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    Posted: April 28 2012 at 06:25
Originally posted by Eärendil

Originally posted by AnnaDanielle

I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider...

Yeah, YOLO has recently caught on with people at my school.  It's one of the worst ones yet...


I never encountered YOLO until I looked in this thread yesterday.  I had to go to urbandictionary.com to see what it meant.  Ah the benefits of being an Old Person.....
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Originally posted by AnnaDanielle

I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider...

Yeah, YOLO has recently caught on with people at my school.  It's one of the worst ones yet...
God appears, and God is light,
To those poor souls who dwell in night;
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming

Although they're usually deployed by politicians and/or media sl*gs, these still 'rip my knitting' big time:

Having said that....
At the end of the day....
What I will say is this....
The man in the street....
Afro-American....(can I call myself a Celtic Brit?)
Haters gonna hate...(dissent is outlawed by hip hop, say what?)


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Although they're usually deployed by politicians and/or media sl*gs, these still 'rip my knitting' big time:

Having said that....
At the end of the day....
What I will say is this....
The man in the street....
Afro-American....(can I call myself a Celtic Brit?)
Haters gonna hate...(dissent is outlawed by hip hop, say what?)



Edited by ExittheLemming - April 27 2012 at 19:55
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I would like to add "YOLO"I despise this saying... It gives stupid people a reason to do something even stupider...
I would never cheat in a relationship...
That would require TWO people finding me attractive.
..I can barely find one.
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YOLO?
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521

re·source/ˈrēˌsôrs/

Noun:
A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function...

Seems pretty natural given the definition.
Oh - I though the word "human" was the objectional bit.
 
hu·man/ˈ(h)yo͞omən
Noun:
A human being, esp. a person as distinguished from an animal or (in science fiction) an alien.
 
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I've been saying it for about twenty years probably, long before I ever heard "are you kidding me" which I find to be a deplorable expression. 
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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"Really?"

I can't remember how this started, but this new substitute for "are you kidding me?" and "can you believe that?" has reached the saturation point.  I think it was just a few months ago, and it spread like wildfire.
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re·source/ˈrēˌsôrs/

Noun:
A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function...

Seems pretty natural given the definition.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Yeah, "human resources" is monstruous: seeing humans as a "resource" is something... disturbing.
Excuse me, sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Neptune, god of the Sea?
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"Riffage"

"Human Resources"

"Celeb"
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Bodacious should be banned along with radical, cool, hip, and dawg
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vompspeak for esperanto
Excuse me, sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Neptune, god of the Sea?
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Originally posted by A Person

Originally posted by ExittheLemming

Originally posted by Finnforest

I wish StonieLOL 
 
I'd love to exit the rat race....ain't gonna happen


The winner of the rat race is still by definition, a rat

Key strokes that should be banished forever on pain of death:

q.m. = ?
ture
inorite
k
epic fail
haters gonna hate
bump
word

(the list goes on - if you can't articulate your ideas: do you want us to implement 'ratings only' posts?)

ture, but it's hard to stop using vompspeak once you've started.


he speak the tureth, k.
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming

I just loathe 'hip speak' - (closer to your arse than yer mouth)Wink


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Originally posted by ExittheLemming

Originally posted by Finnforest

I wish StonieLOL 
 
I'd love to exit the rat race....ain't gonna happen


The winner of the rat race is still by definition, a rat

Key strokes that should be banished forever on pain of death:

q.m. = ?
ture
inorite
k
epic fail
haters gonna hate
bump
word

(the list goes on - if you can't articulate your ideas: do you want us to implement 'ratings only' posts?)

ture, but it's hard to stop using vompspeak once you've started.
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Originally posted by CPicard

Originally posted by ExittheLemming

Originally posted by Finnforest

I wish StonieLOL 
 
I'd love to exit the rat race....ain't gonna happen


The winner of the rat race is still by definition, a rat

Key strokes that should be banished forever on pain of death:

q.m. = ?
ture
inorite
k
epic fail
haters gonna hate
bump
word

(the list goes on - if you can't articulate your ideas: do you want us to implement 'ratings only' posts?)





You're basically insulting the Shred. LOL


Nah, I just loathe 'hip speak' - (closer to your arse than yer mouth)Wink
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