...to find 'discuss' really irritating?

[Justmuddlingalong]

Or am I the only one it gives the rage to?

I used to work with someone who would often end rant emails with 'comprende!' King Twat.

Yes, discuss is awful.

I just have a vision of my ancient teacher waving his arms at us and shouting discuss!

Also agree with simples, makes me want to simply punch them in the face.

It's annoying, like 'talk to me about......'.

YANBU - it's extremely irritating.
'Talk to me about....' is just damn rude & I certainly wouldn't talk to them.

Discuss is a relatively neutral word. Can't get excited.

I never reply to these discuss threads. I'm not at school any more.

YANBU, it's very annoying. It's more like a command, than one mere word.

YANBU it's the kind of headline that accompanies articles by Toby Young.

Yep, when I read "discuss" at the end of an op I close it. it reads like a command, from someone who feels important. Maybe they are not, but that's how it comes across.

Don't mind it.

The dear reader makes me irrationally pissed off too. Discuss irritates but not as much.

It doesn't bother me. The OP on the thread was perfectly nice. I don't know why people have been nasty about the use of one word. They were unpleasant on the thread and now somebody has started a thread about it. The OP wanted people to discuss the situation that is all.

Agree fleecyjumper.

Someone did this to me once. It makes you not want to post again.

I never read the thread mentioned here, as the use of the word 'discuss' on the thread title bugs me so much, I never opened it. If people have already given the poster a hard time for using the word I apologise. I was merely posting my thoughts.