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Oh I’ll definitely back that one!

And remember, they’re solely defining research as “look on YouTube for some pedagogue that agrees with me, and claim they’re some kind of genius”.

It can be a valid statement though. For instance, let’s say I wanted to invest £10,000. I seek out qualified advice, take said advice, and end up with £15,000. There, I’d set out the steps I took, but qualify with “do your own research though, and seek qualified advice”.

But generally, mostly, yeah. It’s the mating cry of the ignoramous.

There's quite a few modern fandom terms used heavily in terminally online pop circles (western or otherwise) that are dreadful.
It's Giving and Era are two of the worst.

"It's the chef's kiss" makes me want to yak.

"Like" as a filler word, i.e. "it's giving, like, boomer."

"To be frank..."
"As opposed to the rest of the things I say, which are evasive..."

"Honestly..."
"Typically I'm lying, but in this case I'm being honest."


(I'm guilty of the last one)

Here is a GREAT one that I hear frequently at my business: The Customer is Always Right


People don't know that the full statement is "The Customer is always right, in matters of taste".

It does not, and has never meant that the customer should always get what they want. It means the customer knows what they like to wear/drive/eat/ etc.

 cuda1179 wrote:
Here is a GREAT one that I hear frequently at my business: The Customer is Always Right


People don't know that the full statement is "The Customer is always right, in matters of taste".

It does not, and has never meant that the customer should always get what they want. It means the customer knows what they like to wear/drive/eat/ etc.

You know there's a whole website devoted to that: https://notalwaysright.com

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
"To be frank..."
"As opposed to the rest of the things I say, which are evasive..."

You misunderstand. The phrase is "To be Frank". They want to emulate Frank Castle.

 Ahtman wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
"To be frank..."
"As opposed to the rest of the things I say, which are evasive..."

You misunderstand. The phrase is "To be Frank". They want to emulate Frank Castle.

Considering how old the phrase is, its probably more like Frank Spencer

Oooh, Betty!

trexmeyer wrote:
"Like" as a filler word, i.e. "it's giving, like, boomer."

"Actually" as the same.
"If you look that way, you'll actually see the thing they actually built" I had to stop watching a game tutorial because of that. Every second sentence included the word 'actually'. Once I hear it, I cannot hear anything else they're saying.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Eh, I chalk up ATM Machine and DC Comics to stuff like River Ouse, Mount Fuji etc, which respectively mean River River, and Mount Mount.

Guessing you mean Fujiyama here instead of Fuji. Yama means Mount, Fuji is a name ^^

To conttribute: Reign in.

It's REIN IN, FFS!

It's amusing how many people have forgotten that 'just a few bad apples' is immediately followed by 'spoils the barrel.'

Also 'just facts' has never been used in a factual way as far as I can tell.

 Ahtman wrote:
"Do you're own research" when said online.

I'll never get over this pseudoscience guy who defended his pseudoscience videos with 'I do extensive research. At least an hour for a one minutes video.'

Call me when you've been down the rabbit hole for six months and have nothing.

Would that be Filip Zeba?

Are you a Googledebunker?

'Erm, he's OBVIOUSLY compensating for something! Hee-hee!'

When someone says this about someone owning a larger automobile, they aren't being 'funny' or 'edgy' they're just self-reporting the fact they think of the size of stranger's 'lascannon' when they see a car. It's just unnecessarily insulting too, where did this idea/phrase come from? It's so weird, I swear.

Probably in US suburbs, where a lot of aggressive drivers have those oversized trucks with the child-killing grills for absolutely no reason other than ego.

Those became a fashion thing in the UK too when the big "4x4" wave went through the country and everyone who could bought a 4x4 and many came with bullbars even though they'd never go off road let alone near a cow or bull.

In the end they became illegal to be fitted to new vehicles and whilst they aren't illegal to have they are basically in that zone of only really those who need them will get them.

Of course that also started to die when the 4x4 craze started to end as cars got more expensive to run etc...

*Cracks Fingers*

- Irregardless
- A whole 'nother
- All of a sudden
- "literally" (though this has been mentioned many times)
- general misquotes (far too many to list) BUT ESPECIALLY when they are misquoted to defeat the purpose of the original, as another poster reminded me with "A few bad apples"
- This one might be local becasue I've never heard it online but "whever" instead of what ever
- Giving 110% or any of it's derivatives.
- Once I learned that Chai literally means tea, Chai Tea now bugs me. I learned this just before Spiderverse two, so that scene was freaking hilarious to me.
- People who say "It's true!" There was a good chance I didn't think you were lying until you said that.

I'm sure there are more that will come to me in time.

Also, I am on board with Adulting. I think it's a useful addition to the English language as it captures a complex feeling and emotion that would take a long time to explain, but everyone understands.

 bullisariuscowl wrote:
'Erm, he's OBVIOUSLY compensating for something! Hee-hee!'

When someone says this about someone owning a larger automobile, they aren't being 'funny' or 'edgy' they're just self-reporting the fact they think of the size of stranger's 'lascannon' when they see a car. It's just unnecessarily insulting too, where did this idea/phrase come from? It's so weird, I swear.

