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    #242
    Terry..
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭Terry..


    chuky_r_law wrote: »
    maybe its mentioned already but the term 'simples' at the end of an explanation is still used. drives me nuts.



    also sticking on 'you're welcome' at the end. like when you ask a question and someone comes back with a glaringly obvious bit of advice that clearly you had not considered. and usually its crap advice. for example...



    me: does anyone know where i can get a few pairs of jeans fixed in town...got some holes in them


    internet person: go to Dunnes and buy a sewing kit for a 2 euros. do it yourself. you're welcome.

    Simples is number 1

    It's like a moron who thinks he's talking to morons but doesn't realise he's one


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    #243
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,489 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Moron, idiot, imbecile, cretin, mouth breather.


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    #244
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,753 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    filler episode, especially on less the 12 ep shows


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    #245
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    "No ones forcing you to watch it" or "if you don't like it change the channel" on thread discussions about TV shows, films etc.
    "Um... so what TV scripts have you written yourself?"


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    #246
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    This is my last post on the subject......

    blah

    blah


    OK, that's me out

    I know I said I was finished but can I just say that my last tantrum didnt have the desired effect, I was still lurking and finally got pissed off enough that nobody listened to me the first time to post again Poster 1, 2 and 3 you are still wrong about everything you are posting about. Ok now Im off to enjoy the sunshine because I actually have a life, and I suggest you all do the same
    I don't have a life


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    #247
    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Lurleen wrote: »
    Have I gone back to 2008? Where are Terry and Karoma? And the good Doctor Testicle?

    Don’t know what you’re talking about. I just found this account underneath a sofa cushion and started using it.

    On topic: assuming people must’ve died or had some catastrophic falling out and re-regged if they stop posting on Boards.


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    #248
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    chuky_r_law wrote: »
    also sticking on 'you're welcome' at the end. like when you ask a question and someone comes back with a glaringly obvious bit of advice that clearly you had not considered. and usually its crap advice. for example...

    Yeh, it's generally not a helpful answer. Its clearly some kind of snark, hence the sneering "You're welcome".

    I also hate

    "I'll wait"

    It is used by someone who thinks he has an unanswerable question. Generally the question is wrong as in

    "So you think the Moon isn't made of cheese then? Do you have sources for that..

    I'll wait"


    The implication is that he will be waiting a long time. I tend to answer by saying "Of course you re going to wait. Why would somebody get back to you immediately"

    Anybody using that phrase is generally a twat.


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    #249
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    "No ones forcing you to watch it" or "if you don't like it change the channel" on thread discussions about TV shows, films etc.

    Thats reasonable if someone continues to watch something they hate, to contribute to a thread about that program.

    That said the radio forums would close down if people didn't post about what they hate. And the LLS thread too.


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    #250
    CarProblem
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭CarProblem


    so many, most already mentioned, and I'm probably forgetting loads

    - quotes a post with one word reply "This"
    - "there I said it". Usually after posting something in now way controversial
    - Post a link with "I'm just gonna leave this here"
    - "wow....just.....wow"
    - post a reply with a sarcastic "you're welcome", often with "you're" misspelled
    - That's how we ended up with Trump
    - random one but really, really annoys me (probably says more about me tbh!). People posting Amazon bargains where the price is lower in Ireland as UK VAT is removed with Irish VAT only added if the amount is > €22. "Oh look, this is reduced. £12 on the website but £10 for us".


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    #251
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users Posts: 6,177 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    RCC = Catholic church - usually said by some embittered auld dhrip whose arse is still sore after all those years


    AGS - De Guards, said by some smarmy git trying to sound official


    DRLs - Strip of LED lights on posh cars. Oft said by the kind of eejit who gets involved in a heated debate about fog lights and fast lanes


    ICE - Ordinary car engine. Said by some dope who doesn't realise the battery in a car is really just for turning the starter




    "Per corner" - when talking about buying tyres they're known as "corners" instead of "tyres" :confused:


    WRC - Train line going through tuam and some other places - Said by a member of the Irish Bus & Greenway appreciation society


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    #252
    Antares35
    Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    People saying "don't bother replying to this". It's like please please please let me have the last word. :D

    Or "I'm out" or even worse "aaaaand......I'm out".
    It's not poker you know.

    And "I'll bite".


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    #253
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Might have been mentioned already in this thread but 'failed to read the room' is popping up a lot in the covid threads and for some reason its like nails on a chalkboard for my eyes.


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    #254
    CarProblem
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭CarProblem


    Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »
    'failed to read the room'

    How could I forget this one - similarly some posters are told to "read the room" before posting something

    Then there's a small number of (male) posters who blame men for everything "a lot of angry men on here (it's always men)......."

    I find it amazing how quickly bullsh!t phrases proliferate after being used in a few instances

    I remember years and year ago there was (briefly thankfully) a trend of people posting "most" instead of "almost". Then a few years after that using the French word "le" in front of emotions. Ending a post not with "sigh" or "groan" but "le sigh" or "le groan" :(

    Though of course we still have people use "sans" instead of without - always strikes me as someone trying to be funny/intellectual/high brow but failing miserably

    "living rent free in your head" - off to dignitas with you


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    #255
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    Maybe this is just me but I have noticed that a lot of people in professional broadcasting (chiefly sports pundits) use big words that they don't understand and out of context.

    For example pedantic instead of pedestrian.

    This is is happening on boards.


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    #256
    Simon201
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Absolutely disgraceful behaviour



    (or variations on that theme...)


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    #257
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,742 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Ok boomer.


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