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Late-External3249@reddit

Hmmm. There's a few

Touch screens in cars. I don't want to scroll through a menu to turn on the heat. Thankfully manufacturers and regulators are realizing that folks hate this
Subscriptions for everything
Tipping. It has gotten out of control
Parents that come up with 'unique' spellings of names. Looking at you, Utah
Kids on my lawn

Well, I am off to yell at some clouds

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Head_Effect3728@reddit

Yeah, but these all have good reasons.

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Yeah, the subscription thing has been bothering me now for quite a while. And it’s only getting worse. Don’t own anything, and pay out the ass in perpetuity. Anyway, my back hurts. I’m going to lay down.

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FacetheFactsBlair@reddit

Two factor authentication

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Unknown_Geek027@reddit

Annoying but necessary.

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Cubbance@reddit

The acronym thing is annoying sometimes for sure. I hate when it's in the gaming communities, and they assume you know every game and it's acronym. Or worse, if you're trying to look up builds for a character, and everything is "so if you spec 4 into TLSOFM, and then you boost that with 3 ranks of GDDTISS in the BT tree, and make sure you're using the GT BS in your off hand...." And I'm just here thinking I'm having a stroke.

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jitterfish@reddit

Passwords. Can I please just skip the password and have option to approve from my phone.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

What happens when someone steals your phone and starts using your financial accounts? Think it through... I'll wait.

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jitterfish@reddit

I have biometrics set up for my phone. Amazon for example let's me log in with my fingerprint. So yeah someone could steal my phone but they also need to cut off my finger, in which case I care less about a stolen phone.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

Or you know.. they could just swipe your phone over the debit card machine, guessing someone like you has a wallet setup where you just boop your phone.

Im not calling you an idiot or anything I'm just trying to explain that all this "at ease" stuff comes with a price.

You really think there isn't some asshole out there skimming your information while you casually pay for that coffee with your fingerprint? Seriously.. think about it.

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jitterfish@reddit

I'm going to guess you've been a victim and there is some projection here, because ghost-tapping and skimming is uncommon where I live (non-US). I don't know a single person who has been a victim to it.

We don't have a cash culture (the last time I used an ATM was years ago) and we also don't hand our cards over, you will always keep your card in your hand to pay for things and tap payment is prevalent so maybe that's why we don't have much actual skimming. RFID scamming I know exists but again its so uncommon (but if I was traveling overseas I would probably get an RFID-blocking wallet).

As for using your phone, yes you can be ghost-tapped but your phone is far safer than a physical card. For one it uses tokens, you card details are never transmitted. Secondly, because it uses biometrics, you can't get ghost tapped unless your phone is unlocked and ready to pay.

So yeah, I have thought about it because before I set up my wallet I researched it. I didn't want to do it wrong and I wanted to understand the risks.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

The people that downvoted me have had to call the bank cause fraudulent charges end up on their accounts.

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

Millenials

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Patient_Ranger_5755@reddit

Maybe it’s that I only surround myself with good people, but I like millennials and boomers. And Gen Z for that matter. Most of the Gen Alpha I know are good people too.

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mscrybaby-mo@reddit

I was going to say my best friend's a millennial, she's actually 6 months younger than my oldest son and both my kids are millennials. I don't have a problem with millennials. I have a problem with idiots, I have a problem with attention seeking fools, I have a problem with people who have no consideration for others but that's in every generation not just millennials.

Truthfully, with the job I work, Gen X is one that ticks me off the most because they're the ones that are the rudest when they're calling in about their health care.

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

😂 I would think healthcare is an upsetting subject for most people

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mscrybaby-mo@reddit

But no matter how upset you are you don't have to start the call cussing at the person taking the call we didn't do it to you we're just peons working a job to try to pay the bills

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WrenchieTheWitch@reddit

What health care? 🤣

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

My comment is about the increase in acronyms not whether or not people are good or likeable. Acronyms have increased with that generation.

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Patient_Ranger_5755@reddit

Honestly, who the hell cares if they change their acronyms? I’ll just call them by their name. People are still people.

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balcon@reddit

This topic is kind of annoying, actually. How people communicate, using acronyms, has been discussed at least three times that I can remember. Language changes and evolves. Sometimes it can be rewarding to look up an unfamiliar term or word. At least that's what I think.

And some slang remains opaque because it isn't for us. That's alright, too.

I remember receiving a text with FTW. This was several years ago. I couldn't decipher whether it meant fuck the world or for the win. Both would have worked in the context and I'm still not sure.

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TopFuel9-8@reddit

Every time I can't figure one out, my brain automatically turns to Gollum and voices, "What's (undecipherable string of letters), precious?"

For a very long time I could't figure out FTW

My brain started saying Fark the Whar when I read it, and somehow it began to make sense.

After a very long time of this, I discover it's actually For The Win, which made way more sense.

I let my young adult (late teen & early 20s) children know this, writing out the story, including my Gollum voice ... now Fark The Whar is a common phrase they use & it's spread to their friend groups.

Of this I am somehow ... proud of myself?? Wtf has happened to our timeline 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Captain-Pig-Card@reddit

Thought this was Fuck the World for years. It fits most ‘for the win’ cases.

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ejabean@reddit

Thats because in the olden days, it was. In the 60s and 70s, it was counter- or biker culture and would be displayed as tattoos or patches on jackets and vests.

I was so confused when my much younger brother started using it all the time, until i found out he was meant For The Win.

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TopFuel9-8@reddit

Excellent translation!

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SoLongSaulGood@reddit

Why’s everything gotta be a fuckin QR code? I just want regular menus

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Middle_Raspberry2499@reddit

Thermostats in cars

I just want to make it more warm or less warm. I don't want the car to decide that it’s exceeded the temperature I set and switch over to air conditioning!

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Kaka-doo-run-run@reddit

Every dude on TikTok and YouTube being required to have a gross looking beard and something stupid on their head like a baseball cap or the hood from their sweatshirt, or both, and of course tattoos covering their arms and hands, with neck/head/face tattoos, etc.

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Fraerie@reddit

As someone who writes in a professional capacity - it is the responsibility of the creator to clearly communicate and be understood by the intended audience.

If you are using obscure acronyms that aren’t in common usage by the audience you are hoping to connect with, you will fail to clearly communicate.

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thesplendor@reddit

Obscure is one thing but there are plenty of acronyms we use every single day that people need to understand. Also if OP is talking about specific subreddits, many of those have context specific lingo that they use that the subscribers understand. (AITA for example).

I think this is just a case of an old person complaining about young people communicating differently

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Fraerie@reddit

There’s also the Curse of Knowledge - the concept that the more you know about a topic, the greater the baseline knowledge you assume everyone else has about that topic — after all, it’s ‘basic’ knowledge…

That in its own can lead to considerable misunderstandings because people assume their audience understands basic concept and jargon that are genuinely not in common knowledge.

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2workigo@reddit

Household appliances that require wifi.

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saposguy@reddit

My damn dryer and washer are wifi and Bluetooth compatible. I can start a load remotely! I asked the sales guy how that worked, he said you set up the load of laundry and you can start it when you want. So I asked him, why can't I start the wash while im standing there? I swear he did have an answer. There is absolutely no reason for it. Are they worried its going to explode and that allows you to get to a safe distance?

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SavoirFaire2Middling@reddit

So I asked him, why can't I start the wash while im standing there? I swear he did have an answer. There is absolutely no reason for it.

Maybe you want to start it later when electricity rates are lower? But in that case, a timer on the machine is more useful than remote start.

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jitterfish@reddit

Yeah we have that and initially my husband had notifications on to say when the laundry was done. I was like why? If I'm not at home I don't care. If I'm at home I can hear when it finishes.

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TeaGlittering1026@reddit

Unless it can gather up the laundry, strip the beds and put it into the washer, what's the point.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

🏆

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Columbia_Guy001@reddit

You can't start them without using the app?

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saposguy@reddit

No you can they have these fancy digital buttons, and a display screen.

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ruairinewman@reddit

I would have agreed with you until I got a Thermomix food processor. The meals I can make in 20 minutes because it downloads instructions directly from the Internet. I even eat properly on workdays now. I never thought that would happen.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

I couldn't believe when I got an air purifier that does this. It's for checking and notifying me when the filter needs changing, which it thinks is every 30 days, of course. It's wrong. But that doesn't stop the light from constantly blinking while it connects and connects and connects.

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deleteundelete@reddit

I hate trying to find information online about a local business and their only online presence is a Facebook page.

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PurplePenguinCat@reddit

The Facebook page that they haven't touched in 4 years, so nothing is accurate.

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LauraLand27@reddit

Especially restaurants that have no online menu.😖

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westiemaven@reddit

I actually hate it when they don't have a physical menu and only have an online one to look at.

