# More SDMB memes you're sick of **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779 "2007-05-04T18:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/21 "2007-05-04T20:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] I am _so_ sick of dead cats. [/QUOTE] Look in the mirror and ask yourself why there are so many of them. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/22 "2007-05-04T20:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] I can’t say your arguments lacks logic, but the term “pro-life” is just the term that people use. It’s not like there are 10 equally well known and understood terms that mean “anti-abortion” and people are consciously choosing to use “pro-life”. That’s just what the phrase is, and it’s hardly the fault of random rank-and-file anti-abortion people that the term that they end up using, becuase it’s THE term, is “pro-life”. Now, whatever twisted genius of issue-framing came up with that term and popularized it in the first place, THAT person might be someone who you should have issues with. [/QUOTE] It is not “just the term people use.” It’s a term carefully chosen by the group in order to convey a certain feeling. They think it works for them because it paints the opposition as “pro-death” or maybe “anti-life”. It’s not just some neutral term that arose from nowhere. So, it’s perfectly valid to say, “You aren’t pro-life, you are, at best, pro-birth,” because that’s really as far as most of these people take it. I do feel a need to mention the notable exception of Catholics (in particular, although I realize many protestants hold this view too) who actually work to help the women who have unplanned pregnancies, and to help children born into unfortunate circumstances. They also oppose the death penalty. Those people are somewhat deserving of the name “pro-life”, even thought I still find it divisive. The anti-women camp, however, can kiss my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/23 "2007-05-04T20:22:49Z")
I’m pretty sick of seeing people use variations of their own names to refer to family members. “So today I was playing with **Merkboy** when his sister **Merksis** comes in and…” I’m sure it was cute to some people at some point in time, but I know I can’t be the only one sick and tired of this, right? To me it’s annoying and not clever. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/24 "2007-05-04T20:24:14Z")
[QUOTE=miss elizabeth] It is not “just the term people use.” It’s a term carefully chosen by the group in order to convey a certain feeling. They think it works for them because it paints the opposition as “pro-death” or maybe “anti-life”. It’s not just some neutral term that arose from nowhere. So, it’s perfectly valid to say, “You aren’t pro-life, you are, at best, pro-birth,” because that’s really as far as most of these people take it. I do feel a need to mention the notable exception of Catholics (in particular, although I realize many protestants hold this view too) who actually work to help the women who have unplanned pregnancies, and to help children born into unfortunate circumstances. They also oppose the death penalty. Those people are somewhat deserving of the name “pro-life”, even thought I still find it divisive. The anti-women camp, however, can kiss my ass. [/QUOTE] But much the same could be said of the term “pro-choice.” It’s a mealy-mouthed term coined to draw attention away from the fact that an abortion kills something which, if not fully human, is very close to being so. If it isn’t infanticide, it’s the nearest thing to it. Saying you are “pro-choice” makes you no less of a weasel than saying you are “pro-life.” But then, politics both left and right tends to generate an awful lot of mealy-mouthed euphemisms. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/25 "2007-05-04T20:29:23Z")
Ending sentences with prepositions. Just kidding. [QUOTE=DrDeth] Anti-abortion is really anti-sex-(except sex for having a baby in Christian Wedlock). [/QUOTE] Um, no it’s not. At all. Cat threads. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/26 "2007-05-04T20:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] It\* is \* contradictory for someone to be “pro-life” and pro-death-penalty. [/QUOTE] No more so than it is for someone to be “pro-choice” and also hold some other belief that denies people a choice about something (whether to own guns, for example). ---
**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:** [May 4, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/27 "2007-05-04T20:37:45Z")
People who complain about cat threads. People who complain about threads they didn’t have to read. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/28 "2007-05-04T20:41:55Z")
People who complain about cat threads without pictures. Cat threads without pictures (hey, no one said I have to be consistent). Any and all use of the term _classical liberal_. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/29 "2007-05-04T20:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] I’m pretty sick of seeing people use variations of their own names to refer to family members. “So today I was playing with **Merkboy** when his sister **Merksis** comes in and…” I’m sure it was cute to some people at some point in time, but I know I can’t be the only one sick and tired of this, right? To me it’s annoying and not clever. [/QUOTE] no, you’re not alone, although I’ll grant you that sometimes it’s easier in a thread to have that sort of name, so you can figure out who is being spoken of. My spouse is Snookie, by the way, thanks for asking. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/30 "2007-05-04T20:45:18Z")
