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What turn of phrase do you hate? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Every time I hear someone say 'eh' in a questioning tone or to mean 'um actually' I lose my shit. Or even just to play something down.

Like I literally come to hate the person instantly. Its a very strong feeling on a very small sound.

Instant downvotes if I see it on Lemmy too. HATE IT.

How about all y'all?

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (15 children)

"Let's agree to disagree"

This solves nothing, it just equates to a polite way of saying I'm done talking to you.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What do you do if you realise you're just arguing in circles and nothing will be solved by continuing discussing that topic?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I actually usually just say something like. Look we just disagree. Usually the other person just wants to keep up the disagreement conversation so I through that into a few responses as, I dunno, politeness before I just stop responding.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    But there are some of us who don't even care if Star Trek is better than Star Wars.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This argument dates back to the '80s, so we're talking TOS & TNG vs the original trilogy. I would argue they're not even really the same genre. Star Trek is proper scifi. Star Wars is action/adventure with scifi dressing.

    I'm biased because I love Star Trek. But also I like Star Wars. It doesn't have to be either-or, especially because it's apples vs oranges.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have umbridge with star trek as it made me think life would be better as I got older.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    De-umbrage yourself - in Star Trek lore the world was a complete mess in 2025. The future Roddenberry envisioned could still happen, we just won't be alive to see it. Which I agree is a bummer! :(

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Sometimes you have to back the fuck up on an unproductive argument. I don't like it either, but it's often an honorable way out for both parties.

    Very close friend and neighbor was arguing with me about 01/06, an event that gave me PTSD-lite. It came to the point that we either dropped it or threw hands. Still, I refused to shake his hand on "agree to disagree".

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