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LauraLand27@reddit

I mean when trying to decide if I want to order from them, if DoorDash has increased the prices, etc.

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Alternative_Sort_404@reddit

Same with my kids’ sports teams… Cmon coach, give me an email and a PDF schedule - fuck the FB communication.

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Havacookiewhydontcha@reddit

Schools do this too, fuck Facebook I’m not using it.

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reignoferror00@reddit

and their own actual website, which should be the most authoritative, is the least complete and the very last thing updated, if ever at all.

and they'll post different information in five kinds of social media.

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squirtloaf@reddit

Even worse is when they just have a link on FB to their website, then you click on that and it takes you to a site hosting page to offer you that domain, since they got rid of their website years ago.

This happens to me a LOT when I am trying to check on shows and stuff. Go to the club's FB page, and there is no info. Go to their website, and it does not exist.

It's liiiiike, does anybody actually want business anymore?

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antisocialdecay@reddit

I don’t fucking care about your journey or your “truth.” Keep your influence to yourself unless it actually benefits anyone but yourself.

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CrowsSayCawCaw@reddit

Can people stop calling everything a journey?

Journey involves travel to a physical destination.

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Ghostlizard74@reddit

It's only a Journey if it goes on and on and on and on (particularly on a midnight train going anywhere).

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westiemaven@reddit

😜

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Patient_Ranger_5755@reddit

Unless it’s a wheel in the sky, or you have stopped believing.

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dcrothen@reddit

😁😁😁😁😁

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

😏

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Frigidspinner@reddit

I am with you - I hate the idea that truth is something which can be different for each people. especially the self-absorbed, pretentious and dumb

"Your truth" is simply "your interpretation of the truth"

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dcrothen@reddit

I couldn't agree more. There is only one truth -- The Truth.

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mika00004@reddit

When I first saw atm from my kid over and over, I kept thinking " why does he keep going to an ATM and why does he keep telling me ." Finally I just asked him what it meant. He told me " at the moment ." I told him I thought he was talking about an actual ATM.

Then we both had a good laugh.

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Captain-Pig-Card@reddit

Younger generations have always rewritten the language rules from slang to usage. Currently younger than us kids learned to type with their thumbs and need to cut corners. Us olds just trying keep up.

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callmepbk@reddit

OH. And you don’t own software. You subscribe and pay every month until you die.

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Ok-Concert-6475@reddit

Subscription software is concurrently a total rip-off and a necessity to do anything on my personal laptop. Microsoft is laughing at me because I used to complain about having to purchase new versions of software every 3-5 years.

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fencepostsquirrel@reddit

As someone that’s software prices are close to 500.00 a month…..this hits hard. Quickbooks, CAD, and some other smallish ones. Stupid domain payments, I won’t get sucked into ADOBE for my .PDFs

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Having to pay for Adobe really pisses me off. Most things won’t work now on my old free outdated version. I will not have a desktop computer once this one dies. It’s mostly useless except as a big hard drive to store my photos.

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xenxray@reddit

"Apps for everything" typing on an app probably

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Doctor appointment apps. Followed by the office having constant computer problems. So I filled out my paperwork, and they still can’t access it.

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JaSondubu@reddit

When people put the $ after the number.

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Bzzzzzzz4791@reddit

That's how it's written in other countries such as New Zealand and Australia because they too have dollars..

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scarlettskadi@reddit

Not really- we put the dollar sign first.

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WrenchieTheWitch@reddit

And seriously, having to go through 3 keyboard functions to get to the $ when the numbers are at the top? I'm too lazy! I'll just put it at the end like Aussies do.

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1967punisher@reddit

Well said

I applaud your comments. I'm proud of the English language.. shame we can't be proud to be English without upsetting someone.

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Substantial_Layer_79@reddit

If I feel like I need a decryption key, I immediately stop reading.

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1967punisher@reddit

We need a babelfish to understand the youngsters

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nosoup4ncsu@reddit

Due to high call volume, you may have an extended hold time.....

But listen carefully, because our menu options have changed.

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Patient_Ranger_5755@reddit

My health care providers options may have changed for the last 10 FUCKING YEARS.

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AngelVenom13@reddit

My favourite is "we have an unexpected large number of calls..." Um, really? So unexpected that you managed to set up an automated answering system.

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AmputeeHandModel@reddit

"Tell me briefly what you're calling about. Sorry, I didn't get that. Tell me briefly what you're calling about. Sorry, I didn't get that." "OPERATOR!!!" "You'd like to talk to an operator? OK. Tell me briefly what you're calling about. "

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nosoup4ncsu@reddit

Well, the original post said "things that annoy you for no good reason. "

There are many good reasons why what you described is annoying. ;)

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reeferthetuxedocat@reddit

Any corporate schlock like “Bring it to the table” “Hot Desking” or my current favourite “Let’s circle back on that”

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thumpingcoffee@reddit

“Moving forward”

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keb1965@reddit

Um, yes. Were we considering time travel? Because if not, “moving forward” or “on a go-forward basis” are annoying filler.

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ruairinewman@reddit

This fucking one. Seriously. It is - quite literally - the reason I refuse all meetings before 11 AM. If I have to hear some self important dickhead talk about “moving forward” before my third coffee, there will be fatalities.

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reeferthetuxedocat@reddit

“Run it up the flagpole”. Like what the fuck does that mean?

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Ok_Driver_6895@reddit

It's supposed to be "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes."

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

Harvey Danger?

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Ok_Driver_6895@reddit

No idea what that is, sorry.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

There was a band called Harvey Danger that did a song called Flagpole Sitta that included the lyrics “run it up the flagpole and see who salutes (but no one ever does.)”

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dcrothen@reddit

To see if anyone salutes.

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WildlifePolicyChick@reddit

We should put a pin in that.

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ginger_kitty97@reddit

I've got a workaround.

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Zealousideal_Draw_94@reddit

Every shop, service, repair, and even bums wanting my email address, to send me a survey ‘how we do’ …MF if I wasn’t ok with it, I’d let you know.

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keb1965@reddit

“Would you like an emailed receipt?” Fuck no! I mean, no thank you.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

🏆 No more surveys!

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oldfarmjoy@reddit

Same with asking me to add a tip. Ffs, i'm buying something from the counter, and you're doing your job handing it to me. Eff you for pressuring me to tip you, so I have to feel uncomfortable saying no.

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LadybugCalico@reddit

I just say no. Most times the person moves on but a few times they go into their speil

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cjc4096@reddit

I just laugh like they're crazy for asking. Been working great for decades

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EuphoricReplacement1@reddit

Starting a post or conversation with "I and my boyfriend", etc. It's my boyfriend and I. Is that so hard?

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keb1965@reddit

Or even worse, “my boyfriend and I’s” apartment or dog or whatever.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Wuuut. If I hear someone do this my head will explode.

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Kennesaw79@reddit

This one drives me crazy!

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Grand_Taste_8737@reddit

People watching/listening to videos,etc without headphones while out in public.

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keb1965@reddit

Straight to jail

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BWWFC@reddit

have power buy of cheap corded ones in my bag.. .hand them out on the bus and train. mostly well received when i do.... but my bus drivers don't play, they will pull over and just sit if it's not turned off.

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freerangeXkid@reddit

At Staples I bought an item I needed and the price sign indicated BOGO. I already plugged in my phone number into the machine (which is annoying by itself) and the BOGO discount didn't post. I asked about it:

Cashier "you need the app"

Me "I already put my number in, you have my info"

Cashier "no but you need to download the app"

My phone was in my truck and I wasn't about to hold the line up to retrieve it, so I told the cashier just one item please.

I now have a NO APP, NO INFO policy on buying anything. If I'm required an app I don't need the item badly enough. Working on going as analog as possible going forward

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keb1965@reddit

Also, BOGO isn’t a deal. When I buy one, I expect to get one.

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Extension-Rabbit3654@reddit

I hate the APP bs its so dumb, the only time its convenient is at sams or costco where i can scan in app and skip checkout

Other than that its dumb

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MinusGovernment@reddit

"Loosing" instead of "losing" sticks out to me. It seems more people spell it wrong than right nowadays.

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CityCabCat@reddit

Mine is alot instead of a lot. Irks the fuck outta me. Everyone does it

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ruairinewman@reddit

Or “apart of (something)”. Really, fuckhead? “Apart” has an entirely different meaning. Go back to school. Preferably in a state that actually invests in education.

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keb1965@reddit

And now “bestfriend” and “infront” seem to be everywhere. Itbugstheshitout ofme.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

Mine is people writing noone instead of no one or nobody.