I'm American, so I wouldn't comment on German culture that I know nothing about.

My particular gear grinding occurs when (American) folk seem to need to add "-gate" as the suffix to any sort of scandal or controversy, real or imagined.
Gamergate. Slapgate. Climategate. Bananagate. Bibigate (1 and 2!!) Elbowgate. Buttergate. Pizzagate. The list is huge.

And along those lines the need for fandom to weld the suffix "-punk" onto things.
Cyberpunk was okay. Steampunk and Dieselpunk were both passable. And then came Dreampunk, Raypunk, Atompunk, Solarpunk, Seapunk, Aetherpunk, Biopunk, Mythpunk, Crustpunk, Rocketpunk, Dungeonpunk, Rockpunk, Forestpunk, Frostpunk, Clockpunk, Formicapunk, and on and on. I have heard people say they want to define the next 'punk' that catches on so that they can be famous for inventing a fandom community.

As someone who was a punk (musically) and cyberpunk (literary) it's kind of gone to complete crap.
Punk HAD a meaning...

I’m calling dibs on Muppetpunk.

thevintagegm wrote:
My particular gear grinding occurs when (American) folk seem to need to add "-gate" as the suffix to any sort of scandal or controversy, real or imagined.
Gamergate. Slapgate. Climategate. Bananagate. Bibigate (1 and 2!!) Elbowgate. Buttergate. Pizzagate. The list is huge.

And along those lines the need for fandom to weld the suffix "-punk" onto things.
Cyberpunk was okay. Steampunk and Dieselpunk were both passable. And then came Dreampunk, Raypunk, Atompunk, Solarpunk, Seapunk, Aetherpunk, Biopunk, Mythpunk, Crustpunk, Rocketpunk, Dungeonpunk, Rockpunk, Forestpunk, Frostpunk, Clockpunk, Formicapunk, and on and on. I have heard people say they want to define the next 'punk' that catches on so that they can be famous for inventing a fandom community.

As someone who was a punk (musically) and cyberpunk (literary) it's kind of gone to complete crap.
Punk HAD a meaning...

Sounds like Punkgate to me.

It's an interesting list. Raypunk would be like The Jetsons and Fallout crosses into, but is also Atompunk (and possibly the best example?) while The Jetsons is clearly not Atompunk at all. Formicapunk is probably better known as Cassette Futurism...and Star Trek TOS actually fits in there (along with Raypunk). The terminology sucks, but a lot of it feels like it's trying to define science fiction through the ages.

Is the new Fantastic Four atompunk?

Same with Goth.

Mind you, I’ve long been baffled and division and subdivision and subdivision of often subculture/counter culture stuff.

 bullisariuscowl wrote:
'Erm, he's OBVIOUSLY compensating for something! Hee-hee!'

When someone says this about someone owning a larger automobile, they aren't being 'funny' or 'edgy' they're just self-reporting the fact they think of the size of stranger's 'lascannon' when they see a car. It's just unnecessarily insulting too, where did this idea/phrase come from? It's so weird, I swear.

It's a common phrase in the UK, too. It'll be a follow-on from big or expensive cars being seen as P-extensions.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Is the new Fantastic Four atompunk?

I'd say so.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Same with Goth.

Mind you, I’ve long been baffled and division and subdivision and subdivision of often subculture/counter culture stuff.

Yeah, Goth be that way. I've seen guides to the "twenty four types of Goth" and it's all based on how you style your black clothing.

It's also like music - how MANY subgenres can we slice it into?

A more general one. Fandom/Gossip Column nicknames for celebrities.

It’s just creepy to me. I mean, I get any fandom is going to have a parasocial relationship, that’s what fandom is as its core.

But giving nicknames suggests a familiarity and even intimacy that just isn’t there.

 bullisariuscowl wrote:
'Erm, he's OBVIOUSLY compensating for something! Hee-hee!'

When someone says this about someone owning a larger automobile, they aren't being 'funny' or 'edgy' they're just self-reporting the fact they think of the size of stranger's 'lascannon' when they see a car. It's just unnecessarily insulting too, where did this idea/phrase come from? It's so weird, I swear.

Look, nobody owns a Cybertruck because of the truck itself... Same thing with the original Hummers.

Obviously.

Stop saying obviously when you’re explaining something to me. Especially when you’re detailing the events you’re wanting me to consider as part of my investigation.

If it was obvious, I wouldn’t be asking now, would I? And entirely new information (such as what your complaint points are) are not obvious to me at this stage.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Would that be Filip Zeba?

Are you a Googledebunker?

Indeed

Blew my mind he unironically admitted to doing no real research for any of his videos and seemed completely oblivious to how much that said about him. I was mildly annoyed Milo didn't call him out on that flatly, and go on an elaboration of how incredibly time consuming real dedicated research is and bragging about 'a whole hour' isn't even rookie numbers. An hour is 'basically no research at all' numbers.

*top secret Miniminuteman Gang hand signal and raising of non-specified trouser leg to non-specified secret height*