Influencers. — Sir2u
Attention spans are down to 5 seconds.
Being interrupted or talked over.
No one reads anything greater than 3 or 4 sentences.
No one will read, watch, or listen to what you recommend - no matter how enthusiastically.
People who, when describing what person X said, does a voice impression that reduces that X to a blithering idiot.
Anyone who thinks "Saving Private Ryan" is a great movie.
Reaction videos.
The phrase "YOLO." — Mikie
Being held responsible/reprimanded for an outcome that isn't my fault. — Nils Loc
Folks in stores who are looking at their phone while blocking isles with their cart/bodies. — Nils Loc
Influencers — Sir2u
Dragon fruit. — L'éléphant
the one that annoys me that everyone goes on about is the Shawshank Redemption, which I dislike — Jamal
Discontinued or unavailable manufacturing parts or planned obsolescence (should be laws against this bullshit) — Nils Loc
Supermarket music — Vera Mont
Soundtracks so loud you can't hear the dialogue. — Vera Mont
Yes, these are sweeping generalizations. I don't care.
Also, this is a living document. — Mikie
In these troubled times we all get the ‘bothers’ but I have a surefire cure: write them down
Michael Rosen
The sentence was created to make sense of the world, but some things are beyond logic. Forget what you learned at school, let the words out.
Treat yourself. Instead of reading the rest of this article, first go and write down something that’s bothering you …
[...]
Here’s the experiment:
Whatever word or phrase comes into your head, write it down. Don’t worry about whether it fills the whole line (part of the tyranny of the sentence!). Don’t worry if it sounds unfinished.
Now wait.
Whatever next thought comes into your mind, write it down underneath that previous line. I call this “unfolding”. Now repeat this unfolding for as short or as long a time as you want. Remember that you can nick anything you want from songs, poems, plays or films that help you express this bother.
Mine, today, might look something like this:
Losing
Losing the way
Losing my grip
Losing the sense
Losing it
Losing him
Lost
But don’t worry about what mine look like, or about getting them right. They’re yours.
The point of this is whether it’s doing you good. The best response is if people wish to have a go themselves, because in sharing bothers we start to find that we are less alone than we’re inclined to think we are.
We find company and help in our similarities and commonalities...Writing might not be an instant cure for all your bothers, but it can be a way of feeling less in a hole alone with yourself. — Michael Rosen - The Guardian
But i did, for fun, paint on the back of a jacket:
I Care
Don't
You
? — Vera Mont
It's not nearly as intense, however, as using 'I' as object of a preposition. "This means so much to John and I!" Urrgghhh! If John were out of the picture, would you say "This means so much to I!" ? Or the phrase "try and" instead of "try to". — Vera Mont
Not only do infinitive verbs not require to, but and is a long-established partner in the same position—that is, between a verb and an infinitive following it. The construction has been around since the 13th century, when it mostly occurred with infinitives following begin, take, go, and come. Today it's used with go and come ("Go and ask them," "Come and see"), as well as with other verbs: "Wait and let me finish," "Stop and chat for a while." — Merriam-Webster
Sorry to LOOSE my temper. — Mikie
Vaping
Harmful and dangerous
First and second-hand
Money making
Lung destroying
Air polluting
The planet
Toxic waste
Why? — Amity
Today it's used with go and come ("Go and ask them," "Come and see"), as well as with other verbs: "Wait and let me finish," "Stop and chat for a while." — Merriam-Webster
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