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Why?

We can talk about God. It's not a banned topic.
Mods are not Gods. Yes, we realize that all alone.
G-d is also not hurting anyone. Why would we flamebait players by changing it to Satan, which is about as intentionally offense as you can get?

Should we script atheist to convert to daisy-sniffer? Wiccan to convert to aardvark? woman to "baby making barefoot beer bottle stand?" Male to "huge ego, tiny...."

I think not.

...oh, to be in a day and age where even Katganistan fails to recognize joke posts. :(

For whatever reason, the word "haters" really gets on my nerves. Anyone else, or am I just slowly going crazy?

What about people who drink haterade, the thirst-quencher of choice for discerning haters?

What about people who drink haterade, the thirst-quencher of choice for discerning haters?

and if someone hated on haterade...what would that make them?

and if someone hated on haterade...what would that make them?

A Monster? Maybe a Red Bull? Or quite possibly...a RockStar?

A Monster? Maybe a Red Bull? Or quite possibly...a RockStar?

I think it would make them Jolt Cola.

I think it would make them Jolt Cola.

Yuck. That stuff tasted more like battery acid than most sodas do. That was a bad idea, right up there with 'New Coke' and 'Crystal Pepsi.'

More incentive to learn then. If we're not going to legislate English as an official language, there are other ways...

Trust me, I am not so arrogant as to think that every asinine thing some bureaucrat does is directed at me personally. The topic is 'phrases that annoy you' and that does. The way it was said apparently tripped your PC filter, though, for which, this: "...he thought it was funny and failed to realize everyone would assume he was an asshole." Although there is nothing to say that they can't both be true.
Really? Then you expect every visitor from every corner of the world to speak English just because he or she is visiting here? My.

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/lyse_e/berlin_07/1185477060/donxt-walk-sign.jpg/tpod.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_vogel/3006273147/

http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Walk/Don%27t/Walk/Signal

As a matter of fact, if you peruse those signals from around the world, the vast majority of them do not have words; only symbols to get the idea across. Probably because they, you know, don't want visitors to get maimed in traffic accidents.

As for my so-called PC filter -- no, it's not my PC filter that was tripped. It was the logic circuits, seeing the illogical complaints over a safety signal as if making it useful for the visually impaired and those unable to read the language is a sign that the government is in some way coddling them.

Yuck. That stuff tasted more like battery acid than most sodas do. That was a bad idea, right up there with 'New Coke' and 'Crystal Pepsi.'

don't forget...

http://www.bevnet.com/images/reviews/pepsi-kona/pepsi-kona.jpg

Yuck. That stuff tasted more like battery acid than most sodas do. That was a bad idea, right up there with 'New Coke' and 'Crystal Pepsi.'
Now there's something we can agree on.

Now there's something we can agree on.
I actually liked Crystal Pepsi. :(

Really? Then you expect every visitor from every corner of the world to speak English just because he or she is visiting here?

No, that was a joke too. What this site needs is a 'sarcasm' button, or maybe a 'joke' button right next to the 'underline' button, so that people can take me(and themselves, maybe)less seriously.

http://www.bevnet.com/images/reviews/pepsi-kona/pepsi-kona.jpg

I never saw that on shelves around here. Is that...coffee Pepsi? What an insanely terrible idea.

I actually liked Crystal Pepsi. :(

See what got me about Crystal Pepsi is that, while it tasted like Pepsi(except for maybe a faint lemon-y taste)it(appeared anyways)to have less carbonation, so that it looked like water, which always kind of threw me off.

You really have to ask that question? Really?

Yes I really do.

Does it make you feel cool?

Yes I really do.

Does it make you feel cool?

Why would your need to ask a completely pointless and self-answerable question make me feel anything for you but pity?

"Shrub" came from W's inferiority to his father in just about every political respect (including political respect).

"Dubya" was, if not a self-coining, encouraged to flourish as a folksy, "have-a-beer-with-me", nickname. Your question is like asking why many people use any nickname.

For whatever reason, the word "haters" really gets on my nerves. Anyone else, or am I just slowly going crazy?

Nah. I dislike that word, too. It's an excuse to lob at those who are too close to an ugly or unflattering truth about something the user of that word likes. To reduce to absurdity in an example:

A: Hitler was the bomb, he TOtally whipped unemployment. That's why I think he was so cool.

B: But he was responsible for the deaths of millions!

A: You just a hater.

The word serves those without debating skill, or indeed any factual information, as a way to stifle debate.

Why would your need to ask a completely pointless and self-answerable question make me feel anything for you but pity?

"Shrub" came from W's inferiority to his father in just about every political respect (including political respect).

"Dubya" was, if not a self-coining, encouraged to flourish as a folksy, "have-a-beer-with-me", nickname. Your question is like asking why many people use any nickname.

Well it wasn't self answerable, was it?

So why shrub? And does that mean he first used Dubya?

