clear ideological leaning. When talking about immigration, illegal immigration in particular, no one is claiming that Pedro's existence is illegal. The argument is that Pedro entering and occupying a specific area without permission is an illegal act. It shouldn't be and isn't a difficult concept to grasp. No one says that shitting is illegal. No one says that shitting in a hospital is illegal either. Breaking into a closed off hospital ward and then dropping a Taco Bell shit on a coma patient is illegal though and everyone on earth understands this because any other interpretation is righteously going to met with "Shut the fuck up."

 

[543kb]

Everything has become convoluted. I fail to understand a fair bit of recent developments in language because they emerge from places of deeply rooted in subjectivity. I do not understand the thought processes behind them.
Terms are being used to make terrible things sound less terrible, when they should sound awful, because they are. I can't remember what the term for it is, but I greatly dislike it.
One specific example is the whole MAP thing. It extends to pretty much everything now, but that's a good example of trying to make something more socially acceptable than it should be.
Anyone who isn't a danger to the public shouldn't be publicly shamed, but those who try to make something that is rightfully considered a disorder of some sort something to be embraced should be rightfully put under scrutiny.
This twisting of words and intent is irritating. I blame the internet, in part. It is ultimately a good thing, but it's made everything so much more complicated.
I care less and less for whatever counts as a 'societal development,' at least I think that's what I should call it. It's all either depressing, a big steaming pile of shit, or a nothingburger.
It's all just such nonsense meant to rile people up or assuage concerns without any meaningful response.
I don't like this game. I don't want to need to always read between the lines. I'm fine with doing my own research, but it's tiring always needing to be so diligent with all of my news.

 

[Aunt Carol]

When talking about immigration, illegal immigration in particular, no one is claiming that Pedro's existence is illegal.

People call illegal immigrants "illegals" the same way we call commercial breaks "commercials."

this statement is not news but I am proud of making it succinct for ease of use

 

[Neodanthril]

" living my best life" - meaningless noncommittal answer to polite small talk that kills conversations

 

[GR8 B8 M8 I R8 8/8]

"Put the fries in the bag"

Just another zoomer tumor way of dismissing anything, be it justified or not.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

I've actually gotten sick of the phrase “hivemind” for any place with a dominant leaning. People like to have a place to talk with like-minded individuals, you going out of your way to antagonize that shared belief is just petty and criticism of said antagonism isn't cult behavior.

 

[Local Fed]

I'm incredibly tired of "radical" being used all of the time and in so many faggy ways. Terms such as "radical self-acceptance" and "radical honesty" and the like sound stupid and they're usually spouted by the same basic bitch women who also call everyone (usually the last guy who they went to bed with) a narcissist if things don't work out, making sure to never accept any personal responsibility.

 

[bindar dundat]

"fair"

 

[AnOminous]

I'm incredibly tired of "radical" being used all of the time and in so many faggy ways. Terms such as "radical self-acceptance" and "radical honesty" and the like sound stupid and they're usually spouted by the same basic bitch women who also call everyone (usually the last guy who they went to bed with) a narcissist if things don't work out, making sure to never accept any personal responsibility.

They're also all super duper fat.

 

[French Dip]

"Don't yuck other's yum."

Ok but your yum is retarded and gross.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

"Creator" if you literally do or make fucking anything

or don't

 

[Mortan Shekelstorm]

"Don't yuck other's yum."

Ok but your yum is retarded and gross.

I have only ever seen this phrase used by obese woman, genuinely mentally disabled people and liberal arts types. More often than not about some abomination of the culinary kind. It bugs me how non confrontational and noncommittal it is about their own cooking, its not a fuck you I like this or it tastes better than it looks. I think cobes has better copes around his cooking than that.