I have no mind, and I must meme. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/31 "2007-05-04T20:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat] But much the same could be said of the term “pro-choice.” It’s a mealy-mouthed term coined to draw attention away from the fact that an abortion kills something which, if not fully human, is very close to being so. If it isn’t infanticide, it’s the nearest thing to it. Saying you are “pro-choice” makes you no less of a weasel than saying you are “pro-life.” But then, politics both left and right tends to generate an awful lot of mealy-mouthed euphemisms. [/QUOTE] well, I never said I like the term “pro-choice.” I don’t. So what? That isn’t what the OP was about. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/32 "2007-05-04T20:57:33Z")
MEME, [for](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meme) [what](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meme) it’s [worth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme). ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/33 "2007-05-04T21:06:09Z")
Such easy offense at “Why did you have to bring ‘Fat’ into the title” It’s a descriptor people. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/34 "2007-05-04T21:07:17Z")
Wait a minute. Isn’t Meme that dame that dies in Lobbo Wem? No matter how many times you see it, she dies every time. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/35 "2007-05-04T21:10:54Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] _Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose._ [/QUOTE] Junior modding can be pretty annoying BTW, please don’t post in anything other than english. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/36 "2007-05-04T21:17:01Z")
[QUOTE=miss elizabeth] It is not “just the term people use.” It’s a term carefully chosen by the group in order to convey a certain feeling. They think it works for them because it paints the opposition as “pro-death” or maybe “anti-life”. It’s not just some neutral term that arose from nowhere. So, it’s perfectly valid to say, “You aren’t pro-life, you are, at best, pro-birth,” because that’s really as far as most of these people take it. I do feel a need to mention the notable exception of Catholics (in particular, although I realize many protestants hold this view too) who actually work to help the women who have unplanned pregnancies, and to help children born into unfortunate circumstances. They also oppose the death penalty. Those people are somewhat deserving of the name “pro-life”, even thought I still find it divisive. The anti-women camp, however, can kiss my ass. [/QUOTE] Two responses: (1) While there is some basic truth to what you are saying, that doesn’t make people who are “pro-life” and pro-death-penalty hypocrites, it just makes “pro-life” a weasely term (2) Whatever weaseleyness there is in it is due to whoever weasellishly popularized it whenever it was popularized. Nowadays, it’s fait accompli. Similarly, it makes very little sense that our “Democratic” and “Republican” parties do not, as far as I know, have platforms that argue for the US being a pure democracy vs. a republic, but those are just the names they have. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/37 "2007-05-04T21:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] Dear God, man, don’t bring up the indoor-only-meme vs. indoor/outdoor-meme debate, or this thread will never recover. [/QUOTE] Wait 'till I confess that I had my meme de-claused. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/38 "2007-05-04T21:23:55Z")
I hate the use of initials like CGI without explaining what the hell it is to the uninitiated. Otherwise we don’t know what we are sneering at. I assume its Computer Graphics something-or-other but without the “other” the post has little meaning. The first time you use OISTABTI (Obscure Initial String To All But The Insiders), define it for us boobs. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/39 "2007-05-04T21:24:24Z")
“Fuckwit”. It was funny the first time I saw it. Then it got overused and tired, and now when I see it I find it embarrassingly hackneyed. Although it appears that **Oakminster** left, so I don’t see it nearly as much these days. He was like the guy that tells you the same unfunny joke every single time you see him, like you’ve never heard it before, and he busts a gut over it each and every time. And you’ve known him like 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779/40 "2007-05-04T21:26:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] I am _so_ sick of dead cats. [/QUOTE] You just don’t know how to cook them. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-sdmb-memes-youre-sick-of/402779.md?page=3)