I HATE "it is what it is."
Also, "2-3+ years experience required" for every single job ad ever.
― Maria, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
"clouds expected to be with us for at least the rest of the week"
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
can I have a word with you?
^ so, so true.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"I'm not racist, but..."
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
'ladies and gentlemen, YOUR detroit lions!'
― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
^^lolz
― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
You'll have to *insert thing that you are supposed to be paid to do* in your own free time.
― Zoe Espera, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"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
― idk (wanko ergo sum), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
franchise
― balloon in a sack (latebloomer), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
actually it's just a word but it depresses me
― balloon in a sack (latebloomer), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"You know about computers, don't you?"
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
'Say the name of the product or service you wish to inquire about'
― GO BLACK DUDE FROM SPACE ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
big night outstaff night outstaff drinkswork night outdrinks after workafter-work drinks
etc.
― Zoe Espera, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
"Last orders at the bar!"
Can't believe we've got this far without that one.
xpost It depends on your colleagues, of course ;)
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
'heads-up'
― GO BLACK DUDE FROM SPACE ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
'going forward' x 293874290387409238749023817401298740129384
'last updated X minutes ago by the sir weeze'
― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
we are seeking synergies
― ljubljana, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
(we are seeking synergies *going forward*)
"we're gonna have to take it all apart and start over""sorry, we're closed"
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
"I'm sorry, I didn't understand you. Please state the name of..."
― goole, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i have a grudging respect for bullshit business phrases. it allows you to talk about things that nobody cares about with some regularity. it's only a problem if people buy into them or don't understand that it's shorthand that you shouldn't use out of the office.
― goole, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Audacity has encountered a problem and needs to close...
― BODY PROP (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
THIS
― GO BLACK DUDE FROM SPACE ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡♥♡ (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
"everyone is dry as fuck lately"
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
have you been drinking?
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"bloodwork"
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
"this is your fault"
"real job"
"do you know why I pulled you over?"
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"any more coffee and you may wind up with ulcerative colitis"
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
"so cut back on the coffee"
"and the drinking"
"and the spicy foods"
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 12 November 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
this doctor clearly doesn't understand that my dietary choices are an important part of my identity
"my dietary choices are an important part of my identity"
'to continue in english, press 2' on 311 makes me smile. it's nice living somewhere where it isn't automatically assumed.
"sand went EVERYwhere" for depressing/disgusting phrases, anyway
― schlump, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Not a phrase, but:
Twitter Magnets combines the fun of Magnetic Poetry and Twitter into one web app.
― tuppence b. bag (roxymuzak), Sunday, 3 May 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
"It'll have to come out."
― Aimless, Sunday, 3 May 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Please call back during regular business hours ...
― giving a shit when it isn't your turn to give a shit (sarahel), Sunday, 3 May 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
"We can still be friends."
― Aimless, Sunday, 3 May 2009 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― BIG HOOS' macaroni is off the motherfucking chain (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:53 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark
― I'm not some HOOS for someone's lust to snack on! (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
"it's all downhill from here"
but...if it was all uphill from here, that would also be bad!
:(
― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
it's flat land from here
― this is awful I want Togo home (harbl), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it's generally undulating from here nothing severe in either direction, don't worry
― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://keithlyons.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/sisyphus-sign.jpg
― tehresa, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
One a friend said to me today which was depressing because I thought better of her: "well you cant help anyone who chooses to be homeless and nor should you".
― ABBAcab (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i46.tinypic.com/2m43b88.jpg
― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
looooool
― dyao, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
the myth of sisyphus loses a good deal of its philosophical power when you include the part about the dragon, but it's the truth dammit
― ^^potentially not true at all, sry^^ (Z S), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
reading the last two posts as an exchange between two bots
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
"eye candy"
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
lightly salted
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
"good thread on today's covid news:"
― Angela's Seshes (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
“thousands of Black Friday deals”
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Thursday, 3 November 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
Whatever your opinion on the trans debate,
― pilk/pall revolting odors (wins), Thursday, 19 January 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link
AI used to create new and final Beatles song, says Paul McCartney https://t.co/HgySixrkwG— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 13, 2023
― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 11:23 (one year ago) link
"The latest circulation figures are in."― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 12:55 (fourteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 12 November 2008 12:55 (fourteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
😬
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 11:54 (one year ago) link
cauliflower pizza bowl
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link