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Aernak@reddit

I’ve been annoyed by this one ever since I joined weights watchers forums back in the early 2000s… all day long it was “loosing” weight this and “loosing” weight that. So annoying. Basic spelling is not that difficult.

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ChoakIsland@reddit

*right

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i_sawthat@reddit

I dislike that these days one does not need to do 2 spaces after a fullstop when typing. I fucking hate it and will continue on doing 2 spaces and die on that hill.

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

I keep hearing about this but there was never a time when I was instructed to do 2 spaces. My boomer mok taught me to type and she didn't do it (and her grammar is phenomenal). I have polled my, particularly older, Gen X friends about it and none of them have heard of it.

I'm starting to think it might be regional.

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CGCutter379@reddit

It was standard for university work back around 2010.

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thonnard42@reddit

If you hit the space bar after a word, it adds a second space. You didn't need to be shown. Double spacing is, and has been, the standard. Until recently.

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i_sawthat@reddit

I type the 2 space thing due to learning on a typewriter in the 80’s, that was the way we were taught

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i_sawthat@reddit

I’m Queensland, Australia so I perhaps as you say it may be a regional thing totally

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thonnard42@reddit

This reminds me of the 3 spaces vs. tab key in coding.

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-lousyd@reddit

OMG 3 spaces? I would lose my shit.

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EStreetCat@reddit

GenX members acting like cranky old people.

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WrenchieTheWitch@reddit

Um, I AM a cranky old people!

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splorp_evilbastard@reddit

They're not acting.

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keb1965@reddit

Pop-ups on every damn website when you first get there. COOKIES, yes, we know about them. I don’t care. Please get out of my way.

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ArtistAsleep@reddit

I get irrationally angry at the popups to “sign up for deals” and “spin the wheel for your discount”. Bitch, let me look around for 30 seconds!

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El_Peregrine@reddit

People can obviously do whatever they like, but wearing pajamas in public makes you look like a low class moron 🤷‍♂️

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mscrybaby-mo@reddit

My oldest loves to wear his pj pants out in public. I have started just leaving him home so I don't have to be seen with him like that. Now if he isn't going in the store it's OK, but if he's getting out of the car he has to be wearing shorts or real pants.

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OGyodacaster@reddit

I’ll change into jeans to go to the drive thru

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LoosePhilosopher1107@reddit

This annoys me too.

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Turbulent_Tuna@reddit

Influencers. Anytime I see a talking head with a mic, I get physically ill.

Slang that means something different than the slang word it replaced. “Crash out”, what do I say to my genz kids if I need to “crash out” at their house?

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pikameta@reddit

The way they've repurposed "raw dog". It just sounds dirty to me.

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Secret_Werewolf1942@reddit

Omg, that's the only one I really put my foot down on with my kid. She was talking about her friend not studying for a test and he was "just out there raw doggin' it with his lab partner", not just no but fuck no.

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Snoutysensations@reddit

Heh, I remember learning what the word "scumbag" originally meant.

That must still annoy more than a few Greatest Generation elders.

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Turbulent_Tuna@reddit

In general though, scumbag kept its meaning. Raw dog got turned into something else.

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SilverFishK@reddit

Ooh. I didn't know. i just looked it up. Eww.

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Float_0n@reddit

I get irrationally annoyed with those people using their stupid mini mics. They're completely unnecessary and make the idiots using them look even more irritating than they already are.

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wif68@reddit

Same - I very much irrationally hate the tiny mics. Worse are when they hold it even though it was clearly designed to clip on or just hang there.

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sweetcherrytea@reddit

I irrationally despise the silent finger wag they do and I can’t explain why.

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Kryceks-Revenge@reddit

I like acronyms. WYSIWYG is still my all time favorite.

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LauraLand27@reddit

I’m all up with TANSSAAFL

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lylemcd@reddit

Try

ROFLMAOWMCOOMN

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LauraLand27@reddit

Nah, no clue for the end🤷‍♀️

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totcczar@reddit

Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off With Mango Curry Out On My Nightstand.

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lylemcd@reddit

Damn good guess and damn close but:

Rolling on the Floor Laughing My Ass Off with Milk Coming Out of My Nose

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totcczar@reddit

Thank you! Just as well, because I ate all the mango curry before I got yelled at for having food in the bedroom.

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lylemcd@reddit

Hahahahahaha.

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dcrothen@reddit

Isn't that TANSTAAFL? There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch?

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LauraLand27@reddit

🎖️

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Ok_Driver_6895@reddit

I like IMNSHO

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Odd-Animal-1552@reddit

Sharing location, being connected to everything at all times. Work does not need me at 10pm, but they call anyway.

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Substantial-Chip-102@reddit

Rental scams

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Classic-Ad4403@reddit

Change channels on Hulu and be greeted with 5 solid minutes, or more, of commercials. Change back, same thing.

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Patient_Ranger_5755@reddit

Tipping. For. Everything.

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1blueShoe@reddit

Too noisy, too bright. Pretty much everything annoys me nowadays 🫣🤣

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newyork_newyork_@reddit

One space instead of two between sentences. 😜

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AirlineSevere7456@reddit

I remember when it was email etiquette to double space everything. But never see it anymore.

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kalelopaka@reddit

Commercials, everywhere, you just can’t escape from them anymore unless you pay over the top prices. Netflix, $28/mo and still have commercials! Little games on your phone, mostly ad farms, for everything. It’s gotten so far out of hand. I was watching a music video on YouTube and right in the middle of the song, an ad popped up. Ridiculous!

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CrazyCatLadyNL@reddit

I hate all the people that call themselves “influencers” and act like they’re really interesting. Why do they want to be one and who do they think they’re influencing?

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HeyDugeeeee@reddit

Lots of people here being annoyed with very good reason rather than no good reason.

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callmepbk@reddit

I get annoyed being asked to rate every Teams call. I amuse myself now by rating the conversation. One star, everyone was annoying me

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Stefgrep66@reddit

Being asked to rate fucking everything!

There's even a asking for ratings outside bogs at airports these days!

Just had an excellent dump 5 out of 5🙄🙄

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Brilliant-Onion2129@reddit

Everything being a monthly subscription. Well there is a good reason for hating that.

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Sitcom_kid@reddit

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dudeatwork77@reddit

Saves time. For something used frequently. People been using shorthand forever. Learn and adapt.

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Elove228@reddit

Chat Gpt

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MartyFunkhoosier@reddit

Same. It’s because my boss uses it for literally everything and regales us with constant tales of prompts he gave it etc. he has to run all his emails through it to “humanize” them and he gets mad anytime he perceives someone “not liking Chat.”

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Wareagle69@reddit

He’s a dumbass. You work for a fool.

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mite115@reddit

Basically everything annoys me about modern life except being able to access all the free music on the interwebz.

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HelgaTwerpknot@reddit

No one has inside voice anymore. Christ on cracker, everyone stop yelling.

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Afraid_Library3614@reddit

Lol ! My kids just reminded me that this was my go-to saying when I was frustrated or had lost my patience with them 😂

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NotEasilyConfused@reddit

When I sees one I don't recognize, I just look it up.

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Tokogogoloshe@reddit

Personally I just move on. If someone can't articulate themselves that's not a problem for me to solve. I doubt whatever they're trying to say is worth the effort for me to decipher.

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tragicsandwichblogs@reddit

Redditors who refuse to look things up for themselves. Don't tell me they're digital natives.

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TeaGlittering1026@reddit

So many times someone will ask a question that has been asked and answered a hundred times already. Just enter it in the fucking search bar!

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tragicsandwichblogs@reddit

But if you suggest that, they get so bent out of shape.

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Rando_boldtian@reddit

LED lights on everything!

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sammie_mozelle@reddit

Yeah! Everything looks like a damn vape shop now.

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Rando_boldtian@reddit

Don’t get me started on the vapes lol *shakes fist at sky

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MrRetrdO@reddit

And they gotta be the BRIGHTEST LEDs possible

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Rando_boldtian@reddit

Goddamn right! Lol

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leicanthrope@reddit

>Can anyone explain when and why acronyms became so prevalent?

I blame the telegraph.

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FzzyCatz@reddit

I had a contest with my teenager and I had to guess acronyms. I did pretty well….

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r2killawat@reddit

If it's not a word it's not an acronym it's just initials.

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gaddnyc@reddit

An app for everything. Hotels, airlines, bank, brokerage, the gym, watching any bloody program, any ticket, any venue. Seriously with all the data breeches, I really don't want your app.

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McNasty420@reddit

In the future, people's privacy is going to become so valuable.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

Add your card to make payments easier, save your card, face ID login, then a two factor authentication, authenticator, email and text verification and when you are done you get an email to notify you that you logged in to the system, in case you were not aware you just when through all that rigamarole.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

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squirtloaf@reddit

I was at Target yesterday. I bought bananas, coffee and blueberries. I had to use the self-checkout (or wait in line behind people with liiiike, 100 items.)

