# SDMBisms that irk me for some reason. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614 "2008-09-22T01:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/141 "2008-09-23T02:15:28Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > 1. Shrub for GW Bush. I can’t stand George W., but the Shrub thing annoys me to. I know it didn’t start here, but this seems to be one of the few places that hasn’t tired of it yet. All it really does is make the person using it seem like an angsty teenager. I hate stuff that gives the republicans an easy target to take shots at liberals, and this sure doesn’t make our side look very good. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/142 "2008-09-23T02:24:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > How do you figure? > > Regards, > Shodan I thought I remembered you having spaces above and below, and in between. Did you just switch it to screw with me? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/143 "2008-09-23T03:23:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Total agreement here. This entire thread is really lowering my opinion of some of you in specific, and Dopers in general. We are supposedly “better and brighter” around here, yet this thread and ones like it show us to be among the most petty and intolerant mofos on the 'net. Get a grip, people! Have you noticed which forum this thread is in? Perhaps you need to lighten up. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/144 "2008-09-23T05:17:57Z")
> [@5-HT](#): > > I can’t stand George W., but the Shrub thing annoys me to. I know it didn’t start here, **but this seems to be one of the few places that hasn’t tired of it yet.** With the line I bolded here, I had a bit of an epiphany as to why memes like “3. Hi Opal!”, “When come back bring pie”, and the like, seem to go on way longer than many would like; There are always new members coming in, who’ve never heard (or read) these inside-jokes before, see them as such, and, finding them funny (it’s new to them, remember,) think that using them will help them to fit in. I’m still relatively new to the board, and am guilty of using some of these. I didn’t know that they had worn out their welcome until I actually saw posters complaining about their use. I’m sure tomorrow, there will be someone who will discover this board, see many of these memes and in-jokes, find them funny, and use some of them to try and fit in, not knowing how worn out they are. S^G ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/145 "2008-09-23T07:13:29Z")
[quote=“CalMeacham, post:111, topic:464614”] “…gets on my tit…”? Quite common in the UK. Means really annoys me ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/146 "2008-09-23T07:58:37Z")
> [@rucciface](#): > > “Good on ya”. I have never heard these in real life, in books, on TV, etc., but about 100 times each on this board and that, well, irks me for some reason. You have obviously never been to New Zealand or Australia: it’s common parlance down here. Me, I hate the word “meme” itself. It’s an idea, a slogan, a catch-phrase, an in-joke: the word “meme” only serves to give what already has perfectly servicable words a faux-scientific veneer. And get off my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/147 "2008-09-23T09:54:25Z")
When somoene in a thread anywhere states " I can’t I believe I am the first to mention XXXXXX)." I find that grating. ---
**Author:** ![amijane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@amijane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amijane)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/148 "2008-09-23T10:04:02Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > Similarly pointing out “I, myself…” as redundant, and the like. For one, I don’t believe that it actually is redundant, as I see “I, myself” as having a different denotation to “I” alone, (i.e. it places added stress on the “I”, like placing “ego” at the beginning of the sentence does in Latin—I realise that this may be idiosyncratic). Secondly, there’s a host of good stylistic reasons why redundancies are a good thing. Oh of course linguistic redundancies have their place, it’s just the one redundancy that particularly annoys me and one I’ve only seen in type on the SDMB. Redundancies can be a good thing when used with subtlety and restraint, but are becoming increasingly common inline with our growing habit of constantly adding extraneous emphasis to normal speech. For example, watch any British TV show or listen to the radio and count how often the word “literally” is used. It pops up sometimes 2 or 3 times per sentence. It drives me nutty. It drives me even nuttier when I catch myself doing the same thing. “I find that inappropriate.” \<– normal person. “I, myself, find that inappropriate.” \<– pompous buffoon who needs you to be aware that their opinion matters. That’s just how it sounds to me, which is why it irks me to see it in type. It’s not a big deal, hence me posting to this thread rather than frothing about it over in the pit, but it is something that makes my bum clench whenever I see it or hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/149 "2008-09-23T11:20:33Z")
I’d just like to point out that I was drunk at the time. Pride has then kept me from changing it again because I’d keep hearing **Tuba Diva** saying “I told you so!” in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/150 "2008-09-23T11:44:10Z")
