depressing phrases

vegan thanksgiving

"The latest circulation figures are in."

"It's a free country."

"It's not a free country"

"Short term measures"

"today in iraq..."

"Organizational changes"

"Michael McIntyre"

"How about another round of applause for..."

"To continue in English, press '1'"

Opening post ftw.

premature ejaculation

Bush legacy.

supergroup

another 50 minutes of nonstop hits

mcartneyesque melodic pop

Have Your Say

We've just had a small request come through from Finance...

"the blog she broke up with you on"

saturday commute

teaching philosophy

You will have experience in ...

Today on the stock market. . .

happy birthday

did you have a poppyseed bagel for lunch?

"can we give tonight a miss?"

"it is what it is"

I really, really do not want to have to police you on that each week.

telecommunications

can I have a word with you?

pushback

Typically: anything that can be represented by an acronym.

"The fact of the matter is"
"meal solutions" - how a supermarket were promoting their shoddy ready meals

We need to talk...

"workshop"

"Develop your skillset"

"company retreat"

two words that could make me quit on the spot

service area

ASAP - as in "we need this done ASAP"
And that is different from the usual situation how exactly?

regret to advise

"Christmas shopping"

"We're looking for an English manager with experience of fighting against relegation"

I HATE "it is what it is."

Also, "2-3+ years experience required" for every single job ad ever.

"clouds expected to be with us for at least the rest of the week"

can I have a word with you?

^ so, so true.

"I'm not racist, but..."

'ladies and gentlemen, YOUR detroit lions!'

^^lolz

You'll have to *insert thing that you are supposed to be paid to do* in your own free time.

"To continue in English, press '1'"

― invisible jet (wanko ergo sum), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:57 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's because I hate automated menus, not ESLs, just to clarify

franchise

"Inspired by jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop"

“I’m sorry but”

'Gentlemen, if you’re in your 40s and you can’t effortlessly quote from any of these movies, it’s time for some Netflix homework.'

"you do you"

"biker-friendly bar"

Ending Explained

https://biblioklept.org/2018/11/20/100-phrases-culled-from-the-new-york-times-list-of-100-notable-books-of-2018/

novel that ricochets

devastatingly sidelong

overdrawn account

seemingly wordless but ultimately word-filled collection

a must-read!

posthumous debut account

a searing, blistering memoir which leaves the reader charred and half-melted

devastatingly page turner

The D.N.C. approved Iowa’s delegate selection plan, but left the state party to determine on its own how to collect and tabulate caucus results, Mr. Perez said, adding that the national party did not test the state’s app or set standards for training or preparation.

Mr. Perez said he was not responsible for what state parties and their leaders do.

“I do not conduct a performance evaluation of every party chair,” he said.

Asked whether the D.N.C. would increase its scrutiny of other caucuses run by state parties, including Nevada’s in less than two weeks, Mr. Perez said he would “implement all of the lessons learned,” but did not specify how.

i have to remember this vow, in case i'm ever leading a major project and have no idea what to do. start with implementing all of the lessons learned. details tbd

just received an email at work that contains this chestnut:

"Each week we will watch two short TED Talks to motivate us."

this is the moment when i notice that Winston Smith works in my cuberhood

I used to work in a big international company in China, the country-level big boss, an annoyingly confident US Harvard grad, came to a staff event where we were all running training sessions for each-other and opened it with a direct copy of a TED talk about "power poses" and everyone was so impressed that I was given the job of doing the same training session with my team. Then a year or so later I had the chance to apply for a position in the UK and was flown to Shanghai to interview. I did the power pose outside, as trained, then when faced with this same big boss on the interview panel, completely fucked up the interview, I was actually unable to speak at all from nerves at one point, and they didn't even give me feedback after flying me out there.
Then a bit later I found out that the author of the power poses ted talk thing had reexamined the evidence and concluded that it didn't work at all.

the shortlived power pose mania did give us this prfoundly blessed image so i can't find it too depressing

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtSdSBJX.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Q: is the power in question the power to make passersby think 'u r a dick'

wtf? is the power pose real? is that really it? loooool

i like to do the empathy pose. both feet tightly squeezed together, so the entire body is off balance. this shows openness and vulnerability to the team

it says "don't push me, even a tiny bit, or i will crash down and bring every single one of you motherfuckers with me"

I'm pretty much always doing the ReRun while in the office. I find that it's very effective at projecting my inner idiocy.

suspected migrants

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/MyAim_isTrue.jpg

Happy 130th Birthday, [dead celebrity]!

"hold space for"

COVID-19 taunt

vegan thanksgiving

― SNAKES! (ice crӕm), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:51 AM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

its taken me 11 years to say this...

fuck u

"...ok, i'm going to play the devil's advocate on both sides here, but..."

'Maybe it's only a little gangrenous.'

establish a regular cadence

bi-directional success

in a ideal world [...] but

"gal pal"

I don't know if this is exactly the thread for it but a very depressing phrase to enter an online debate is "playing the race card" - you instantly know that you are dealing with an irredeemable cunt.

yeah though i have to admit i mildly lol at the idea of a playing card that says "race" on it, like maybe in all caps. RACE. so you know it's the race card.

well yes, aside from the racism and lack of empathy it also reveals a stunted debating club attitude to politics

the upcoming #joeexotic series is

"It is the sixth film in the Home Alone franchise."

reading the last two posts as an exchange between two bots

"eye candy"

lightly salted

"good thread on today's covid news:"

“thousands of Black Friday deals”

Whatever your opinion on the trans debate,

AI used to create new and final Beatles song, says Paul McCartney https://t.co/HgySixrkwG

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 13, 2023

"The latest circulation figures are in."

― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 12:55 (fourteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

😬

cauliflower pizza bowl