The coffee scanned twice, so a person had to come over and do some stuff to get the second one taken off. Then I could not figure out how to check out the bananas, so she came back over and navigated the menu to fruit and entered the amount.

Anyway, the whole fucking thing would have taken less time with just an actual cashier.

I HATE the modern tendency to make people do more and more bullshit tasks like that that used to be factored in. Had the same thing at the doctor the other day. Nobody there to check you in, you have to do it yourself at a kiosk. Went to a restaurant, and it was the same. Here's your kiosk, figure it out yourself, schmuck!

I knew it would all be down-hill once they made us pump our own gas, lol.

It wouldn't be so bad if this shit meant things were super cheap, but they aren't. They eliminate the labor cost, then just keep the savings. So annoying, having grown up in a world where somehow we had the balance right so you could get TAKEN CARE OF when you spent money, to now when shit is stupid expensive and you have to do everything yourself.

...a lot of these businesses are failing tho, while fully-staffed places with great service (shoutout to Trader Joe's) make money hand-over fist. You think corporate would get the hint, but no. Here's your stark interior. Order at the kiosk and fuck off, plaease.

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JohnnyPiston@reddit

Also, about 15% of Target items ring up for more than the posted price, which most people don't catch

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

At Harris Teeter they love to post ‘specials’ like 3/$4.20 and if you ring up one lo and behold it is $1.40. And it is on almost everything with a ‘special’ price too.

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temporalcupcake@reddit

I feel like, if I'm going to be a temporary unpaid employee and check myself out, I should at least get a discount.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

I asked for the store manager and then asked for an employee discount at Lowe’s once! Oh they didn’t like that!!

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Havacookiewhydontcha@reddit

But I don’t want those store apes touching my stuff so I’m going go thru the self checkout with 50 items and they can fight me. I picked it out, I’m paying, don’t touch!

I’m tired of rebagging all my groceries in the back of the car because “Spencer” (whose mom does the shopping) doesn’t know cans and bananas don’t go in the same bag, or that blueberries are supposed to remain inside their container.

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squirtloaf@reddit

Right? I mean, I already have a fucking job. Don't make me a cashier/bagger as well.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

I bought a two pack of Dayquil/Nyquil yesterday. And I had to show ID for it. A few months ago I had to show ID for WD-40. 🫤 W…D…40.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

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lovelyb1ch66@reddit

Beeping. Every goddamn thing beeps, toots and twitters at you, I’m 100% over it.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

It's a good thing I have no guns or I would have taken out my fridge and mynwasher and dryer by now.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

The washer and dryer my girlfriend bought for us!! 🤬🤬 meepaleepaloopdadoopdingalindajingledabgledooglemoogleydoop! on repeat for half an hour or some shit! My old one…DING! which means ‘I’m done’ and that is it. No muss no fuss

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Havacookiewhydontcha@reddit

I feel this. I despise being beeped at.

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McNasty420@reddit

Smash that notification button

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Aernak@reddit

This one is huge for me. I’ve basically disabled everything in my new-to-me (2021) car because I cannot tolerate the incessant non-stop beeping!!!

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charo36@reddit

unalived as a substitute for murdered, dead, etc.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

Merked, or whatever the spelling is.

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No_Letterhead6883@reddit

That’s just to get around algorithms that’s will get your comment/post deleted so I don’t mind that one. Unless you say it in real life, then I would have to unalive someone

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LauraLand27@reddit

Isn’t it also used for self unaliving? Because the “s” word is triggering or something?

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No_Letterhead6883@reddit

That word will also get you muted/comment deleted/slapped on the wrist on some platforms. When I started using Reddit I didn’t know you could say those words

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Wink527@reddit

Having to pay multiple subscriptions to watch football. Cable TV, Sunday Ticket, Prime, and now Netflix.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

When I see sports highlights and players are called SJN or HFM or whatever. I don’t really care, but it just seems silly.

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notorious_lx@reddit

SJN = super juicy nachos & HFM = hidden fever monster
Your Welcome.

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

https://i.redd.it/wnz51lujn2vg1.gif

Thanks man!

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

I agree 100%. My mom got in trouble because she was elderly and didn't understand any of the acronyms. She thought LOL was lots of love. And she sent it to somebody where that was very inappropriate to say and she got into an argument with this person. I had to explain to her that it meant laughing out loud, so when she sent it to a death announcement online it turned into a big fiasco. It was an honest mistake but it definitely didn't go over well

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

Hell WAYYYYYY back in the early internet chat days I thought BRB meant bathroom break. 😂😂😂😒🫣 Which it is in many cases. 🤷‍♂️

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

That's hilarious too! And yeah I guess it could be true in most cases. 😆

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GrandMoffJerjerrod@reddit

https://i.redd.it/nvtboaqgn2vg1.gif

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El_Peregrine@reddit

I’m very sorry but that is hilarious

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

Yeah that was the last time she did that. 😂

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Pristine-Ad-8002@reddit

Digital coupons for the grocery store. Just give me a dang button that says “clip all” so I don’t have to go through and find each coupon I want to add

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Alternative_Sock_608@reddit

YES I hate this so much

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Large_Brother_9810@reddit

Not being able to own something without an account, subscription, or an app.

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OneLonelyBeastieI-B@reddit

“Bespoke”

Truly makes me want to burn holes in the speakers with the heat of a thousand suns.

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Garuda34@reddit

I wish I could upvote this 1000x. Bespoke was bad enough, but now it's happened to "Curate" as well. It drives me up the wall.

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OneLonelyBeastieI-B@reddit

There are some “old” words that are kickass.

This one has been hijacked by the supercilious, pretentious a-holes. That is why I despise it so fiercely now.

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Garuda34@reddit

You and I are of the same mind on this topic. That is exactly why detest it.

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BunchitaBonita@reddit

This!!! Curated, OMG curated!

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Garuda34@reddit

I'm so glad I'm not alone in my aversion to this enshitification of our language.

I've expressed the same sentiment in a few other subs, and all I got was crickets.

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East-Garden-4557@reddit

As a bespoke shoemaker I can't support this.
But it also pisses me off when people use bespoke to describe things that aren't custom designed/fitted specifically for a client.

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corpus-luteum@reddit

Bespoke, itself, isn't modern. but the modern use of it, is quite infuriating.

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Muted_Evidence1311@reddit

Whimsical is mine. If I hear it on a video, I'm out.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

That every fucking device now has to beep, and loudly. I don't need things to beep when I press On or Off or anything.

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reignoferror00@reddit

First one that really started to annoy me is the remote automobile alarms and locks. Lights flashing is more than enough for on/off. Alarms should be designed to go off at the key fob; if you're too far away for that, you're too far away to hear the car alarm. If some random car alarm is going off in a parking lot, my first instinct is to say "Steal it already!"

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Grrrr, and the ones that honk the horn to lock. It's especially obnoxious if you live in an apartment and tenants have them honking or chirping whenever they come or go.

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saposguy@reddit

My kettle, and toaster have this really loud beep. All I want is my tea and toast. I don't need to wake up the entire house at 6 in the morning! This old man likes his quiet time in the morning!

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Yep, it's ridiculous. I'm at a point where I'm not buying anything electric until I run a search in reviews for "beep" being mentioned so I know what not to buy.

Special shout-out to CyberPower UPS products: you've lost me with your obnoxious beeps!

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ruairinewman@reddit

If you’re not worried about warranty cover, you can generally just open the device and disconnect the piezo speaker.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Are you talking about the CyberPower products, or devices in general? So many things are made where they can't be opened where components are.

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ruairinewman@reddit

Oh, I meant in general. But yes, some manufacturers do like to be awkward.

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CrowsSayCawCaw@reddit

Preach.

There's some commercial on tv for some product I don't recall what it is at the moment, which has beeping to it that sounds like our smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. I hate that stupid ad.

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dofrogsbite@reddit

Vehicles with automatic shut off, I don't even own a car, I don't know why it just irks me.

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EStreetCat@reddit

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ElCaminoLady@reddit

Pop ups, two factor authentication, and my bank making security so tight for my online account.. I can’t even get in!

Oh yeah, acronyms.. They don’t seem as prevalent as when it first became “cool” same thing with emojis. But yeah, just type the phrase out, this isn’t the military!

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Mysterious-Ruby@reddit

Lack of grammar and punctuation. My 3rd grade teacher beat that into my head.

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

I hate the spewing stream of conciousness texting style.

