Fuming, raging, heartbroken....

[GinIsIn]

It seems like this is used about everything now.

AIBU to wonder why nobody is ever just a bit miffed or slightly put out anymore?

And what happens to the fuming, heartbroken ragers who get so angry about an innocuous comment from a teacher or a sideways glance on public transport when something really bad happens? Do their heads actually explode?!

See also 'my very first LTB'

Personally I reckon it started with the acronyms that preceded emojis...who remembers lmao or even lmfao? & was it David Cameron who got lol as a message sign off wrong? So, people started to use text speak as a part of normal speech, both written & oral, & lost all subtlety. Hence the current extremes.

No one's ILs are just a bit selfish, they are always narcissists.

Oh, and anybody who disagrees is bitter.

Instant win, paint the disagreeing party in an ugly light. Never mind it's usually misogynist and ageist, you rarely see it used on men or young people.

What used to be a moody sod is now someone with BPD.

Selfish bastards are narcs.

The socially awkward have an ASD label slapped on them.

There are a lot of psychologists on this site.

Oh yes pax, I dislike 'bitter' too. It has undertones.

"Oh, and anybody who disagrees is bitter."

Or jealous. Or both.

lol this thread has made my morning

Always amazes me how many people laugh so hysterically they spit their tea.. the number of ruined keyboards thanks to mildly funny mn threads..

you forgot "livid"

I so agree, people need to take a fucking CHILL PILL!!!!

Work colleague. Coffee place had run out of particular syrup...

''LITERALLY the WORST morning of my LIFE!!!'

(really? wow...sweet life...)

I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE WASN'T A TRIGGER WARNING ON THIS THREAD - I AM SO DEVASTATED I CAN'T LOSE MY CAPS LOCK

Slight cross post with Eliza22

Off topic, but...
It's Will.I.am whom we have to blame for everything being so LOUD! He literally made the Black Eye Peas music louder to ensure that it stuck with you when you heard it on the radio, so now everyone does it, so no one sounds louder than anyone else & we're all deaf

Incandescent with rage is my favourite.

I have to admit I don't get how people can get through the day with such heightened emotions at such small things.

I get quite annoyed, in real life, at "that's funniest thing ever' at something mildly amusing.

Also, HORRIFIED. I was horrified and disgusted this morning - the coffee shop was out of organic porridge oats. Thinking of writing to my MP.....

Don't forget the amount of posters who have to constantly buy new keyboards after something is soooo funny the 'literally spat tea all over their keyboard'!

I am convinced a lot of people don't know what 'literally' means.

TupsNSups perhaps we could persuade the livid amongst us who are asking for compensation to donate some of the money to an official MN keyboard replacement fund?

Of course, the gold-standard is the guy in The Sun/The Mirror reacting to The Sex Pistols swearing on TV in the 70's.

''I was so angry I kicked the TV screen in and will be sending the bill to the BBC!!!''

Much copied and parodied in most of the places I have worked...

I am literally on fire with rage

I agree. I think that because we live in a "full on" world now, there's little subtlety. You've got to be loud in your appearance, manner, vocals. Just to ensure your voice is heard. You're passed over if you're "mousey" in any way.

It really irritates me when people describe everything as amazing!. Really? A loaf of bread (a fancy French topknot loafy-type one) featured on some I know's Instagram recently. Lots of followers were of the opinion it was "amazing!" It was a large bread roll.

I agree. There are so many channels of expression that you have to max up the hyperbole.
It's all a show though, and so many people would rather perform than live.
So we pout and fleek our way through.

In fact people are 'literally' everything nowadays:
'Literally dying here with laughter'
'Literally howling'
'Literally laughing out loud'
'Literally just woke the sleeping/cat/baby/dp laughing so much'
'Literally have tears rolling down my face'