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Social media sayings that can fuck off and die

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AngeloMysterioso · 12/06/2024 01:58

I’ve reached the point of feeling a totally irrational surge of rage whenever I see them which is every damn day…

“I was today years old when”

“POV”

“That feeling when”

Anything that is referred to as a “hack”.

Calling an outfit a “fit”

OP posts:
LeilaDarling · 12/06/2024 09:49

A pop of colour

just like that

both induce severe irrational rage of epic proportions in me, I can’t even explain why!

takealettermsjones · 12/06/2024 09:48

Some of you never (did normal thing) and it shows

orangesnotlemons · 12/06/2024 09:47

So many of these haha.

Also 'about last night...' I don't know why that annoys me so much!

Calliopespa · 12/06/2024 09:46

LadyHavelockVetinari · 12/06/2024 09:29

I actually think that these are just this generation's slang that they also use offline (like "slay"), and so essentially fine - although being over 21 I would never use them myself. I think the internet just gives me more exposure to how teenagers talk than you'd usually get unless you are a teenager or have them in your family. I agree with every single one in your first post, though! Rage!

For me it's "So I did a thing" followed by a photo of anything from a loaf of baked bread to a book to a baby.

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I can stand “I did a thing.”

It always makes me feel like they need to post a picture of a weird bowel motion.

ColdGirlWinter · 12/06/2024 09:42

"This one though" accompanying a photo of a friend, partner, child, dog or wahtever. Though what? As compared with what? It makes no sense to use though when nothing has been said previously to compare with.

SinnerBoy · 12/06/2024 09:41

I hate cheeky coffee or whatever, too.

Did it call you a twat and run away, flicking the V sign? No.

But it bloody well should have done.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/06/2024 09:41

YANBU

It's even more cringey when corporates do it.

POV: just bought new Persil

That feeling when there aren't any hobnobs left in the cupboard

Or whatever

LadyHavelockVetinari · 12/06/2024 09:40

"I love you to the moon and back" isn't a social media saying, that rabbit book was around in the 90s.

streamy · 12/06/2024 09:39

"and wallah" instead of "et voila"

FeralNun · 12/06/2024 09:37

‘Hack’, when they mean ‘tip’ or ‘short cut’.

It makes me want to hack. With an axe.

Coaltodiamonds · 12/06/2024 09:37

Oh and 'fizz'. As in 'Friday Fizz / Fizzy Friday', glass of fizz, cheeky glass of fizz etc etc. It's either prosecco, cava, or champagne hun. And my money's on Asda prosecco.

GB81 · 12/06/2024 09:36

"Rant over"
"Beautiful inside and out" - I'm too literal for this, I just think they're not beautiful inside, they're blood and muscles and organs.
"Love you to the moon and back" - Again, means nothing, its just stupid.

While I'm here can we all please stop saying "Can I get" when you mean "Please may I have" 😖

ethelredonagoodday · 12/06/2024 09:35

'Chef's kiss'😖
'I was today years old when'
'Curated'

There's so much shite on social media, but it's so bloody addictive!

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 12/06/2024 09:35

Howbizarre22 · 12/06/2024 06:00

I hate POV too I don’t get it. Also on a meme where it’s says “Nobody:” at the start. Can someone please explain wtf that means

Another poster who has no idea on POV ... I get its Point Of View but then it's not used like that ... Confused faaaack I'm so old

streamy · 12/06/2024 09:34

"chef's kiss"

AFanOfTinyBiscuits · 12/06/2024 09:33

Not a saying, but an action...when somebody posts a video with a before and after element to it and they film themselves clicking their fingers between the two clips as a way of marking the reveal / change.

It drives me crazy.

Appalonia · 12/06/2024 09:33

Like this one

Social media sayings that can fuck off and die
Sonolanona · 12/06/2024 09:33

'Needs gone today' on FB local selling group. NEEDS GONE?! What sort of english is that supposed to be?!

Appalonia · 12/06/2024 09:32

WetBandits · 12/06/2024 09:12

Just start replying with this

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Ha that's hillarious

And also illustrates he point that whilst so many of these sayings are intensely irritating, there's so many memes that are actually brilliant!

Iloveyoubut · 12/06/2024 09:30

Tell me you’re ‘whatever’ without telling me you’re ‘whatever’
I hate that one.

i also hate ‘feeling blessed’

Coaltodiamonds · 12/06/2024 09:30

'This one' (as in 'making memories at the beach with this one'). Obvs anyone who says 'making memories' deserves their own special place in hell, that goes without saying.

KimberleyClark · 12/06/2024 09:30

Posting pictures of grandchildren who are too young to be able to read with “love you to the moon and back”.

LadyHavelockVetinari · 12/06/2024 09:29

AngeloMysterioso · 12/06/2024 04:14

Oh god I’ve just thought of some more

“Mother is mothering” (usually under a picture of someone like Zendaya doing something entirely unrelated to mothering)

“Serving” (nothing at all to do with food or tennis)

If somebody did a good job of something they “ate”. Extra points if they “left no crumbs”.

I actually think that these are just this generation's slang that they also use offline (like "slay"), and so essentially fine - although being over 21 I would never use them myself. I think the internet just gives me more exposure to how teenagers talk than you'd usually get unless you are a teenager or have them in your family. I agree with every single one in your first post, though! Rage!

For me it's "So I did a thing" followed by a photo of anything from a loaf of baked bread to a book to a baby.

AInightingale · 12/06/2024 09:29

'Whoop whoop'. I mean, literal whooping should be a custodial offence anyway. Don't want to imagine someone doing it.

Mapletreelane · 12/06/2024 09:28

luckydaytoday · 12/06/2024 09:07

"Our little family is complete"

Yep, so smug and patronising.