# Doper memes that I wish would just go away **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877 "2011-04-27T11:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/81 "2011-04-28T11:48:18Z")
I have to confess that I had no idea about ‘teh’. Where the hell did that come from? What’s the joke? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/82 "2011-04-28T11:58:13Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I have to confess that I had no idea about ‘teh’. > > Where the hell did that come from? What’s the joke? It’s a common typographical error of the word “The”. And it’s not generally supposed to be “Funny” when used intentionally, more of a wry smile or wink. It’s much like referring to the Internet in plural (“Internets”)- it’s not supposed to make you fall about laughing, but it’s a sort of knowing, wry in-joke or catchphrase, of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/83 "2011-04-28T12:47:44Z")
> [@ImNotPaulAvery](#): > > OK fair enough, but whatever you call “lolz,” “teh,” “hi opal,” “nuke from orbit” and the like needs to stop. That shit is annoying. > > People know when they are doing it because they do it on purpose. I’ll jump right on that. “Random poster who I have never heard of” on the net wants me to make all my posts conform to his idiotic biases. Check. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/84 "2011-04-28T13:09:13Z")
Yeah, trying to enforce arbitrary posting styles is teh lame. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/85 "2011-04-28T13:14:00Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Yeah, trying to enforce arbitrary posting styles is teh lame. I checked with Duran Duran, and they told me I didn’t have to! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/86 "2011-04-28T13:29:13Z")
For some reason, reading “title says it all” as the first words in an OP irritates me immensely. Because not only does the title not say it all, but the poster almost always acknowledges that by typing a whole bunch of words right after that phrase. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/87 "2011-04-28T13:36:13Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Any reference to our dear **Hal** and sheep. It was tasteless and dumb in the beginning and now it’s just BORING. > > And it was YEARS ago! Let it go, already! Ewe first. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/88 "2011-04-28T13:55:25Z")
People posting every detail of their cats’ lives. “Ooh, look at this picture, my cat just batted that piece of string. Isn’t that cute?” The only thing that would be worse is if people habitually posted details about their babies’ lives. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/89 "2011-04-28T13:55:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ewe first. Oh, you’re bahhhhhd. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/90 "2011-04-28T14:44:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ewe first. Dammit, where’s the like button at this place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/91 "2011-04-28T17:02:01Z")
> [@ImNotPaulAvery](#): > > OK fair enough, but whatever you call “lolz,” “teh,” “hi opal,” “nuke from orbit” and the like needs to stop. That shit is annoying. > > People know when they are doing it because they do it on purpose. I told you, newbie, I won’t stop “nuke it from orbit”. So deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/92 "2011-04-28T18:07:49Z")
So far nobody has commented on one-word sentences used to “cleverly” create emphasis. Biggest. Annoyance. Ever. mm ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/93 "2011-04-28T18:09:48Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > So far nobody has commented on one-word sentences used to “cleverly” create emphasis. > > Biggest. Annoyance. Ever. See. the. OP. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/94 "2011-04-28T18:23:11Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I told you, newbie, I won’t stop “nuke it from orbit”. So deal with it. Chuck Norris nukes Zombies from orbit. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/95 "2011-04-28T18:39:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’ll jump right on that. > > “Random poster who I have never heard of” on the net wants me to make all my posts conform to his idiotic biases. > > Check. Who the heck is PaulAvery? (need answer fast!) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/96 "2011-04-28T19:12:12Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Cow-orkers That’s a Scott Adams thing, not an SDMB thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/97 "2011-04-28T19:35:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > See. the. OP. I. Am. The. OP. m. m. m. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/98 "2011-04-28T19:40:54Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Any reference to our dear **Hal** and sheep. It was tasteless and dumb in the beginning and now it’s just BORING. > > And it was YEARS ago! Let it go, already! I quite agree. But just now I was walking past the hospital gift shop and they had a table of Easter sale stuff laid out, including these adorable toy stuffed lambs, and the very first thing that popped into my head… The Dope has a lot to answer for. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/99 "2011-04-28T22:34:42Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > Instead of “my wife” it’s **Mrs. (my username)** (or **Mr. (my username)**) > > It makes me cringe when people do that. Just say “my husband” and stop trying to be cute. Finally, one I can get behind. Even worse when they talk about their kids, **(username)lad** and **(username)girl**. I mean, it’s one thing if your spouse/child has an account here and you’re using their actual board name, but this “let’s pretend my username is my real name and the name of everyone in my household is a variation on it” thing is so played out. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877/100 "2011-04-28T23:24:34Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Finally, one I can get behind. > > Even worse when they talk about their kids, **(username)lad** and **(username)girl**. > > I mean, it’s one thing if your spouse/child has an account here and you’re using their actual board name, but this “let’s pretend my username is my real name and the name of everyone in my household is a variation on it” thing is so played out. Maybe they don’t want to use real names (in the case of kids) :rolleyes: For SO’s I find it endearing/cute. YMMV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-memes-that-i-wish-would-just-go-away/579877.md?page=6)