Social media sayings that can fuck off and die

[AngeloMysterioso]

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”

"It's serving (insert {normally C word} here)"
"Girls, you NEED..." No.. I don't
"Absolutely unreal or UN-real" 🤢
"It's giving ....."
"Rizz"
"Run, don't walk to..."
"Stanley Girlie"
"In my ...... Era"
"STOP what you're doing and..."
"Not me crying/dying over/breaking down in..."
"I think we can all just about agree that..."
"Dish up dinner with meeee"

I'll come back with more... I'm getting annoyed with myself typing these already.

"BE KIND". Said by people who are the least kind/least tolerant.

Also, those dog accounts where they talk like a baby: 'Hooman sez I is gud boyz'

100%. They make me want to smash things.

Please translate!

What I find interesting is a lot of the most annoying words and phrases have their origin in Black Female Womanism movements and in slang, especially from the deep south.

But they've been ripped out of context for a predominantly white middle class social media audience.

e.g. 'my truth' originates in Black Woman empowerment movements in the 1970s which recognised that Black Women often had a very different experience to the 'official' narratives of recent American history eg the Civil Rights movement, which many Black womanists/feminists felt was androcentric with their needs and concerns ignored. So by telling 'their truth' they were giving their experience of that history. It was very important.

e.g. a lot of fashionable language around 'trauma', 'healing' etc again originated in US Black Womanist movements especially in the 1990s when Black Women started to talk openly about such issues as domestic abuse, CSA, lesbianism in a way they had rarely been encouraged to do when 'white folks might be listening'

A lot of the slang current on social media originated in Deep South Black Women's slang in the mid 00s. It was then coopted by gay men 'on the scene' and then eventually now has made its way onto social media in order to help white people sound cool.

Not sure what my conclusion is from all this accept that language very specific to certain communities has been ripped out of context and used to make Insta huns and tik tok blue hairs think they're 'with it'.

Which is probably why it all sounds so weird and silly.

When people write “ and just like that…” cue a collage of photos demonstrating that a ten year old has indeed turned from baby in to a ten year old…. In wait for it… ten years would you believe! No one cares except parents/ grandparents. Same with first day back to school photos. It’s one of those moments that is precious to family but absolutely meaningless to anyone else!

Also; why must everyone's ex necessarily be a 'Narc ex'. Where is your psychiatric degree ffs.

Adulting - doing anything vaguely responsible is now a thing of wonder.

Making memories - doing stuff.

Legend/Hero - used to be people who sacrificed themselves in war and is now the person that brought cake in to the staff room.

Self diagnosis in offhand way - 'I am just so OCD (translation - I am a dick)'
See also ADHD, fibromyalgia etc.

Be kind and making memories ➡️ 🗑️

"pop of colour" irritates me far more than is rational.
Even more so when it's someone from the UK and they spell it "color".

That's reminded me of another one. When people use "y'all" even though they're not from the deep south of the USA. It sounds natural when my friend from Florida uses it. If you're from Croydon or Leeds, it sounds bloody silly.

I don't have facebook and other shite because of the pointless drival on it and the inane expressions. Too many to list but two that make me swear whenever I read / hear them in particular is 'super' in front of anything, i.e 'super happy' and 'reaching out'. Just FUCK OFF.
Read it way too much on MN, both just sound so stupid and purile.

I was an early adopter of "super" in the late 80s as a tween as I had a video where Kylie Minogue says "super, ultra quickly". So I affected the use of "super" in that way. Thankfully I grew out of it!

The problem so many people trying to sound cool using the slang, they come across as complete twats.

I wonder if Bob Khan and Vint Cerf anticipated so many people hating the internet whilst simultaneously using it for every part of life I think what I have learnt from this thread is that the humans being human on the internet is ruining the internet. But is AI any better? Should we ban human interactions because they are so annoying? But then in 50 years will we get threads asking 'AI sayings/actions that should just fuck off and die?' I wonder if AI would 'do' the internet better?

But then that would mean it's the AI posting 'AI sayings/actions that should just fuck off and die?' and responses would be AI too...that would be weird.

A lot of these phrases are actually black American sayings from the ‘south’.

Of course it sounds grating and weird when used by white middle clash English 35 year olds.

Or even worse, the one where they change outfits and do this little jump in the air (sometimes accompanied by clicking fingers) so they’re wearing one thing, they do the little clicky jump, and when they land they’re wearing something different.

Another one, not just from SM but also in newspapers, magazines etc.:
A wide leg trouser
A bold red lip
A kitten heel

Was shopping on Sunday and never noticed 1/2 pairs of trousers etc. nor have I ever seen someone with just lippy on one lip.

😂

It’s odd too as I always envisage animals having an internal dialogue more like Stewie off Family Guy.

Not seen this one for a while so hopefully its died out but 'let the good times roll' usually posted on a night out showing the girls all holding up their drinks ....cringe !!!

I am not on any social media (other than MN) and this thread has confirmed why. It has also explained a lot about how my younger colleagues speak which leaves me baffled sometimes.

How is POV used? What does it mean?

Or even worse, the one where they change outfits and do this little jump in the air (sometimes accompanied by clicking fingers) so they’re wearing one thing, they do the little clicky jump, and when they land they’re wearing something different.

Or when they sort of walk up to the camera holding their hand out and cover it up then next shot is wearing something different.

There’s one I keep seeng which is something like “POV: your maternity leave is over and you have to go back to work” and it’s this woman cuddling her baby and crying.

What I actually see is a woman who picked an outfit, put on a full face of make up, set up her ring light, propped up her phone (or put it on a tripod or something) tapped record, picked up her baby, “cried” for a few seconds, put baby down, stopped recording, cropped the video, added a filter, and posted it online.

How is POV used? What does it mean?

Point Of View. I think it comes from gaming.

What a load of happy cheery people you all are. Maybe social media isn’t for you?

Yes somethings annoy me a little but not hugely. People can word things how every they like. The only thing I detest are people making out they are kinds and doing good deeds for people when I know deep down they are a c#nt.