What with the hue and cry over the quarry meme-to-be, and the mention of other such annoyances in the long history of SDMB, it may be fun to collect as many as we can and have a vote-off for which is the most annoying or insipid or otherwise grating thing we have to contend with as we wander through these threads.
Help build a list we can consider for All-time worst catchphrase or whatever.
What abuses of good taste and humor do you continue to encounter here?
Fap-fap- fap
I mean, ick.
Google is your friend / Here, let me Google that for you.
Some of them were funny, the first three or four times they were used:
Band name
Hi Opal
Let’s go to the quarry
…but have been destroyed by trite and unoriginal overuse.
Others never were funny, even in their original context:
In Soviet Russia…
I’m all for humour, buy try to make it original and therefore witty. That’s not to say that a well-timed, overworked ‘catchphrase’ can indeed work in that context, but it has to be expertly deployed.
…but thanks for playing.
Regards,
Shodan
Welcoming overlords.
I’ve tried to find an older thread (maybe 2-3 years or longer ago) where some disgruntled and unimpressed Doper went off on this one and a few others. A goldmine of contumely and wit. Anybody else remember such posts/threads?
This is definitely not a new subject! Older threads on the subject, if linked to by some of you, could give us a starting group of at least 20 candidates for the poll.
Ay! Throw them in the quarry now;
Long have they made us smile:
For Opal insists on a three-point list
Or a Death Ray of Twenties style.
Though overuse has sunk them down
Low as the Challenger Deep,
We were amused; penis ensued
And the snark gave us something to keep.
We celebrated simulposts
Where Diuran’s Rio gleams;
In truth we built this community
On a bunch of silly memes.
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! Brilliant! I wish I could come up with the little songs as quick as some of y’all do.
I nominate burning your dog for the list (even tho I personally love that one).
Some threads that may help:
This is not a Regards, Shodan pitting
Vox? Valete? Globos meos lambe
Posters you can’t stand. Pit rules f***ing apply!
I’ll admit I’ve done it a few times myself.
“JPEG!”
Moved MPSIMS --> IMHO.
I’ll leave it to you to decide whether that’s a report of my actions or a nomination for the list.
Bravo! Well done!
The Dio Show… oh wait nobody’s said that in ages. 
The phrase, “… makes me stabby.”
It just makes me… stabby! :mad:
Here is a related poll I posted in July.
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Outstanding! Thanks for the memory refresher, too. That was great fun as well. And a mighty list of abhorrences, to boot.
It nevers fails to amaze me how quickly after a good idea has been addressed, and convincingly, it will arise again as a “new thought” or “new thread.” My sincere apologies to you and your excellent thread. I even participated in it! How could I have forgotten?
Gobsmacked
Words fail
I’ve a <something>… when written by an American.
Vibrant community
That’s a very normal slang term in the UK.
While we’re on annoying regionalisms, I still can’t get my head round the use of “any more” in the positive sense. “I eat a lot of tacos any more.” WTF.