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Shark_Atl3201@reddit

/boomersbeingfools

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Ghostlizard74@reddit

A truly stupid aspect of modernity is clicking images of bicycles to convince an algorithm I'm not a robot.

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Consistent_Club4903@reddit

OMG yes! I really start to lose my sh!!t after like the fifth attempt at selecting the motorcycles and supposedly getting it wrong. Do the wheels not count as part of the motorcycle???

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Havacookiewhydontcha@reddit

I love you guys. 😂❤️

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Duke-Guinea-Pig@reddit

There’s been a lot of products and services that have gotten worse over time, but for me it’s the proliferation of computer programs that take a humans job and do it poorly

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mizuaqua@reddit

What annoys me: needing to download an app to go to a ticketed event. There are ways to do this on a web browser, but cellular connectivity is really spotty in crowded situations and the page likes to refresh in the middle of you needing it to function. And the ticket scanners do not work with screen captures.

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reignoferror00@reddit

for me, you could have ended the statement at "needing to download an app".

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More_Pineapple3585@reddit

the use of the word "underrated." if I could auto-block anyone on the internet using it, I would.

GenX calling records "vinyl."

people using apostrophes to pluralize.

not necessarily exclusively modern, but there it is

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W0nderingMe@reddit

Just FYI, pluralizing with an apostrophe goes back hundreds of years.

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dcrothen@reddit

I didn't know that. Thnks for supplying my bit o' trivia for today. I have to wonder though, was it always regarded as a mistake?

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W0nderingMe@reddit

Nope! I had just looked this up the other day because I knew there were some specific scenarios where it was allowed and ended up down a rabbit hole :)!

This is from Wikipedia ...(of course you can go to the original sources, it's the wiki entry for "apostrophe"):

An apostrophe followed by ⟨s⟩ was often used to mark a plural;[4] specifically, the Oxford Companion to the English Language notes:

There was formerly a respectable tradition (17th to 19th centuries) of using the apostrophe for noun plurals, especially in loanwords ending in a vowel (as in ... Comma's are used, Philip Luckcombe, 1771) and in the consonants s, z, ch, sh, (as in waltz's and cotillions, Washington Irving, 1804)...[7][8]

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More_Pineapple3585@reddit

hence why I wrote, "not necessarily exclusively modern, but there it is"

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MoodScripted@reddit

Someone at work uses them in company chat. I just say I don't understand then they type out what it means.

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thonnard42@reddit

We do tend to lean into passive-aggressive. 🤔🙄🤣

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

Having to log into an account and have an app for every-fucking-thing.

Maybe I only want to buy one item, one time, from that seller.

Maybe I’m never going to park at that place again.

Doesn’t matter. I still have to create an account and download an app.

I miss being able to pop into a store, pay cash for my item, have the cashier ring it up, then leave.

I miss using quarters in parking meters for places I’m only going to once.

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westiemaven@reddit

Having a cashier ring it up. No kidding! 😜

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Havacookiewhydontcha@reddit

Except the cashier still asks for all your info instead of just ringing up the sale and shutting their cakehole. I had one tell me I wouldn’t be allowed to return anything if there was a problem with it if I didn’t give my name, number and email to them.

“Fuck you Harbor Freight.”

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thonnard42@reddit

Were you not around for pager codes‽

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intheether323@reddit

Invite (used as a noun) makes me nuts. Invite is a verb. Invitation is a noun.

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Pink-socks@reddit

Likewise, action as a verb really pisses me off. No I cannot action anything, action is NOT a verb.

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ConstantReader76@reddit

I have a big ask.

The director came to me with the following ask.

**When did "ask" become a noun???**

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dcrothen@reddit

Another example of verbing that grates is "authoring", as in "I'm authoring my first novel."

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intheether323@reddit

Yes!! You’re my people

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BillyBalowski@reddit

Using female as a noun still makes me twitch. I think it might be grammatically acceptable, but still.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

I don't understand this one or how the word female has suddenly become offensive somehow. It's a perfectly normal word that is the only appropriate one in many cases.

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Ok_Driver_6895@reddit

Because it can be dehumanizing. If you say "female human" that's fine. But just "female" sounds like you're narrating a nature documentary or are a Ferengi.

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intheether323@reddit

Ferengi sent me! Love Star Trek

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

That's a ridiculously oversensitive reaction.

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dcrothen@reddit

I think it's when used as in "men and females" that it's particularly aggravating.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

I've yet to see that phrasing used. In that instance I could understand objecting, but not to it being used generally.

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intheether323@reddit

Yup - as a female, I agree!

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ruairinewman@reddit

Fuck, yes. The amount of people I have pissed off by telling them this …

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intheether323@reddit

Right? It drives me bananas.

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_Losing_Generation_@reddit

TikTok

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westiemaven@reddit

Oh my goodness guys, we gen-x ers are sounding like real old people, lol. And that does not mean lots of love! I feel the same way you all do! Commercials, drug ads, acronyms, passwords...old person yells at cloud! 😡 Grr!

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skeeterbmark@reddit

Language evolves. Always has.

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dcrothen@reddit

Eye wuz wandŕnin wen yuse was gonter sho yp.

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ImaginaryAd6339@reddit

Prithee? Thou hast flummoxed me

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kaosrules2@reddit

Slang has gotten out of control.

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aran_maybe@reddit

Fuckin a homeslice. Hi top on the jibby jab like a bound and hagged lame stain

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dcrothen@reddit

Was hast du gesacht?

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ImaginaryAd6339@reddit

I blame Brian Jacques and Redwall.

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nonotburton@reddit

Like, totally fer shure. It's sooo bad, like gag me with a spoon.

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lizardking073@reddit

Every drug commercial abbreviating every horrific condition that their godawful concoction can give you with a 3 letter acronym nobody has ever used before

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Fraerie@reddit

I work in IT - we spend every day wading through TLAs (three letter acronyms) and ETLAs (extended three letter acronyms ie four or more).

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fire-horse-@reddit

Sorry for abbreviation here but F those guys!!

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Old_Till2431@reddit

👍🏾 somehow became offensive 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

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_Losing_Generation_@reddit

Influencers

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itgoesineasy@reddit

I still have to look up Reddit code. I only used professional acronyms with other firefighters. I made a point to say what I meant to outsiders.

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Zargoza1@reddit

The whole concept of influencer.

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MoodScripted@reddit

Social media in general for me. Apparently people do actually care what color your poo is though and then get sponsored by Roto Rooter

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CashmereWoods210@reddit

Al instead of A.I.

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terror_asteroid@reddit

I hate that I now automatically read “Weird Al” as “Weird A.I.”

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damnyankeeintexas@reddit

Al who? Bundy? Oooo A.I. everytime in my head.

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CashmereWoods210@reddit

Al Calavicci in my mind

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Tategotoazarashi@reddit

I work for a legacy airline. There have always been tons of acronyms for ease of communication among coworkers.

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dcrothen@reddit

Acronyms (and initialisms) that are used internally are fine by me. It's when they bleed out into the world that I get lost when I try to FARB my BLEEGER out of the YORP.

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shortstop_princess@reddit

I see many of them on Reddit and it's annoying.

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Z-Corn@reddit

Why the fuck do people put the dollar sign AFTER the numerals now?

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tango421@reddit

It was explained to me that it’s how you read it 99 dollars so 99$.

It annoys the heck out of me too. I want to see currency BEFORE amount so i can build an expectation in my head. Especially in previous jobs where I dealt with multiple currencies.

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ruairinewman@reddit

Ironically, it’s the opposite way around for dates. The US has 4/20 for April 20th. The rest of the world has 20/4 for the 20th of April.

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tango421@reddit

We unfortunately follow the US methods here in the Philippines. I’ll admit I read dates the way they’re written. April 20 or 20 April.

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ruairinewman@reddit

I switched to ISO-8601 date format years ago to annoy Americans and Europeans at the same time. So today is 2026-04-13.

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totcczar@reddit

Lots of non-Americans who are used to currency units after the amounts.

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Z-Corn@reddit

These are people who I know are not non-Americans though. These are the same people who get angry when they have to figure out how to tell time on a clock with hands.

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totcczar@reddit

I get it. And "20$" just looks and is so wrong at a visceral level. I understand.

But... maybe this one is us being obstinate, because virtually every other measurement unit of pretty much anything comes after the number. It really is sort of weird that the "$" is in front of the number.

That being said, I am also frustrated by people who can't read clocks. They're the same people who wouldn't be able to use a compass.

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intheether323@reddit

Every charger having an LED light on it that can light my entire house. I'm trying to make it DARK at night, not add to my insomnia. And it's always a blue light!

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dcrothen@reddit

A small swatch of electrical tape should fix that.

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intheether323@reddit

Will try, thank you!

