fads and phrases and annoying things we are sick of 2009

Sarcastically saying "ya think?" as a sort of sarcastic "no shit."

I also hate this, which I see ALL the time in Pitchfork reviews and Videogum and the like:

Starting the second part of a thought about a person/musician with "Dude" instead of "The dude".

Something like:

"Bonnie Prince Billy puts out a lot of albums. Dude is prolific."

That drives me crazy.

And speaking of Stereogum and Videogum (and I've seen this on other sites/blogs as well), I fucking HATE how they use the phrase "you guys" in their headlines as part of a kind of "hey, we're all buddies on the internet" casual thing.

"You guys, the trailer for the new whateverthefuckmovie is out. Let's watch after the jump."

dude needs 2 chill

or do people say "foodie" to imply that they like spending loads of money on meals out or going to markets all weekend, or dismissing inferior and inauthentic sushi bars or whatev...

This, I think. Feel like it's not really about cooking - more like 'gourmet' for ppl who think saying 'I'm a bit of a gourmet' would sound preposterous.

'genius' as an adjective

louis c.k. has a whole bit about how devalued certain words have become through annyoying overuse, i.e.

"dude, i saw emily yesterday"

"omg, hilaaarious"

we have threads for that shakes

Cliches in music journalism that you hate. And those that you quite like too.

Most overused cliches that lazy music critics describe bands with

'genius' as an adjective

― jabba hands, Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:44 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark

You can thank Noel Fielding for that one.

*thanks noel fielding*

thanking you noel fielding

ARGH

"fashionista"

I mean, seriously.

And speaking of Stereogum and Videogum (and I've seen this on other sites/blogs as well), I fucking HATE how they use the phrase "you guys" in their headlines as part of a kind of "hey, we're all buddies on the internet" casual thing.

for some reason it really bugs me when a blog written by one or two people constantly uses the editorial "we"

"I call bullshit"

i hate when people say it like "chee pot uhl"

mostly only my mom does this

My mom says cha-POH-dul.

i tease my mom by pronouncing quinoa "kwinn-oh-wa"

Also, I don't mind "foodie" because I feel like it captures a particular concept that goes beyond just "someone who's into food."

"I call bullshit"

there was a brief period of time in the late 90s when I would invoke this in conversations by cupping my hands around my mouth and fake-shouting "BUUULLSHIIIT! BUUULLSHIIIT!" I think that lasted maybe a week

maybe outside of the scope of this thread but

anytime someone does an "experiment" demonstrating or makes reference to McDonalds food decaying at a slower rate than expected

DO YOU SEE, THIS FOOD IS UNNATURAL

it was also a thing in the 90s to say "bullshit" preceded by a fake cough/throat clearing

which was related to the "loser" sneeze

oh yes, I remember that well

there was a brief period of time in the late 90s when I would invoke this in conversations by cupping my hands around my mouth and fake-shouting "BUUULLSHIIIT! BUUULLSHIIIT!" I think that lasted maybe a week

hahaha

i'm not defending McD's but come on ppl this fact does not prove what you think it proves

like, maybe this suggests that McDonalds has reasonably good standards of cleanliness? guess you'll never know because you did not follow scientific method

xp

still tired of terrorist fist bumps, esp. when my kids come back from spending time with a relative or friend of the family who has taught them this "awesome" gesture of solidarity. My kids don't know better, so obv. I bump back, but I'm annoyed with the adults for sure.

Do they say "terrorist fist bump" when they do it?? I am intrigued.

it's a dap, jesus.

threads i am sick of in 2010

clever

no, I am calling it a terrorist fist bump for the teeny bit of late 2008 amusement I get in saying it. My kids just do it, grin, & run away.

it's a dap, jesus.

2009 term

...this thread is weak sauce

people who say "shizzle dizzle" and stuff like that man that' sbeen out of style for like six years get wif it

Dude needs to get wif it

sorry if this has been mentioned already but i cringe whenever i hear "this is OUR TIME!" on the social network ad. i feel like irl people don't actually say that, just people on television.

you're right I saw the social network ad on television

it was also a thing in the 90s to say "bullshit" preceded by a fake cough/throat clearing

― sarahel, Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:11 PM Bookmark

I feel like this was an 80s movie thing.

maybe - i remember it from highschool - which was late 80s/early 90s - could very well have come from an 80s movie

I did get a mean laugh at the movie theater though when Sally Struthers came on in a pre-film commercial and said something like "I look and feel the best I ever have"

and I semi-ironically yelled out "BULLSHIT". I was more making fun of dumb humor than of Sally Struthers though.

maybe - i remember it from highschool - which was late 80s/early 90s - could very well have come from an 80s movie

didn't it come from "The Breakfast Club"?

people definitely still did the "bullshit" throat clear when i was in middle school in the early-mid 90s

its certainly in it

we also said "I Hearrrrrrrrrrrrd that!" when someone got dissed

and in elementary school there was "GO SUCK AN EGG"

"crazy talk" seems extremely lazy

:/ i say that all the time. i am extremely lazy tbf.

speaking of laaaazy ... it's almost the end of 2010

"crazy talk" feels almost like it might be a simpsons thing?

Indian: That's crazy talk!
Bart: No, it's true.
Indian: No, I know, that's my brother, Crazy Talk.