Well it wasn't self answerable, was it?

So why shrub? And does that mean he first used Dubya?

Did you not read the post you quoted? "Shrub" is a small Bush, get it? Bush Jr.

I have no idea who first used Dubya, but the fact that he condones it means it's legitimate enough.

Did you not read the post you quoted? "Shrub" is a small Bush, get it? Bush Jr.

I thought you were talking about inferiority or something rather than being a small bush. But regardless the term shrub still annoys me.

I have no idea who first used Dubya, but the fact that he condones it means it's legitimate enough.

Well yes then, fair enough

I thought you were talking about inferiority or something rather than being a small bush. But regardless the term shrub still annoys me.

Fair enough.

In fact, you might say you Hate it? A Hater hater, lol :p

Or are you just a hater?

What about people who drink haterade, the thirst-quencher of choice for discerning haters?

and if someone hated on haterade...what would that make them?

I hate you. I hate you all. *runs off to corner*

In hindsight, I should have seen that coming.

No, that was a joke too. What this site needs is a 'sarcasm' button, or maybe a 'joke' button right next to the 'underline' button, so that people can take me(and themselves, maybe)less seriously.



I never saw that on shelves around here. Is that...coffee Pepsi? What an insanely terrible idea.



See what got me about Crystal Pepsi is that, while it tasted like Pepsi(except for maybe a faint lemon-y taste)it(appeared anyways)to have less carbonation, so that it looked like water, which always kind of threw me off.
I think that what they did, pretty much, was leave out the artificial caramel color and lighten up on the flavors a lot so what you got was pretty close to seltzer -- if I remember correctly.

don't forget...

http://www.bevnet.com/images/reviews/pepsi-kona/pepsi-kona.jpg
You should have tried Pepsi Blue. Imagine Pepsi crossed with Hawaiian Punch and colored electric blue.

"Change you can beleive in!"

Sick of it, sick and fucking tired of it...

You should have tried Pepsi Blue. Imagine Pepsi crossed with Hawaiian Punch and colored electric blue.

I actually liked it.

"Change you can beleive in!"

Sick of it, sick and fucking tired of it...

Candidates have had catchphrases as far back as 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," but yeah, this one smacks of focus-groupped, boardroom 'motivational' speak, which I don't really care for. Not that McCain's wasn't shit, but there are degrees of shit. :D

The phrase "cool beans" has always rubbed me the wrong way.

"A'ight" - NO. It's "alright" or "all right." The extra letters may appear superflous, but rest assured, they are needed.

"Ya feel me?" - No I don't, and if you're close enough that I can, you're way too close.

"Holla!" Again, NO. There can be no justification for this and it needs to die.

"Holla!" Again, NO. There can be no justification for this and it needs to die.NO!

You just reminded me about the "Go die in a fire!" thing. That particular phrase needs to suffer an excruciatingly brutal halt of usage. It annoys me to no end.

"A'ight" - NO. It's "alright" or "all right." The extra letters may appear superflous, but rest assured, they are needed.

"Ya feel me?" - No I don't, and if you're close enough that I can, you're way too close.

"Holla!" Again, NO. There can be no justification for this and it needs to die.

Still better than "you smell me?" Unfortunately too often asked by people I can smell.

NO! You just reminded me about the "Go die in a fire!" thing. That particular phrase needs to suffer an excruciatingly brutal halt of usage. It annoys me to no end.

I've never heard 'go die in a fire' used. But yeah, I see how that could get old.

Still better than "you smell me?" Unfortunately too often asked by people I can smell.

I'm not sure if that's better or worse than 'smell ya later' which is also terribly annoying.

hella _____

'jokes'

My sisters and their pikey little friends in London use this one. From what I can tell, it seems to be either an exclamation with a meaning approximately equivalent to 'lol', or it can be used in a sentence like "It was jokes", which apparently means "It was very amusing."

Probably the most retarded slang I've heard in a long time.

"I'm not racist but..."

Thats just like hella lame. A'ight, peace, smell ya later.

Slang words I hate:

innit, bo, sick (when something is good), wot, wotever, "like" being used constantly in a sentence (eg. "like well yea you like no wot i mean like?"). Also I hate it when people drop the "t" in a word. :mad:

'bro' prefixing any other word. I was waiting for wrestling to come on tonight and I saw a commercial for a show called 'Bromance', which from the look of it is some kind of gay dating show.

'Axe' used in place of 'ask.' As in 'I axed him, and he didn't say anything.' When I hear this, I always think 'well, no wonder, generally after you axe someone, they're not all that communicative.'

Candidates have had catchphrases as far back as 'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too," but yeah, this one smacks of focus-groupped, boardroom 'motivational' speak, which I don't really care for. Not that McCain's wasn't shit, but there are degrees of shit. :D

No, the catch phrase is so overused, by people who think its funny; to point out the fact that things haven't changed barely a week into the presidency.