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ruairinewman@reddit

Black electrical tape works great for this. I loathe any form of light when I am trying to sleep, so I always have a few rolls for when herself gets a new device.

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intheether323@reddit

Ahhh thank you! Love this idea!

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madame_de_la_luna@reddit

I agree with you on acronyms. When people type out acronyms, other people always ask them to clarify what they mean. They ultimately end up typing MORE because now they have to explain the acronym, and they could have just typed it out in the first place and saved themselves the extra typing.

Other things that really annoy me are ordering on a screen in a restaurant instead of ordering from a real person. Those screens often don't have options to customize orders. I always order my boba tea with no ice, but order screens often don't offer "no ice" as an option. I avoid boba places with order screens for this reason. If I don't have the option of getting my drink with no ice, I'll just go somewhere else.

Another thing I hate is having a scan a QR code. I know I'm unusual in this way, but when I go out, I don't want to look at my phone. I want to enjoy the REAL world for a while. So it really irritates me when I'm forced to use my phone when I'm out. I just want to look at a regular menu and order from a real person, the way it's always been done. I sometimes lie and tell them that I didn't bring my phone, just so they won't try to make me scan a code.

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AngelVenom13@reddit

Oh I LOATHE QR codes. I just want a business card, or even an email address or IG account. Don't make me work for the info

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Watauga423@reddit

Some new drink place ( think fast food) opened and I thought " hey, why not try something new?". QR code was the menu at the Drive-thru. So ALLLLLL the folks behind me can just WAIT while I scan and open, then choose? I thanked the young lady taking orders and exited the Drive-thru line. Nope, nope nopitty-nope.

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Ok_Driver_6895@reddit

I don't even own a cell phone. If there's no option other than to scan something, I have to get my daughter to do it. That way we're both annoyed.

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Agent7619@reddit

10,000 word essays before the fucking recipe.

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Fit-Dark-4062@reddit

The paprika recipe app fixes that. Feed the URL to the app, it strips all the fluff and keeps the important bits in a recipe book that's actually well designed

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ruairinewman@reddit

Oh, thanks for the tip. Definitely have to check that out.

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BunchitaBonita@reddit

To be fair, there's always a "jump to recipe" button.

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Aernak@reddit

Regardless, they’re still designed like crap, and will often refresh back up to the top of the page right when you’re in the middle of baking. Unless you click “print recipe” and view the print version, most are absolute crap.

These influencers and bloggers are more interested in getting their $0.01 of ad revenue than just sharing a nice, easy-to-read recipe. It’s so stupid.

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gravitydefiant@reddit

And once in awhile it even works!

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EvolutionCreek@reddit

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Infuriating, I agree!

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ChuckYeagerWV@reddit

Businesses that pluralize their name with a Z. Like Philz Steakz or whatever. I automatically don't take you seriously.

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Frigidspinner@reddit

it seems to be wearing of now, but I hate it when people begin a response with "yeah, no" -

ME - :"Have you got a moment"

PERSON :"yeah, no"

ME (in my head) :"WTF do you mean?"

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East-Garden-4557@reddit

The answet is whatever the last word is.
Yeah, no = no
Yeah, nah = no
No, yes = yes
Nah, yeah = yes
Yeah, nah, yeah = yes Signed an Aussie.

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ruairinewman@reddit

Or - if you’re a grumpy fucker like me - you just say “let me know when you’ve made up your mind,” and go do something else.

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dembonezz@reddit

YouTube's lack of coherent search functionality. All you get from a search is a few related reels then shit they promote. Completely broken.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

Search engines in general get worse every year.

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Entire-Order3464@reddit

The fact that everything has suffered from enshittification. All this tech and almost every customer experience is demonstrably worse.

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

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Financial-Deal-7786@reddit

People taking photos of food

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thor_strong1@reddit

Some people are using their calorie counting app to guesstimate the calories!

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ruairinewman@reddit

Well, I guess I have a new pet hate then. Thanks.

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veracosa@reddit

Is this really a thing?

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thor_strong1@reddit

Yes

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

My husband does this every time we go out, or cook on special occasions. He sends them to his mother, I guess so she feels included or something? I think it's weird, because what if she had McDonalds because that's all she could afford that day and he's sending pics of his $60 steak?

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McNasty420@reddit

The ads. The constant ads everywhere. I have days where I get to a point where if I see one more ad for anything I will LOSE MY SHIT. I just go read a book or practice my guitar.

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Charming-Pack-5979@reddit

While you’re pumping gas. While you’re shopping in a retail store. Everywhere

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ShortySmooth@reddit

The first time I heard one at a gas pump I couldn’t figure out who was talking to me and where it was coming from. The screen was above me (I’m 5’0”) so I didn’t see it right away.

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cjc4096@reddit

Ahhh ads. The joy of muting commercials. Then tivo let me fast-forward. The good days.

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Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit

I barely register them, lol. But my boyfriend literally won't watch deadwood anymore since I downgraded HBO to save some money

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MorningGlory439@reddit

Everyone constantly asking you to review everything! Going to the doctor, having a service person come to your house, buying something, contacting customer service... How did we do? Please review us! UGH

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JumpingThruHoopz@reddit

🏆

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Bokononfoma@reddit

People who open up their phone picture gallery, and shove pictures in my face, giving me the play by play of what happened on some boring uneventful night at a time when I just happened to be absent.

You will be helpless as they scroll... Looking for one picture in particular that is "so great". They swipe thru pictures calling those pictures stupid...I can't focus, they get frustrated with themselves, "WHY CANT I FIND THAT PICTURE." Meanwhile I don't care, it's aggravating how much I don't care. They can't find the picture; they will send it to me later. They never do.

Fin.

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ruairinewman@reddit

Everybody I know who might be inclined to do that to me has learned that unless it’s something I will find fucking hilarious, it’s not worth the risk.

What I find hilarious depends on my mood and how much caffeine I have consumed.

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Academic_Ad_8229@reddit

Push button on the dash board for my car’s glove box. Why? Just have the typical latch and stop with all the damn buttons and electrical that goes on the fritz. I had to get it fixed when it popped open any time I hit a bump:

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oldfarmjoy@reddit

And the screen for everything, so you can't adjust by feeling the knob. You have to divert your attention to use a screen to adjust temp, volume, etc. It's dangerous.

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jitterfish@reddit

Oh yeah the move to digitize and electrify everything.

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iAmAmbr@reddit

I think the acronyms started with chat rooms and bled into texting and then everything else.

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

I miss irc in the late 90s lol

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RunRunRabbitRunovich@reddit

Rave is where I spent most of my time 😂

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Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit

This!

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Kennesaw79@reddit

When people put an emphasis on words by repeating letters, such as "I loveeeee it".

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dcrothen@reddit

That always reads to me as a scream. "I love-EEEEEEEEE!"

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Kennesaw79@reddit

Me too. I think it bothers me because in real life, you wouldn't say "I love-eeeee that", but I've heard people say "I looooove that".

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

After covid everyone forgot they arent in their living room at all times.

Phonecalls on speakerphone at full blast (motherfucker not everyone in this McDonald's needs to hear about how bad your kid sucks at soccer).

Shitty music on blast forcing everyone else to listen to your k-pop bullshit or yet another ac/dc song.

A lack of common courtesy.

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

Spam calls and texts

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Alternative_Sort_404@reddit

There was supposed to be a law, but it had no teeth

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

Yeah, hard to enforce when the call centers are from other countries and they constantly spoof the number.

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Quick_Dark244@reddit

Alexa. I hate the btch .

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Aernak@reddit

The new version is SO bad. I still have the old one at my house. The new one sounds like a bimbo, is slow to respond, and will give me a whole friggan dissertation instead of just succinctly answering my question. And then, even worse, it keeps listening after it answers, and then tries to continue having further conversation even tho I’ve moved on and am now talking to a family member about a totally different topic. Ugh…just STFU.

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Quick_Dark244@reddit

I won’t even talk to the thing. My girl uses it. Sometimes it’ll chime in when I’m talking and I just want to yeet it out the window onto the street. It’s the dumbest laziest thing. So unnecessary. I used to wonder how in the book 1984 would they get all the people to comply to having the snitch see and hear what goes on in your house . We just said “sure you can sit and listen as long as you play music for me and give me the weather. “ toss in having her do fart noises and I’m sold . Nah man I’m going off it somehow and Make it look like it offed itself.

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D4rkN3bu14j0j0@reddit

AI Youtube narration. I can not pay attention to that crap for 2 seconds.

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EuphoricReplacement1@reddit

Especially when it mispronounces names and places

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abczoomom@reddit

To be fair, I watch real live people who can’t seem to pronounce some names properly. I’m always yelling at the screen.

