To want to reach through my screen and throttle people who type 'get a grip'?

[Sallystyle]

Just me?

It's almost as bad as being told to calm down!

Get a grip!

I do think you need to though if you want to throttle people

You knew that that was coming, right?!

Adds more people to my throttle spread sheet!

I often want to throttle both the OPs and the "get a grip" replies.

Calm down OP

ahhh

But it is very condescending isn't it?

My husband once told me to calm down; it was the last time he ever uttered those words again.

Gosh - you sound very entitled

Hands OP a grip

Now I just need someone to call me grabby!

It's the completely dismissive 'meh' which gets my goat. It so often is used a very condescending way.

Get a grip and calm down dear

Yabu. And entitled. [Grin]

You can't have all the grips OP - stop being so grabby.

Oh there's some right comic geniuses on this thread, eh?

I feel your pain OP. It's insensitive and thoughtless and makes the writer sound like a muppet. It means 'I don't care about this/can't wrap my little brain around your problem, so just shush and go away now'. If people genuinely don't have anything better to offer, I think they should just say nothing.

Oh the worst are the ones who go into a big "hilarious" spiel about it...

OP I think you need to go to the grip shop and buy yourself a grip.

Here, have a grip!

Oh look what I found OP, a grip for you.

Ugh, not funny! Just rude and band wagony!

'Hands OP a grip' was probably funny ten years ago when some original bright spark thought of it. But it isn't anymore.

It's the equivalent of the 90s "NOT" humour.

Oh yeah OP, you're being completely reasonable... NOT!

Also, everything is bloody precious!

No, and I want a throttle spreadsheet.

Do you prefer get a life?

I love "Love Actually" but I hate the bit where Liam Neeson gets choked talking about his dead wife, and Emma T.touches his arm and says softly "Get a grip...."

Oh I hate get a life.

And don't get me started on the whole.. is that all you have to worry about? crap.

You know, like if someone has a petty gripe they must lead a blessed life and can't possibly have any real troubles.

I am loving the idea of a throttle spread sheet! It reminds me of when I was about 8 and had a chart up in my room, titled 'Pud's enemy chart' which was a bar chart of everyone in my class to which I would add to every time someone crossed me. I remember having to take it down very quickly one day when someone from school called in unexpectedly to see my hamster! The shame.

'Are you on glue' anyone?