> [@samarm](#): > > An SDMBism I’ve noticed recently, although not particularly irksome, is quoting someone else post but editing the text in a humorous manner, then adding “Fixed that for you”. I first noticed that in the Forgotten Weekend posts (or whatever we’re calling it) and it seems to have continued. I would’ve thought that it constitutes misquoting someone and is therefore not allowed, humourous intent or not. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/151 "2008-09-23T11:51:18Z")
> [@amijane](#): > > “I find that inappropriate.” \<– normal person. > > “I, myself, find that inappropriate.” \<– pompous buffoon who needs you to be aware that their opinion matters. > > That’s just how it sounds to me, which is why it irks me to see it in type. It’s not a big deal, hence me posting to this thread rather than frothing about it over in the pit, but it is something that makes my bum clench whenever I see it or hear it. I guess how we interpret such phrases is subjective because, to me, the first one sounds more assertive, while in the second case the “myself” tempers it to mean “but that’s only my opinion”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/152 "2008-09-23T11:53:46Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:150, topic:464614”] I first noticed that in the Forgotten Weekend posts (or whatever we’re calling it) and it seems to have continued. I would’ve thought that it constitutes misquoting someone and is therefore not allowed, humourous intent or not. [/QUOTE] That’s correct. Altering text in quote boxes isn’t allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/153 "2008-09-23T11:57:31Z")
I, myself, welcome our new pompous overlords. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/154 "2008-09-23T12:13:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > When somoene in a thread anywhere states " I can’t I believe I am the first to mention XXXXXX)." I find that grating. And its cousin, “Forty-seven posts and no one’s mentioned XXXXXX?” It comes across as snide, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/155 "2008-09-23T12:23:36Z")
> [@Satellite\_Guy](#): > > There are always new members coming in, who’ve never heard (or read) these inside-jokes before, see them as such, and, finding them funny (it’s new to them, remember,) think that using them will help them to fit in. > > … > > I’m sure tomorrow, there will be someone who will discover this board, see many of these memes and in-jokes, find them funny, and use some of them to try and fit in, not knowing how worn out they are. Good point, and a good reminder that we could stand to dial back some of the cliquishness around here – because we’re going to get a slew of new members now that we’re no longer PTP – and we’ll want to encourage at least some of them to stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/156 "2008-09-23T12:35:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That’s correct. Altering text in quote boxes isn’t allowed. I wasn’t meaning to Junior Mod by the way (and that’s not meant as a dig at Q.E.D.'s suspension, ok I’ll stop digging now.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/157 "2008-09-23T12:36:03Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > And its cousin, “Forty-seven posts and no one’s mentioned XXXXXX?” > It comes across as snide, IMO. Especially when it turns out all too often that poster 13 and 25 already mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/158 "2008-09-23T12:51:40Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Especially when it turns out all too often that poster 13 and 25 already mentioned it. :rolleyes: I had already mentioned this in post 47. (no, I hadn’t) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/159 "2008-09-23T14:43:24Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Especially when it turns out all too often that poster 13 and 25 already mentioned it. It really and truly does get frustrating to read a perfectly good answer in post 13, the same answer restated in posts 25 and 31, then someone in post 47 saying “I can’t believe nobody’s said [the same thing],” and finally post 72 saying “Wow. 71 posts and nobody’s mentioned [the same thing again].” But I try really hard not to reply to them snarkily (or sarcastically) with “I had already mentioned this in post 13.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614/160 "2008-09-23T14:50:09Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > It really and truly does get frustrating to read a perfectly good answer in post 13, the same answer restated in posts 25 and 31, then someone in post 47 saying “I can’t believe nobody’s said [the same thing],” and finally post 72 saying “Wow. 71 posts and nobody’s mentioned [the same thing again].” > > But I try really hard not to reply to them snarkily (or sarcastically) with “I had already mentioned this in post 13.” I’ll do it in the Café as I consider the Café to be fluff anyway, but I try to keep down the sarcasm. I don’t think it happens much outside of the Café anyway. As long as I am posting, I would like to defend the fact that I sign off. To me it is a good habit in communications and my username does not match my name so I usually sign off. Jim (Before someone suggests I change my user name, I did once already and in those threads it was pointed out to me why it was a bad idea to have Jim as part of my user name. There are dozens of Jims on the board already.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbisms-that-irk-me-for-some-reason/464614.md?page=9)