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Peeves and hang-ups

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I'd like to start a movement calling for the correct use of the adverb "literally" which means that what was said actually happened. It bothers me that our society has literally become totally ignorant (not meaning rude) in so many ways that we literally don't know how to speak properly. Do we literally not teach English in schools anymore? The difference between literally and figuratively? And it's not just the younger generation. I literally hear it every where. It literally blows my mind. This forum is literally the closest thing to social media that I get so I'm putting it out there. I literally hear it misused like 10 million times a day. Maybe we should just literally ban the word.

What are your peeves?
 
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10 million times a day, that's a lot I'll bet. Literally a lot.
 
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"At this point in time, " what the fuck ever?" Shot at point blank range is the one that pisses me off the most. Like, on my like bicycle,like.like has a flat tire, like?
And the worst ever is using minutes and hours instead of miles or KM or blocks or number of major intersections you cross before turning right. for how to get somewhere. That is the definition of Retarded. yet so many people do it.
30 minutes in a traffic jam gets you nowhere.
 
Umm,

Uhh,

Well,

uh,

um,

uh

Not sure what to say, but I'll just keep throwing 'sounds' out there, to continue to keep your attention, so that you are focused on what I'm not saying, but filling LOTS of time with absolutely nothing to say of any importance whatsoever.

eh? :D
 
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@jambau how do you feel about confusing similes and metaphors?

Whenever I hear a leftists use the word "existential" I immediately assume they mean "conjectural", and I'm always right...
 
I hate it when people say "I could care less" when they really mean "I couldn't care less".
 
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Used instead of AS
Like when used for purposes of vocalization, and as every other word in a millennial's sentence,
Sentences wherein the subject and verb do not agree. Words: each, every, any, etc. are singular subjects, and the following verb must be singular.
Sorry, went to Jesuit school where I was taught by Grammar Nazis!
 
Well as I like literally could care less..... I figuratively.....don't
 
1. Double negatives. Try explaining it to locals by relating it to multiplying negatives in math results in blank stares.

2. The local use of "Here is you a ____". My damn MIL got my four-year old saying that now and I'm not shy about correcting it in front of the family.
 
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While making noises while eating is bad manners, using your teeth to remove food from a fork IS NOT. As long as you’re not making excessive noise teeth-on-metal this is perfectly polite. My wife just invented you cannot use your teeth, and is constant;y correcting our kids and it drives me fucking nuts, but I don’t say anything, because it’s a useless fight.
 
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Sean the Nailer said:
Umm,

Uhh,

Well,

uh,

um,

uh

Not sure what to say, but I'll just keep throwing 'sounds' out there, to continue to keep your attention, so that you are focused on what I'm not saying, but filling LOTS of time with absolutely nothing to say of any importance whatsoever.

eh? :D
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Like, um, listening to, um, Amy Klobuchar on, um, CSPAN last night - no joke, in one 60 second answer I counted 27.
 
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Fig said:
While making noises while eating is bad manners, using your teeth to remove food from a fork IS NOT. As long as you’re not making excessive noise teeth-on-metal this is perfectly polite. My wife just invented you cannot use your teeth, and is constant;y correcting our kids and it drives me fucking nuts, but I don’t say anything, because it’s a useless fight.
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My HS basketball coach made our team attend an etiquitte class before the royalty dance. Said we were not going to be a bunch of animals. The lady that instructed the course was pretty cool and made it somewhat fun. Learned about utensils, napkins...all the basics.

Coach was a real hardass but I do think he made a positive impact on most of us. Even made everyone wear a shirt and tie to school every gameday. If you were caught without you did not dress-out for the game.

Now...it is about not hurting feelings and appeasing players.
 
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Women using those damn picture filters. I know the skanks I go after aren’t exactly 10’s, but they could at least let me see how busted they are. I’ll fuck an ugly woman, but I’d like to know the full extent of their ugliness before I decide to meet.
 
Maser said:
Yeah well, the whole figuratively vs literally meme was just as annoying as the autistic #Adulting hashtag. I swear I hate being a millennial at times. Still better than being a boomer though! :cool:
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Better, except for the being poor part?

:)

Signed,

Gen-X
 
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