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Huh-what-2025@reddit

thing that annoys me most is people my generation that are becoming cliche miserable old people.

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Present-Assignment99@reddit

It’s happening all too fast! We’re grumbling so much more.

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Huh-what-2025@reddit

its the social media and Reddit. Every time I open my damn phone I see someone mourning their long lost youth instead of living now

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NoeTellusom@reddit

If I have to do the work of an employee (cashier, etc.) then you better damn well give me the employee discount to do it!

Speaking specifically about self-cashier systems - FFS, we're saving the store money, give us a damn discount!

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Charming-Pack-5979@reddit

The WORST is when I have to push a call button to buy toothpaste, and then hairspray, and then cereal - but THEN, when it’s time to pay, you trust me to check myself out? WHAT?!

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TikiTikiGirl@reddit

Thank you for this opportunity to bring up something that grates on me every time I hear or see it in a news article -- using the terms "share" with respect to parenting children. e.g., "Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt share children Shiloh, Vivienne, ..." etc. The kids are not a f*ing pizza or dessert! I suspect it started with the term "share custody of", and then got shortened to just "share". But I've even seen it used for couples who are still together. I really hate hearing the term used with respect to kids!

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abczoomom@reddit

I don’t mind this one, especially in the world of blended families and half-sibs and whatnot. Like, Kurt Russell has a son with an ex-wife, Goldie Hawn has a son and daughter with an ex-husband, and they share a son. There are other ways to say it, but it’s a fairly frequent occurrence and this is a relatively succinct way.

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Sorreaomol@reddit

American flags

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Viperlite@reddit

Also Confederate Battle flags.

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McNasty420@reddit

Dude I went to University of South Carolina in Columbia, they hung the confederate flag on the capitol building, I could see it from my sophomore dorm room. God I hated that place.

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nrith@reddit

The past tense of “cast” is “cast,” not “casted.” I swear this shift started only in the last one or two years.

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dcrothen@reddit

In this vein, the past tense of "see" is saw, NOT "seen."

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AmputeeHandModel@reddit

and the past tense of text is texted, not text.

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pikameta@reddit

🙌 Preach!! I love tv and movies and everytime I see "casted", it makes my eye twitch.

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katchoo1@reddit

Apps for everything. I don’t want to put an app on my phone for every business I go to.

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MrRetrdO@reddit

THIS!!

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Alternative_Sort_404@reddit

Yep, but they NEED your data, so… 🤦‍♂️

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jitterfish@reddit

Loyalty schemes argh.

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weirdoldhobo1978@reddit

People using "modern" when they mean "contemporary"

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LuminalDjinn11@reddit

“It’s been a minute” PLEASE PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP.

“I’m not gonna lie, I …” WELL THANK GOD FOR THAT!

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AmputeeHandModel@reddit

Oh, you did that a minute ago? Seems unremarkable. It's like opposite hyperbole. "It's been forever" makes sense, but a MINUTE? STFU.

Yeah everyone's "not lying" about every little thing now. "NGL but I think the store's closed." "I really like this sandwich TBH" "Honestly, that was a good movie" Well thanks a lot for your honesty! So many people are afraid to be frank about those things.

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LuminalDjinn11@reddit

I also hated “a hot second” before it became “a minute.” What exactly is so wrong with “yesterday,” “two weeks ago,” or “this time last year.” What is so wrong with PRECISION? Everything is so vague—even “Not gonna lie” and “To be honest” offer no conversational safety and clarity. Was I mean to expect you WERE going to lie….or….am I meant to feel honored that you might usually lie but are going to grace lucky me with the truth? Oh NOW you’re being honest?

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Accurate_Doubt3426@reddit

slide, insert, tap--ugh

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shawshank1969@reddit

I hate AI narration, but especially despise the one that uses actor Peter Coyote’s voice. He’s a world class actor and frequent narrator.

Don’t know why he isn’t suing.

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ancientastronaut2@reddit

I now nope right out of any YouTube video that's using this. The tone and inflection is all off ormit just plain says words incorrectly when I have tried to go with it, and it drives me nuts.

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Buhos_En_Pantelones@reddit

It's stupid but when people post videos with the caption "POV: (insert title here)" That's not what POV means.

Also not everybody you don't like is a narcissist.

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D4rkN3bu14j0j0@reddit

They all need to be stuck in the Clockwork Orange reprogramming room and have Hardcore Henry played until they understand what POV is.

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Soylent_Milk2021@reddit

And not everyone trying to convince you of something is gaslighting you.

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nrith@reddit

Oh, sweet jesus, this one pisses me off. I think I’ve mostly gotten my now-20-something spawn to stop saying “gaslighting” when they mean “disagreeing with” or just plain wrong, but just when I thought I was safe, Mrs nrith did the same damn thing.

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Pink-socks@reddit

Omg, yes. Pointing a camera at someone isn't POV.

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rfriend73@reddit

Parking lots that require you to scan and app and download it to pay for a couple hours of parking

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Aernak@reddit

Infuriating! And it’s always a different new app. Ugh!

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shawshank1969@reddit

When did we switch from “gave” to “gifted?” It sounds pretentious as fuck.

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veracosa@reddit

My guess is that it's because gifted provides context. Gave is non-specific where is gifted describes giving an object with a purpose of it being a gift. It's a little shorter than saying "I gave them a gift which was a microwave." Instead it is "I gifted them a microwave."

Enh. Not my favorite change, but at least it is understandable and a complete sentence.

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Relative_Housing_375@reddit

This, now more than ever. I f@#^&*!g hate that saying.

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StreetCarp665@reddit

That and "hot/controversial take". You have an opinion, nothing more.

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borisdidnothingwrong@reddit

I hate it, too. Now more than ever.

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Riffola60@reddit

Language is changing and evolving. I support some of it because it's becoming more efficient. If you look back to the 18th century and the language that was used in the Declaration of Independence or the Bard used in his plays, language evolves.

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StreetCarp665@reddit

Yes, but not always for the better.

A factoid is meant to be something that's untrue but often repeated like it's true. Due to illiteracy and stupidity, people assumed it was a "tiny, trivial fact" and used the word as such. Now, the meaning has evolved to include this, because people are illiterate and stupid. The human condition takes a step back.

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JohnGault67@reddit

Yeah. I can't stand it. – I'll start reading a post.. then come across some weird TDLA, or whatever. I just give up on the post now. Their post isn't really that important to me. I got tired of having to stop reading to have to google what they mean.

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airbornesimian@reddit

I often do this with posts and comments that have extremely poor grammar and spelling. If I need to spend too many extra brain cycles to decipher what you're writing, I lose interest in what you have to say pretty quickly.

And I'm not talking about dumb typos or to/too (et al) juxtapositions that can often be chalked up to autocorrect hijinks, I mean the insane shit that can only come from a native speaker who's a lazy or incompetent writer. Or both.

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BlueFeathered1@reddit

Same here. Not wasting my time on people like that anymore and whatever they're trying to put across. Walls of text, too. Paragraphs exist for a reason.

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lylemcd@reddit

Texting and early internet chat lole AIM ICQ etc

ASL?

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More_Law6245@reddit

LOL, Well that's really not applicable anymore considering as people can now identify themselves as they, them or even as a hamster if they wish PMSL

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GirlStiletto@reddit

The "test your partner/trick your partner/create partner drama" trends on ticktok and youtube.

If you have to trick or quiz your partner, then you re in a bad relationship.

If you WANT to trick/quiz your partner or ask difficult questions (Would you still love me if I was aworm? Would you remarry if I died?) then you are just a POS drama starter and should not be in a relationship with anyone.

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saposguy@reddit

I answer those way too honestly.

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Good_Nyborg@reddit

One thing I've seen pop up in the past dozen+ years, is how so many people are obsessed with what's "canon" for whatever fandom they like. Seriously, unless you're taking some quiz or writing a research paper, who gives a crap? And don't get me started on stuff like superheroes, sci-fi, or other things that keep changing what's canon.

It seems to coincide with this other annoying trait of "completion." I've run into it too many times playing games, talking to folks about some fandom, or whatever else has them worried about checking off their boxes. They don't even give a crap about if they like it or not, they just want to complete it to say they have.

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Columbia_Guy001@reddit

Algorithms

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mden1974@reddit

Listening to people chew things. It’s called misophobia and I have it bad.

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tyamar@reddit

The fact that my kids (18-23) all quote TikToks all the time and I never know if they are quoting something or stating their own opinion. I've learned to ask, "is this a bit?" every time they say anything off the wall.

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Demostecles@reddit

If I read the words “life hack” again, it will be one time too many.

