What are some phrases that piss you off?

[rnottelovesowls]

i hate variations of "it's for kids, they'll watch anything, because kids are stupid". a classic cop-out for any hack writer who thinks that flashy colors and loud noises qualify as worthwhile children's entertainment

uh, no, sir. shrek, the lion king, toy story, spider-verse, bluey, peanuts, A:TLA, the owl house, gravity falls, adventure time, TMNT, pretty cure, doraemon, and winnie the pooh are all proof that it is possible to tell a great story to children, without insulting their intelligence. now will everyone stop assuming that all children's entertainment is just caillou, cocomelon, baby shark, and youtube shorts content farms? PLEASE?

[knifex]

I haaaate life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get
because with a box of chocolate you DO know what you're gonna get.
Not only are you for sure going to get chocolate but THE FLAVORS ARE LABELLED UNDER THE BOX JUST OPEN YOUR DANG EYES AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'LL GET

[Skyweaver]

I haaaate life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get
because with a box of chocolate you DO know what you're gonna get.
Not only are you for sure going to get chocolate but THE FLAVORS ARE LABELLED UNDER THE BOX JUST OPEN YOUR DANG EYES AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'LL GET

Now I'm wondering if boxes of chocolates DIDN'T label their contents in the past and that's how the phrase came to be...

[KeyJayHD]

I hate:

Code

Jack of all trades, master of none...

Not only because it goes against the very human nature of curiosity (and thank god many of us are moving towards a more generalist mindset), what mainly pisses me off about it is that people quote it wrong by not saying the entire thing!

The saying goes:

Code

Jack of all trades, master of none...
but oft times better than a master of one.

  Hits different when you have the full context ehh? 

[drowsy]

People saying "I'm such a chud" or even just the slang word "chud" that's been rising in gamer spaces from what I've seen.

It's an infuriating slang term, I don't even know where it came from. It's just a mean word to refer it to yourself or other people. There's no point to it but to be mean.

[Xyphien]

"I don't believe in that" when referring to things such as Weapons, fighting or whatever the case be. Like I can show you a weapon, you can't not believe in something that exists. I understand what they mean, but that sentence is not accurate at all. Idk, it's a weird pet peeve of mine.

As well as the new "Larper" term. It's POSER. LARP is Live Action Role Play. And Larping is the act of playing it. Why would you reuse another word that already has a negative light to it (It was the same as D&D, Anime, etc. until modern times but Larping never got big and is still seen as 'way to nerdy'). I'm not a Larper personally, but I don't think they should have to deal with even more negativity/bias' around them personally. I have a few friends that LARP and there's literally nothing wrong with it at all, just a group of people having fun and calling people who 'pretend to play games' or w/e LARPers when they're actually Posers just gets under my skin

[Pip]

"Kiddos", "Hubby", "Hubs", "Wifey" all drive me BESERK. 

I think its the combination of it being not only corny but suburban sounding... and a bit too over-familiar for public use? 

Of course I'll never be weird to someone for using it, but its certainly a pet peeve of mine. Maybe there's something abstract at play too knowing that its probably a nuclearized web of care? I am a firm believer of expanding care networks beyond that, but that's rambling for another day.

[Skyweaver]

People saying "I'm such a chud" or even just the slang word "chud" that's been rising in gamer spaces from what I've seen.

It's an infuriating slang term, I don't even know where it came from. It's just a mean word to refer it to yourself or other people. There's no point to it but to be mean.

It's happening everywhere on the Internet too! Came from a 1984 movie "C.H.U.D.", then used to mock alt-right ppl iirc, then became reclaimed by alt right ppl and the like to refer to themselves, then spread around the web.
A similar (but not the same) thing is happening to "foid" and it makes me super uncomfortable. If someone ever says either of those words to me that's an instant red flag.

[arcus]

Things that don't annoy me on their own, but rather with the way they are misused:

"Religion is the opium of the masses." I rarely see anyone use this properly. It doesn't mean "religion is harmful/pointless" or "religion is for idiots." It means in hard times people turn to religion for relief, and in a better society less people would be drawn to religion.

"Boycotts don't work," and variations of it. Boycotts don't work if they end before demands are met. Boycotts with strict demands such as the BDS movement are very effective.

"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism." No one can agree on what this means. But at the very least it doesn't mean "everything is bad so nothing matters."

And since people were listing words:

Entitled: Means to have the right of something, not spoilt. It was used sarcastically in USA politics during the Regan era in reference to people on social security.

Yuri: It isn't a sexual term. It doesn't even mean lesbian. It's a broad genre of female intimacy that includes romance, but is not strictly romantic. GL (girls' love) is the term used for lesbian works.

[inert_a]

I strongly dislike the word "talented".

When someone shows a master work and are complimented "you're so talented", I have to bite my tongue.

[Maddy!]

I strongly dislike the word "talented".

When someone shows a master work and are complimented "you're so talented", I have to bite my tongue.

I really agree with this!

"Talented" just means you're naturally good at something particular. I feel like people always use it as a substitute for "skill" and it just undermines all the hard work someone has put in to get at a certain stage.

I also feel like it's often said by people who simply don't know any better and who use this stock phrase they hear everywhere as a complement.

[rnottelovesowls]

1. "Look it up sweetie" "Read a book" "google is free" or something along those lines where you ask somebody a question and instead of answering said question they respond in the most snarky way possible. Why do people do this?  Just answer the question!

oh man, i hate this one, too. it's pointlessly rude. i vaguely remember someone i used to be friends with on a minecraft server who told me this when i asked him a question. in hindsight, i should've responded with, "okay, screw you too!"

on a similar note, "figure it out yourself" and "you're on your own" irk me, because there is not ONE SINGLE THING that humans have accomplished in society by going it alone. societies are built on cooperation. i don't want to figure it out myself, or ask the robot (which is the 2026 equivalent of google atp). i'm asking YOU. there's nothing wrong with admitting you don't know the answer to a question, but to answer in the aforementioned way is like giving up. and who needs that?

[dogbrain]

+1 to what everyone else has said, and also…

“you can’t have your cake and eat it too”. maybe it’s because i’m autistic and most figures of speech fly over my head, but this one has never made sense to me! if i have my cake of course i can eat it!! it’s my cake!!!!!! god damn it!!!!!!!!!

[cyberdreamz]

"Why do you look so sad/scared/[any other negative emotion]? Are you ok?" when I'm literally just standing there. Most of the time I was actually feeling fine but now that you asked I'm annoyed tired of explaining to people that that's just how my face looks like.

[Noah_S]

"It's optional to [thing that is the only way to stay fed and housed]"

I am getting quite sick of my social worker.

"You're allowed to have some relative help you with it"

I don't care if that's legal or not because she knows damn well that I don't have anyone who both can and will. My relatives fall into 2 categories. Would want to help but can't or are currently throwing a huge tantrum over having been stopped from making me homeless.

At least she acknowledged that they messed up by leaving me with no medical care for half a year because one guy thought I was fine and the other didn't feel like doing his job because he was about to retire. Even the damned insurance people think that I'm less fine than they thought.