When people say "Whatever that means"? When they know damn well what it means!

Most of the English language. (The others would annoy me, too, if I spoke them more fluently.)

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I guess a lot of people do it out of habit or may not mean anything by it but I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

[Edited 11/5/10 10:32am]

johnart said:

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

Quantified with "really nice", of course. Totally agree with this one.

BklynBabe said:

Most people speak plain ignorant bullshit that always irritates me.

Cerebus said:

johnart said:

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

Quantified with "really nice", of course. Totally agree with this one.

I edited above (as usual ) to say that I guess folk don't always mean anything by it...it just irritates me.

And yeah...whenever they feel they must specify the race and start up with "really nice" that shit sends up flags for me.

johnart said:

Cerebus said:

Quantified with "really nice", of course. Totally agree with this one.

I edited above (as usual ) to say that I guess folk don't always mean anything by it...it just irritates me.

And yeah...whenever they feel they must specify the race and start up with "really nice" that shit sends up flags for me.

They may not mean anything by it conciously, but it does mean something. Like, if they said, "really nice lady", are you going to follow that up with, "was she black", or "what color was she"? I'm thinkin' no.

Oh, god. I have about a million.

"You know what I mean?"

"It is what it is."

And when people begin every sentence with a tsking noise.

Just to name a few.

Cerebus said:

johnart said:

I edited above (as usual ) to say that I guess folk don't always mean anything by it...it just irritates me.

And yeah...whenever they feel they must specify the race and start up with "really nice" that shit sends up flags for me.

They may not mean anything by it conciously, but it does mean something. Like, if they said, "really nice lady", are you going to follow that up with, "was she black", or "what color was she"? I'm thinkin' no.

I just for some reason pictured that. Like badgering someone. What color was she?? What color??? Well she had to be a color. What was it???

OMG when folk say:Just to name a few

Lawd that shit irritates me to NO END.

OMG totally pisses me off.

Efan said:

OMG totally pisses me off.

Hi.

johnart said:

Efan said:

OMG totally pisses me off.

Hi.

Efan said:

johnart said:

OMG when folk say:Just to name a few

Lawd that shit irritates me to NO END.

But what if you know a lot of examples and only name a few? This one and "whatever that means" would only bother me if a person were to say them too much. Ya know, like, some people just make a saying their own personal catch phrase and use it all the time. That annoys me.

Also, when people say "Not for nothing."

It doesn't really irritate me exactly...it's just that I have no idea what it means.

Efan said:

Also, when people say "Not for nothing."

It doesn't really irritate me exactly...it's just that I have no idea what it means.

Cerebus said:

johnart said:

OMG when folk say:Just to name a few

Lawd that shit irritates me to NO END.

But what if you know a lot of examples and only name a few? This one and "whatever that means" would only bother me if a person were to say them too much. Ya know, like, some people just make a saying their own personal catch phrase and use it all the time. That annoys me.

I was just being a dick and giving Efan a hard time.

dick...hard...hehe

My aunt says "I love you passionately", "you know I love you passionately", "I love my children passionately", "I love you both passionately. I cant wait to see you"

I know it's a positive thing. I just find it...

johnart said:

Cerebus said:

But what if you know a lot of examples and only name a few? This one and "whatever that means" would only bother me if a person were to say them too much. Ya know, like, some people just make a saying their own personal catch phrase and use it all the time. That annoys me.

I was just being a dick and giving Efan a hard time.

dick...hard...hehe

...eeeeheh... heheh, heh... uuuuheh.... you said dick....

"hella"

As in "that was hella funny".

GetAwayFromMe said:

"hella"

As in "that was hella funny".

Live in the Bay Area?

It irritates me when people use the term "black friday", thats a dumb saying the media tried to make up. whatever happened to just saying "the day after thanksgiving".

Cerebus said:

GetAwayFromMe said:

"hella"

As in "that was hella funny".

Live in the Bay Area?

Yup!

"everything happens for a reason"

Funkcreep said:

When people say "Whatever that means"? When they know damn well what it means!

"All things being equal"

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

That means absolutely nothing.

johnart said:

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I guess a lot of people do it out of habit or may not mean anything by it but I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

[Edited 11/5/10 10:32am]

depending on where you live there is a difference between a black nurse and a white nurse

but i live in the south

but seriously i think it just gives people a mental picture of the story.

orger said:

"everything happens for a reason"

but it does

GetAwayFromMe said:

Cerebus said:

Live in the Bay Area?

Yup!

Way overused here. But I think we're just trying to keep it as our own. I thought for sure it would go away after the No Doubt song stole it. But nooooO! Still here.