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weelassie07@reddit

And tips and tricks lol

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ImaginaryAd6339@reddit

Hey, I've got a neat trick I use to make my life a whole lot easier. You wanna hear about it?

I'm sensing you might be a little resistant, so I'll just leave it here:

!You don't have to actually do anything unless it's an emergency, and you can define emergency any way you want!<

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Ignignokt73@reddit

The use of (previously) sexual terms ala “raw dog” and “balls deep” to describe situations. I saw this phrase the other day on here and wanted to throw my phone “I’m balls deep in remodeling my house…” And no, you do not raw dog the final.

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weelassie07@reddit

These examples and adding the word porn to things. Ex: food porn

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20characterusername0@reddit

I love me some house porn though. Watching a couple choose betwixt three properties when I can’t afford næ one of them, is quite titillating 🤭

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weelassie07@reddit

Another good example! 😜🫠

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Jensen1994@reddit

AI telephone agents that you have to fight through for 10 minutes to speak to a human.
gen Z slang now annoys me.
subscriptions
politicians saying that "lessons have been learnt" when we are in a perpetual state of learning lessons

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Consistent_Club4903@reddit

Absolutely everything annoys me. Remember when office tech made our jobs more efficient? Neither do I.

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thumpingcoffee@reddit

Having to download an app for everything

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mizuaqua@reddit

I work in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry and the classes of products are literally abbreviations or initialisms all day long. And in many of the technical and quality roles, you do not need to know what they stand for to do your job. It’s too long to type out CAR-T and ADC. And then we deal with the various cGxP, FDA, EMA, PMDA.

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20characterusername0@reddit

lol the number of times I googled “what happens when you mix a MAOI with an NSAID” and forgot to pay attention to the answer

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FuseFuseboy@reddit

Related, it annoys me when someone spells out the acronym when speaking, instead of just saying the words. F-Y-I and L-O-L are both particularly grating. Why do people say "L-O-L," when they are not, in fact, laughing out loud?

To answer your question, I think you were right about texting and the advent of instant messaging. There's also an in group signaling component.

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airbornesimian@reddit

Twitter (and its 120 character limit) shares no small amount of blame here.

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dechets-de-mariage@reddit

I had a habit for a while of saying “lōl” (to rhyme with roll) because my CarPlay voice would pronounce it that way when reading a text. I knew it was dumb but it did make me smile.

Sidebar: if you use CarPlay have someone text you a long string of hahahahahahahahahahaha when you’re in the car. Cracks me up to hear how she reads it. (I’m easily entertained!)

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Trolkarlen@reddit

People use acronyms because they are lazy. It's a lot easier to use a few letters for a handful of words. However, the rule is that you should spell them out first unless you know your audience is well aware of them. They can also be confusing depending on the context: MD could be a doctor or the state of Maryland.

There are some annoying ones on Reddit. I had to look up ICYMI (In cased you missed it) yesterday. I don't even know why this should be an acronym. AITA is well known by now as well as TIL. YMMV is another one I had to look up.

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airbornesimian@reddit

In fairness, ICYMI, TIL, and YMMV are all decades old at this point, but I agree with your point, especially when people just make shit up on the fly. We need an updated Internet Acronym Lexicon (IAL).

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Soylent_Milk2021@reddit

Iirc always makes me stop and think. I can never remember that one correctly.

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Trolkarlen@reddit

I had to look that one up.

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Aggressive_Power_471@reddit

I find some of it good to use to avoid censorship. Also it separates the ages, since our acronyms and slang are different.

In reddit you will see ETA and it is usually for edit to add. I used it once and I had a guy message me like you know what ETA means right? I told him IRL it is estimated time of arrival but on Reddit it means edit to add. he said nothing more but I think he was upset. LOL

Some of the shorthand I find quite helpful. I don't want to type all day.

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digdugnate@reddit

Why do they call it taking a dump when you're actually leaving a dump? I mean you're not taking it anywhere.

Funk dat!

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airbornesimian@reddit

r/UnexpectedBeavisAndButthead

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aupunter@reddit

For some reason, “congrats” makes me crazy.

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EntertainerNo4509@reddit

Computers and websites.

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corpus-luteum@reddit

Just ask what it means.

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GrandPriapus@reddit

I work in public education, specifically special education. My entire day is filled with acronyms and initialisms.

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

My daughter (37) loves acronyms. She is getting better with me. She loves to use them but not get them.

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Kuildeous@reddit

Those abbreviations/acronyms are our fault. We had to be really efficient at cybersex in the '80s and '90s. If you only have one hand free, you can't waste it typing out whole words.

Oh, and also just general chat. How many times have we seen the dreaded ASL?

My big beef is with IVR (and now chat bots). If my question was that simple, I could manage it with the website. If I have to resort to using the phone, then guess what? I can't resolve it with your stupid IVR system. I need an actual human, so don't make me scream "representative" into the phone 12 times before I finally get someone who can help me.

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Soylent_Milk2021@reddit

I’m not really pop culture or “hip”, so I don’t understand much these days. I just google things, if it’s important to my brain that I understand.

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RealtorRVACity@reddit

100%, super annoying for sure.

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avrus@reddit

I'm not sure some people responding to this thread grasp what an acronym is.

GYAITMFHRNBIBYA is an acronym. And while many Gen X'ers might understand it, it's not in common parlance and it's very generationally specific so the majority of people aren't going to understand it.

The purpose of an acronym is to take a commonly used words or phrases and shorten them. If they're not in common use, then an acronym is not appropriate.

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Buhos_En_Pantelones@reddit

Technically that's not an acronym. It has to be a pronounceable word like SCUBA instead of something like WDYM.

Sorry to be that person ; )

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BmanGorilla@reddit

At least say that it would be an initialism :)

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IHoppo@reddit

I love a good TLA.

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SomePeopleCallMeJJ@reddit

Or, even better, an ETLA.

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IHoppo@reddit

Awesome

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MaximumJones@reddit

It's wrong to anthropomorphize animals. They hate it when people do that.

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agravain@reddit

you didn't have a beeper?

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nonotburton@reddit

OP wasn't on-call or a drug dealer in the '80's.

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Id_Rather_Beach@reddit

Clearly. My parents would never have allowed one!

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KyotiKill@reddit

I remember my best friend (which was also my cousin) when we were in High School (we went to seperate schools in the county but shared the same VoTech building) would leave notes for each other in the bathrooms (this was mid-90's) and we used a few acronyms then... ILYLAS and FF are the ones I remember the most off the top of my head.

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CleverNickName-69@reddit

I have a friend who is our age that has a very strange texting style. He uses lots of strange abbreviations and acronyms and separates phrases with ... ellipses.

And of top of that he is often making a reference to an old TV show or movie, so you have to have seen that to understand what the shorthand is trying to say.

There are always layers to dig through to get to whatever point he is trying to make.

More than once I have suggested that he just use voice-to-text and talk in complete sentences but nothing has changed.

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sharp-calculation@reddit

Sounds like every 5th post on Reddit. I wonder if he’s just weird or being intentionally obtuse.

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Outstanding_Neon@reddit

It's grim how many people embrace not learning new words.

"Oh no, people decades younger than me are using language to talk to each other that I am unwilling to learn!" Depressing.

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ToddBradley@reddit

Why not type out your message in normal English?

"Normal English" changes depending on who and where and when you are. Put another way, there's no such thing as normal English.

The better question is why - now that everyone has a telephone in their pocket - do people talk to their phones to have them transcribe speech to text in order to send a text message to someone else that will be read on a second telephone. It's like inventing telepathy and then rather than sending thoughts you send text messages in Morse code.

Kid (thinking): dot dash dot dash dash dot dash dot dot dot 🍔

Mom (thinking back): dash dot dot dot dash dash dot dash 🍽️

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

Coming from the tech/engineering world, I've been living in a world of acronyms for a very long time...

But yeah, people love to abbreviate everything, now!

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Trolkarlen@reddit

How bad TV has gotten in the past few years. Cable has collapsed. Streaming services have gotten far more expensive, added ads, and have a dearth of good programming.

TV was so much better 10 years ago.

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Tralfaz1138@reddit

My biggest problem with acronyms is people using them at work all the time for various technical systems we have or the tools we use. I don't want to appear "uniformed" so I have to look it up and hope a search or AI can properly determine what it means in the context of the tools we use.

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Odditeee@reddit

Ending text sentences with ‘lol’.

I’ve known a handful of people IRL who literally lol’d after everything they said. Nervous habit, maybe, I guess; being their own laugh track. Super annoying after years of 8 hour shifts in a confined office space where talking on the phone was 90% of the job.

I probably have PTSD. Every time I read a ‘lol’ my eye twitches and I get flashbacks of wanting to throw a stapler at the back of someone’s head.

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