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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOMG... I was overliked at dinner by the couple at the next table.
Bear with me.
I didn't know them, they didn't know me, they didn't gush over me, I don't think they even noticed me, and I didn't speak to them nor they to me.
But they DID annoy me. Their conversation.... You don't really WANT to tune in to what your neighbors are saying, but sometimes in close proximity you can't NOT hear it. Maybe I shouldn't be so irritable but it becomes like nails on a blackboard.
I call it being "overliked". You've probably also been overliked.
I'll explain by posting a bit of what the young fellow was saying to his friend:
"So, I was LIKE watching this documentary, and it was LIKE about immigration, and I sort of LIKE felt sorry for those people because I'm sure it must be LIKE terrifying to come a strange place because LIKE your own country is so bad LIKE. And Ford LIKE doesn't make cars anymore, because LIKE they're moving to all truck and SUV production because that's LIKE the future. LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE....."
What is it with this Like Generation? Granted... we had our "um's" and "you know's"... is "LIKE" supposed to be a step up from those? It's ANNOYING AS HELL.
And you really, really, really want to lean over and say "young man, you say LIKE too much"... but you don't because you don't want to cause a scene, or admit that you were listening to them even though it was entirely not your fault, nor hurt some feelings, and they seem to be otherwise very fine people. Really unlikable, though.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,121 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)dhill926
(16,309 posts)know what I'm sayin'?
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)ya feel me?
a kennedy
(29,606 posts)HATE IT. Now its or was moving forward. And im trying to get over awesome myself.
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redwitch
(14,940 posts)He could have been, like, gushing over the orange moron.
LakeArenal
(28,798 posts)Says Just like that, after every service.
Take the order, just like that
Bring the drink, just like that
Bring dinner, just like that. 😳😳
Skittles
(153,104 posts)standing in line at a book store, a couple of 20 something gals behind me, they were like, talking about upcoming job interviews and like, how nerve wracking it would be and like, we need to get tips on the internet....I turned around and said, excuse me, I HAVE A TIP FOR YOU ....you need keep your LIKE HABIT in check during a job interview.....I agree it is ANNOYING as hell.....neither one of them was aware they were doing this, it had become normalized
spooky3
(34,401 posts)Its maddening!
AJT
(5,240 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)so many buzz terms these days!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,371 posts)I live in a high rise apartment building with many 20 and 30 something tenants. Occasionally I will get on the elevator with a couple of them having a conversation loaded with "likes". It really is a terrible habit.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)a kennedy
(29,606 posts)Callalily
(14,885 posts)Another one is when people end the sentence on an active or two higher than the rest of the sentence, or sing the last word or two! Sheesh!
zanana1
(6,102 posts)We said "like" constantly. I guess it made a comeback.
Goodheart
(5,307 posts)Great movie.... except for its societal impact, I guess.
zanana1
(6,102 posts)sl8
(13,653 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,315 posts)... I don't actually have anything to add. I just notice when verbal responses start out, "Yeah, so ...".
And that's "irregardless" of whether they say "like" a lot.
Goodheart
(5,307 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,315 posts)underpants
(182,585 posts)I was getting on her about it and she explained that because shes surrounded by teenagers if you take a break in talking someone else will start.
grumpyduck
(6,221 posts)Another one that bugs me is "reach out." It's like used all the time nowadays by like everybody.
underpants
(182,585 posts)zooks
(308 posts)Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)catbyte
(34,326 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)for what it's worth, right?, and others.
catbyte
(34,326 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,484 posts)I quit after 50. That's literally true and doesn't even include the ones she said till I started counting.
Voltaire2
(12,939 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)to tune everything out. My lady likes to listen to conversations around the room. That comes in handy on Trivia Night.
NJCher
(35,616 posts)Except I had a head injury a few decades ago that left me with the inability to tune things out naturally. Consequently I wear headphones in public. I wear them everywhere because these types of things annoy me a great deal. I've found I can actually enjoy shopping now that I have headphones.
Anytime I forget to wear them, I'm sorry.
It's always something: screaming kid, cell phone conversation I don't want to hear, noisy store.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Disaffected
(4,544 posts)does almost everyone (even on teevee and radio) seem to say "gonna" or "gunna" instead of "going to"??
That's one reason I enjoy listening to British programming - they still speak English over there. What's not to like?
happybird
(4,587 posts)From the title, I thought you were going to say the couple was aggressively trying to pick you up.
The 'like' thing is something I, like, hate. Drives me nuts! Sorry you had to endure that. Ugh.
zooks
(308 posts)every other word was shit. "It was shit car and man that bridge was shit" and on and on.