OT: The Thread About Nothing Part 193: Baby Names and Aruba Nights

[BenedictGomez]

This is the first browser I can remember using.

The first time I ever remember seeing the internet I was at this girl's place, and she had Prodigy.

 

[Lindys Lazy Eye]

First search engine I remember using was Goto.com. Which later became overture.com.

First web broswer was American Online with those silly disks they'd always send in the mail but the first one I would use regularly was Juno.

Ah the days of free dialup! Haha.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Netscape was one of the one I remember first using.

 

[BenedictGomez]

First web broswer was American Online with those silly disks they'd always send in the mail but the first one I would use regularly was Juno.

Oh jeez, that was an almost incessant mail barrage. You'd get them every few weeks. My roommate and I used them as coasters.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Forgot to mention today is IPA Day.

You should probably celebrate.

 

[MartyOwns]

first, there was really.

‘really? REALLY RIGHT NOW? REALLY???’

now, there’s ‘so’. to start off every single ****ing sentence. and not just ‘so, one thing we learned on this project was..’ nonono. instead it’s a loooong drawn out ‘sooooooooooooooooooooooo’

and not just about work stuff. I just overheard the convo:

‘so what kind of food do you feed (dogs name)?
‘sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo we fed him Purina for a while, but now we get him this organic chicken meat from whole foods’ or something stupid like that. you get the idea. kinda like the starting a sentence off with ‘I mean, ____’.

why are people like that? why do they always have to mimic expressions they like and use them until the public finally revolts and people get publicly shamed for doing so? don’t go there, am I right? talk to the hand, and all that noise? sometimes I feel like the only sane one. i wish these things didnt bother me so much, since it never seems to bother anyone else. I think george costanza and I would get along famously.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Just sayin'

 

[EliasFTW]

Oh jeez, that was an almost incessant mail barrage. You'd get them every few weeks. My roommate and I used them as coasters.

I used them as target practice

 

[Better Call Sal]

Just sayin'

This drives me insane.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

Just sayin'

Like.

Just stop, think, and speak your thoughts without using the word "like" every third word.

 

[Richer's Ghost]

literally, really, yeah. Just sayin'

 

[The Devil In I]

first, there was really.

‘really? REALLY RIGHT NOW? REALLY???’

now, there’s ‘so’. to start off every single ****ing sentence. and not just ‘so, one thing we learned on this project was..’ nonono. instead it’s a loooong drawn out ‘sooooooooooooooooooooooo’

and not just about work stuff. I just overheard the convo:

‘so what kind of food do you feed (dogs name)?
‘sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo we fed him Purina for a while, but now we get him this organic chicken meat from whole foods’ or something stupid like that. you get the idea. kinda like the starting a sentence off with ‘I mean, ____’.

why are people like that? why do they always have to mimic expressions they like and use them until the public finally revolts and people get publicly shamed for doing so? don’t go there, am I right? talk to the hand, and all that noise? sometimes I feel like the only sane one. i wish these things didnt bother me so much, since it never seems to bother anyone else. I think george costanza and I would get along famously.

We do the 'soooooo' thing a lot at work, but it's more of a running joke when I gotta talk with my team lead (because that's always due to an issue that I need help with).

Run into a wall with a solution I'm trying to come up with
:lean over:
"Soooooooooo Justin"

 

[Nick0930]

first, there was really.

‘really? REALLY RIGHT NOW? REALLY???’

now, there’s ‘so’. to start off every single ****ing sentence. and not just ‘so, one thing we learned on this project was..’ nonono. instead it’s a loooong drawn out ‘sooooooooooooooooooooooo’

and not just about work stuff. I just overheard the convo:

‘so what kind of food do you feed (dogs name)?
‘sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo we fed him Purina for a while, but now we get him this organic chicken meat from whole foods’ or something stupid like that. you get the idea. kinda like the starting a sentence off with ‘I mean, ____’.

why are people like that? why do they always have to mimic expressions they like and use them until the public finally revolts and people get publicly shamed for doing so? don’t go there, am I right? talk to the hand, and all that noise? sometimes I feel like the only sane one. i wish these things didnt bother me so much, since it never seems to bother anyone else. I think george costanza and I would get along famously.

So what's wrong with that exactly?

 

[BenedictGomez]

literally, really, yeah. Just sayin'

Perhaps the most misused word in the English language.

 

[Scott04]

Perhaps the most misused word in the English language.

Has this assumption ever been verified by anyone in the media?

 

[BenedictGomez]

Has this assumption ever been verified by anyone in the media?

Apparently.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/jan/29/literally-a-much-misused-word

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/07/19/literally_the_most_misused_word/

 

[Nick0930]

Perhaps the most misused word in the English language.

So would you say it's...literally the most misused word?

 

[Wingman77]

Was he any good?



Speaking of beer...came across this article yesterday: http://www.thedailymeal.com/25-best-craft-breweries-america

Don't know, I was posting as we were waiting and it took longer than expected to get on the court and he had to get back to his room and had activities booked today, but said he'll likely play tomorrow with us

I imagine he'll be enthusiastic because just hanging around he was, you know how he is like that , great guy

 

[JimEIV]

If you don't communicate like the rest of your tribe the problem is yours. The collective forges the norm, even if the the usage is annoying or incorrect... irregardless it ain't gonna change.

 

[njdevils1982]

hey everyone.....

 

[Richer's Ghost]

If you don't communicate like the rest of your tribe the problem is yours. The collective forges the norm, even if the the usage is annoying or incorrect... irregardless it ain't gonna change.

I see what you're trying to do there. It's a word thats not a word.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Apparently.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2012/jan/29/literally-a-much-misused-word

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/07/19/literally_the_most_misused_word/

My wife says 'apparently' in just about every f**ing situation. Drives me batty.

 

[JimEIV]

Yeah, thats not a word... literally.

I know...I was demonstrating my point with improper usage. I thought it was funny.

 

[billingtons ghost]

hey everyone.....

What did Sushi A say to Sushi B?

(my kid's favorite joke).

 

[JimEIV]

Misuse becomes correct when everyone does it. Bastardized words, common misuse and colloquialisms is the evolution of culture. Who are we to think we can stop it...I embrace it.