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* whistling/humming in a cube farm. worst: playing drums on your thighs while walking down the hall. I work with all three.* Smokers who toss butts out the car window.* "hey, how's it going?" "Well, it's a Monday." How tragic for you, having to work for a living.

* "Um, no." In two words, you've announced yourself to be a 12-year-old snot-nosed kid.* "Out of this world", a construct that no one outside of marketing has ever used, as in "Come in for out of this world savings."* "Like" as verbal time-killer in conversation. "So we're going to, like, go to the picnic." If you have to throw in extra words in the middle of your sentence to let your brain catch up to your mouth, then you should plan your sentences before opening your yap.* "Like" as substitute for "roughly" or "approximately". "There were like 14 people there." What's "like 14"? 13?* "Like" instead of "said" or "thought". "She's like, those shoes don't match, and I'm like, fuck you." In the latter case, we've lost clarity. Did the speaker actually say "fuck you" or was it merely thought? The listener doesn't know.* The word "utilize" which is *never* necessary so long as "use" exists.* The construct "X, well, Y". "New Clorox makes my whites, well, whiter!" What does that "well" add?* Advertising that assigns identity to music. "This is the soundtrack of our lives."

Rereading this thread, I want to make clear that my gripe about "Um, no." was not in reference to mmmribsmmm's sports conversation. I'm talking about conversations in online discussions where "Um, no." is used to start a reply of disagreement that is meant to say "Boy, are you fucking stupid."

Yeah, those sorts of conversations bug me as well. Luckily, on the coast of California, where manhood is defined pretty much by money and material objects, one doesn't encounter them as often; people can tell if you're a man just by looking at you. Next time, try taking the conversation in this direction:mmmribsmmm wrote:People that assume that because you're a man, you keep up with sports. It usually goes like this:Mouthbreather: "I think the Saints are looking good this year. Billy Bragnuts has really brought a lot to the table, strategy wise."Me: "Uhhmmm, I don't really know."Mouthbreather: "Yeah, they've come along way. Did you see them play the Colts last week?"Me: "No, I really don't know fuck all about sports. Not really my thing."Mouthbreather: "Oh, well what do you do then, hunt?"Me: "I fuck pussy."

People that assume that because you're a man, you keep up with sports. It usually goes like this:Mouthbreather: I think the Saints are looking good this year. Billy Bragnuts has really brought a lot to the table, strategy wise.Me: Uhhmmm, I don't really know.Mouthbreather: Yeah, they've come along way. Did you see them play the Colts last week?Me: No, I really don't know fuck all about sports. Not really my thing.Mouthbreather: Oh, well what do you do then, hunt?Me: Uhh. No.

Andy wrote:* Um, no. In two words, you've announced yourself to be a 12-year-old snot-nosed kid....* Like as verbal time-killer in conversation. So we're going to, like, go to the picnic. If you have to throw in extra words in the middle of your sentence to let your brain catch up to your mouth, then you should plan your sentences before opening your yap.* Like as substitute for roughly or approximately. There were like 14 people there. What's like 14? 13?* Like instead of said or thought. She's like, those shoes don't match, and I'm like, fuck you. In the latter case, we've lost clarity. Did the speaker actually say fuck you or was it merely thought? The listener doesn't know. .... Stop reading my mind, mind reader.

Every time somebody starts talking to me about sports, this ends up popping into my brain:

mmmribsmmm wrote:Mouthbreather: "I think the Saints are looking good this year. Billy Bragnuts has really brought a lot to the table, strategy wise."Even worse, they replace the name of their favorite team with "we" or "we're":"We're looking good this year.""We have to start blocking better.""We're playing in Green Bay next week."Oh, so when did you join the team? Dipshit.