- “Og” instead of “God”
- “Cow-orker” instead of “coworker”
- Hi, Opal!
Yes, all three memes.
I’m indifferent to the inside jokes mentioned in the OP, and I suspect I’ll be equally indifferent to most of the replies to this thread. That said, I can’t let a thread like this pass without taking the opportunity to mention the one and only feature I abhor that is inherent (solely, in my experience) to this board. I don’t know that it qualifies as a “meme”, but:
The :rolleyes: smiley must DIE.
Message board posters in general are sufficiently skilled at conveying the message “I am being a smug, self-superior jackhole” without the added benefit of a visual aid. Since the first day I joined these boards, I have loathed that thing with every fiber of my being that I can bring myself to dedicate to loathing a vBulletin smiley, which is not that many fibers all told, but the point still stands.
Kill it. Kill it now.
Agreed. Replace it with the old “Putz!” smiley. How I do miss that smiley. And no, I’m not being sarcastic.
Definitely IANAL. It just looks icky. Maybe not a SDMS meme per-se, but every time I see it I think, “Oh, that person enjoys it up the butt”.
Oh, and I still have no idea why “1920’s style Death Ray” pops up every so often.
This.
Also, saying “This”.
This.
Well 1920s Style “Death Ray” certainly has every right to pop up whenever s/he pleases.
And, perhaps some people are proud of the fact that they anal. Wouldn’t you be?
References to that deep place and the time period between 19 and 21 min… ugh… I can’t even type it.
I pit…
Bolding mine.
In all seriousness I hate the use of “this” or +1 as an entire post. Even if you agree with it completely, you could elaborate at least a wee bit please.
I don’t really mind the “Og”, “Cow-orker” or “Hi, Opal!” bits but I wouldn’t miss them much.
The one where people start cracking racist or sexist jokes/puns to show how enlightened, but ironic they are…either that or it’s just a chickenshit way to tell racist or sexist jokes and get away with it.
I notice this too. If you want to tell a racist joke, just tell it. Come on. Don’t insult us by pretending you are just above it all and stooping to pretend to be a racist for the sake of a haughty laugh. Bitch, please. Tell your racist joke and make it funny, so we can all just have a regular, old fashioned, non-ironic laugh.
As for memes, I kind of like them. They give the place its own style; even the annoying memes.
I admit that the smilies are a bit annoying. But I won’t disable smilies because sometimes the one with the three question marks cracks me up. When a poster uses it just right.
The 1920’s style death ray seems to have died a natural death. Same with “once, for 20 minutes…” though that pops up if the Marianas trench comes up in some discussion.
*You need to find a new job. Quit now! This minute! *
Usually posted 5 or 6 times in response to an ‘advice requested for situation at work’ thread. Would be at least understandable if said work situation was ‘My Boss twatted me with a tyre iron this morning’. More usually posted in response to ‘My Boss is not a very good communicator’ or ‘people in office went to lunch without me’
The word memes.
I don’t think the word meme is particular to the SDMB. I’m not sure why you’d want to do away with it though, it’s a very useful word.
SDMB Words And Phrases That Are Passed On, Which People Always Say, is a bit of a mouthful.
It bores me, but I seem to be in the minority.
The one where SDMB posters think they are some sort of intellectual elite. I’d say SDMB posters are slightly above average at best.
Some posts and some posters just beg for a :rolleyes: And I don’t exempt myself there.
I want the Jewish smiley back!
I don’t care for the occasional “Christian Taliban/Religious Reich” memes, of course, but oh well.