To hate seeing HTH at the end of a post?

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its all smug and self centered, like the person writing the post knows so effing much

I just want to shout FUCK OFF YOU SELF RIGHTEOUS TWAT

I thought it meant 'how the hell' and always wondered why the poster was so riled up when everything prior seemed so calm. Now I know

Good. I want you to feel that. That's why I use it.

I definitely intend "hope that helps", the "that" being the thing I just wrote.

No difference in meaning to "hope this helps" really, just sounds better to me.

Definitely not "happy to help". I don't work in a supermarket with a big customer service badge.

Completely agree.

But 'Grow up.' is even more annoying. It's not even used when posters are acting immature, it's an answer to everything now.

I've used it, as a genuine hope this helps message, as i had intended to help someone out.
I won't use it again, but that doesn't mean I don't hope that what I've posted will help someone out. Perhaps there is a regional variation?

I expect it is fairly easy to tell the difference between me saying "hope that helps" when what I mean is "this was a ridiculous question" and you saying "hope this helps" when you hope that you have helped :)

Yanbu

I also dislike as it lacks originality and effort imo.
In real life I like more than is good for me.

If someone takes the time to post a reply and has been in the OPs shoes then I assume they are typing from experience.

What's wrong with saying HTH?

No really? What's wrong with it?m

Or are we so picky and silly these days that we HAVE to find something to moan about?

I thought it was hard to hear!

Can I add 'just saying' to the list of shame?

I thought it meant Hit The Hay no, I don't know why, either for ages so I like to pretend it's that.

I think 'Hope that helps' would be the appropriate version if you were speaking your advice out loud, but in the context of written advice, where the HTH is contained within the same post as the advice, 'Hope this helps' is a better translation.

Ooh, I always thought it was 'happy to help' in a super sarcastic way

I guess it depends on whether you consider your advice to be in the past or still in the present :)

When people are being sarcastic/passive aggressive/making really bad sarcastic jokes, I love treating them as if they were being absolutely sincere. It can often totally disarm them. Sometimes, in RL, they even try to explain they were being sarcastic and I can watch them squirm away.

So HTH's reply is 'Thank you for your consideration'.

It's as annoying as people who put "you know" in posts.

Because, you know, it's patronising and makes you look like a twat.

I've sometimes put HTH at the end of a post in which I was hoping to help someone but wasn't sure how successful I'd been.
I can only apologise to all the people I've pissed off. Is it cos I is old?