OMG... I was overliked at dinner by the couple at the next table.

[Goodheart]

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]

1. I like hear what you're saying.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[blueinredohio]

2. My sister says know what I mean? After every sentence. It drives me nuts.

[dhill926]

4. I do know what you mean...

know what I'm sayin'?

[Leghorn21]

5. I do know what you're sayin'...

ya feel me?

[a kennedy]

14. Yup....that know what I'm saying, drives me nuts too........

HATE IT. Now it’s or was “moving forward”. And i’m trying to get over “awesome” myself.

[sl8]

17. Butters?

[Danascot]

35. Nameen?

nt

[redwitch]

3. I like that he feels compassion for immigrants.

He could have been, like, gushing over the orange moron.

[LakeArenal]

6. At a restaurant we regularly go, our waitress...

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]

7. omg

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]

8. I know a 50-something with a master's degree who does this.

It’s maddening!

[AJT]

9. I like what you're saying....

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. So, to make a long story short, like...

so many buzz terms these days!

[ProudLib72]

11. Maybe it was Dr. Lexus

[mnhtnbb]

12. LOL. I'm not alone!

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]

13. I can dig it, man.

[a kennedy]

15. Ha ha, now that takes me back......

[Callalily]

16. Using the work "like" all the time is very annoying.

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]

18. When I was in high school, 50 years ago...

We said "like" constantly. I guess it made a comeback.

[Goodheart]

19. I thought it started, like, with that "Valley Girl" movie.

Great movie.... except for its societal impact, I guess.

[zanana1]

25. Nope. We also coined the word "dude" regarding guys. nt

[sl8]

20. I think I ran into those two, too:

[IrishEyes]

21. I was a 90s x generation kid and I used the word like constantly.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Yeah, so, ...

... 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]

23. You sound mighty defensive, Maynard!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Yeah, no, so, huh, what?

[underpants]

26. My teenager does this

I was getting on her about it and she explained that because she’s surrounded by teenagers if you take a break in talking someone else will start.

[grumpyduck]

30. So "like" is like a filler word you use while you like think of like what else to say?

Another one that bugs me is "reach out." It's like used all the time nowadays by like everybody.

[underpants]

31. As she says, it's better than saying "Uh"

[zooks]

39. OMG "reach out" drive me totally nuts

[Demovictory9]

43. So "like" is the new "um". I call them all mouth noises

[catbyte]

27. I hear ya. Same with the word "basically." ARRGH!

[Ilsa]

37. Like, basically,

for what it's worth, right?, and others.

[catbyte]

38. At the end of the day, you're right.

[Bradshaw3]

28. I once started counting the number of "likes" a college student at the next table was saying

I quit after 50. That's literally true and doesn't even include the ones she said till I started counting.

[Voltaire2]

29. It's even worse. They were all over my lawn

[customerserviceguy]

32. I have absolutely learned

to tune everything out. My lady likes to listen to conversations around the room. That comes in handy on Trivia Night.

[NJCher]

41. I do that, too

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]

33. Yeah well

https://m.

[Disaffected]

34. And, why

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]

36. 😁

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]

40. Be happy you weren't sitting in front of two guys whose

every other word was shit. "It was shit car and man that bridge was shit" and on and on.

[roody]

42. This is why I don't listen to Terry Gross on Fresh Air.