Words or phrases that immediately make you stop listening to or reading something

Kodos · 02-10-2021, 10:24 AM

"The Deep State"

There are some financial guys who like to throw that term out in their writings. It's a great way to get me to totally discount whatever you're saying. They usually seem to be gold/precious metals guys.

larrymcg421 · 02-10-2021, 10:34 AM

SJW
White knighting.
Virtue signalling

These are used by someone who wants to avoid actually debating the issue at hand and/or pretend that they aren't racist/misogynist/homophobi, but just "concerned" about the overreaction to what people say.

BYU 14 · 02-10-2021, 10:38 AM

Cancel Culture
Woke
Claps Back

I. J. Reilly · 02-10-2021, 10:46 AM

“It is what it is” is my cue to stop listening.

BYU 14 · 02-10-2021, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I. J. Reilly

“It is what it is” is my cue to stop listening.

Good one, ditto

NobodyHere · 02-10-2021, 11:27 AM

"You are listening to the Glenn Beck program"

albionmoonlight · 02-10-2021, 12:18 PM

Gaslight

It was a term with a narrow and useful meaning to describe a very specific form of reality manipulation.

Now, people just use it to make their disagreements with others sound more dramatic.

Brian Swartz · 02-10-2021, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

These are used by someone who wants to avoid actually debating the issue at hand

Close-minded phrases like this are what does it for me. Similarly, 'there's no reason to believe X', assumption of motives and character assassination phraseology, etc. .

Edward64 · 02-10-2021, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I. J. Reilly

“It is what it is” is my cue to stop listening.

Good thing I say "It is as it is".

larrymcg421 · 02-10-2021, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

Close-minded phrases like this are what does it for me. Similarly, 'there's no reason to believe X', assumption of motives and character assassination phraseology, etc. .

Good, because that's exactly the reason I despise those phrases. My opinion doesn't matter. I must be an SJW or I just want to virtue signal. It has absolutely nothing to do with the content of my argument.

sabotai · 02-10-2021, 01:37 PM

"Think about it" is usually followed by an incredibly specious argument

"It's common sense" tells me you don't have an argument or any evidence to support your position, and for good measure, you're going to imply I'm an idiot for not just agreeing with you.

Ben E Lou · 02-10-2021, 01:45 PM

On message boards, "would of", "should of", or "could of" are 100% deal breakers. Odds are I'll never take that person's arguments seriously again.

MIJB#19 · 02-10-2021, 01:57 PM

"woke"

GrantDawg · 02-10-2021, 02:11 PM

"Honey, could you..."

MIJB#19 · 02-10-2021, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

"woke"

Perhaps the origins of the word are just, but the way it's been hijacked and thrown around in today's society is in such an elitist way that it's contradicting with what it's supposed to mean.

That and the the "boomers"/"millennials" stuff makes me look away and stop listening. In a time where we're trying to stop racism and equalize the rights of men and women, starting a whole new level of separation based on another aspect of life we have no control over just isn't something we need.

JPhillips · 02-10-2021, 02:20 PM

Actually, it's a republic, not a democracy.

larrymcg421 · 02-10-2021, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Actually, it's a republic, not a democracy.

This. So much this.

larrymcg421 · 02-10-2021, 02:31 PM

I'm not a racist, but....

JonInMiddleGA · 02-10-2021, 02:33 PM

There's probably quite a few. The first one that came to mind was "white privilege"

rjolley · 02-10-2021, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

"Honey, could you..."

sterlingice · 02-10-2021, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

"Honey, could you..."

Not a lot of that here on the board, tho (are there any couples on here these days?)

SI

AlexB · 02-10-2021, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

"woke"

Jonathan Pie’s piece to camera about Woke Utopia is the best verbalisation of how ridiculous cancel culture is. He’s nearly always spot on and mostly funny, with his views on society and politics, even when I don’t necessarily agree with his usual vehement anti-government rhetoric

Back to Woke Utopia - watch from 45 seconds onwards if you don't want the back story about a a Labour politician being fired from the Shadow Cabinet last year for alleged anti-Semitism

The WOKE Utopia...https://t.co/mEYH3oe6Uo
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) June 27, 2020

AlexB · 02-10-2021, 04:05 PM

Dola, ‘Perma-offended woke twats’ is a phrase I need to use more

Vegas Vic · 02-10-2021, 04:08 PM

Paying your "fair share" of taxes.

Vegas Vic · 02-10-2021, 09:19 PM

Dola,

"Living wage." Minimum wage jobs were once primarily supplemental income for high school or college students. Now, apparently it's some moral societal obligation to pay the cashier at Burger King enough to support a family.

thesloppy · 02-10-2021, 09:26 PM

"Minimum wage jobs are for high school or college students"

So you clearly appear to be arguing for legislation that only students under 21 should be paid minimum wage? "No, God no! I'm simply saying we should deny the existence of those other poor people."

larrymcg421 · 02-10-2021, 09:59 PM

I always hated that all fast food places are closed during school hours.

ISiddiqui · 02-10-2021, 10:34 PM

Some have been mentioned before: SJW, Cancel Culture, Virtue Signaling.

One time at a bar someone thought it was a good idea to drop "You aren't some libtard are you". Yeah.. that shut down that conversation fast.

Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk

MrBug708 · 02-10-2021, 10:35 PM

"Say it again for the people in the back." Though it's generally the end of a rant anyways.

ISiddiqui · 02-10-2021, 10:38 PM

Re: minimum wage. When Franklin Roosevelt pushed for the first federal minimum wage law in 1933 he said the following:

Quote:

It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.

So the whole minimum wage was intended for high school and college students is quite simply a lie.

Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk

rjolley · 02-10-2021, 11:33 PM

Some variation of "I'm no expert on this topic, but it should be easy to fix this problem."

GrantDawg · 02-11-2021, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I always hated that all fast food places are closed during school hours.

Along with Walmart, grocery stores, gas stations...

albionmoonlight · 02-11-2021, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjolley

Some variation of "I'm no expert on this topic, but it should be easy to fix this problem."

Good one.

It isn't quite a specific phrase, but when someone attempts to solve a complex problem that has resisted easy solutions for generations by making a simple analogy:

"Here's the thing with peace in the Middle East. Imagine that you have two neighbors, Bob and Jim, and they don't like each other . . . "

CrimsonFox · 02-11-2021, 08:12 AM

"divisive"
"systemic"

CrimsonFox · 02-11-2021, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Cancel Culture

HUGE one

lungs · 02-11-2021, 08:32 AM

To funny.

JediKooter · 02-11-2021, 09:40 AM

SJW - This tells me you really have no interest in the topic, you just want to try and negate anything that person has said or done by using SJW as a pejorative.

Identity Politics - Dog whistle by racists and people that are ok with discrimination and don't really want to acknowledge the problem or they are totally fine with the problems those people deal with on a day to day basis.

Not a true/real 'X' - No true scotsman falacy

Last but not least: Then vs Than. get it right people!!!

albionmoonlight · 02-11-2021, 09:55 AM

This thread is showing that if you are writing something from the Left or the Right and are actually trying to persuade folks (as opposed to just getting praise from people who already agree with you), there are a lot of terms to avoid.

larrymcg421 · 02-11-2021, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Not a lot of that here on the board, tho (are there any couples on here these days?)

SI

My wife just rolls her eyes every time she sees me on that "boring red, yellow, and white website" again.

NobodyHere · 02-11-2021, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

My wife just rolls her eyes every time she sees me on that "boring red, yellow, and white website" again.

I can't stand the yellow theme. vB Classic FTW!

albionmoonlight · 02-11-2021, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

I can't stand the yellow theme. vB Classic FTW!

#TheSideline

Kodos · 02-11-2021, 11:19 AM

Long live The Yellow theme!

sterlingice · 02-11-2021, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

I can't stand the yellow theme. vB Classic FTW!

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

#TheSideline

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

Long live The Yellow theme!

I don't know if I can continue to share a board with so many wrongly divergent opinions.

But it's comforting to know that there's hope for my colorblind son. Clearly, many like him can go on to live the same meaningless and unproductive life we all share.

SI

GrantDawg · 02-11-2021, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

"Here's the thing with peace in the Middle East. Imagine that you have two neighbors, Bob and Jim, and they don't like each other . . . "

Keep going, it sounds like you are on to something.

JonInMiddleGA · 02-11-2021, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

Long live The Yellow theme!

+1

02-10-2021, 10:34 AM	#2
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	SJW White knighting. Virtue signalling These are used by someone who wants to avoid actually debating the issue at hand and/or pretend that they aren't racist/misogynist/homophobi, but just "concerned" about the overreaction to what people say. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner Last edited by larrymcg421 : 02-10-2021 at 10:36 AM.

02-10-2021, 11:27 AM	#6
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	"You are listening to the Glenn Beck program" __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

02-10-2021, 01:45 PM	#12
Ben E Lou Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC	On message boards, "would of", "should of", or "could of" are 100% deal breakers. Odds are I'll never take that person's arguments seriously again. __________________ The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'!

02-10-2021, 01:57 PM	#13
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	"woke" __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

02-10-2021, 02:20 PM	#16
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Actually, it's a republic, not a democracy. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

02-10-2021, 10:38 AM	#3
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Cancel Culture Woke Claps Back

02-10-2021, 10:46 AM	#4
I. J. Reilly College Prospect Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: An Oregonian deep in the heart of Texas.	“It is what it is” is my cue to stop listening.

02-10-2021, 12:18 PM	#7
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Gaslight It was a term with a narrow and useful meaning to describe a very specific form of reality manipulation. Now, people just use it to make their disagreements with others sound more dramatic.

02-10-2021, 01:37 PM	#11
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	"Think about it" is usually followed by an incredibly specious argument "It's common sense" tells me you don't have an argument or any evidence to support your position, and for good measure, you're going to imply I'm an idiot for not just agreeing with you.

02-10-2021, 02:11 PM	#14
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	"Honey, could you..."

02-10-2021, 02:31 PM	#18
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	I'm not a racist, but.... __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

02-10-2021, 02:33 PM	#19
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	There's probably quite a few. The first one that came to mind was "white privilege" __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

02-10-2021, 04:05 PM	#23
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Dola, ‘Perma-offended woke twats’ is a phrase I need to use more __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

02-10-2021, 04:08 PM	#24
Vegas Vic Checkraising Tourists Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL	Paying your "fair share" of taxes.

02-10-2021, 09:19 PM	#25
Vegas Vic Checkraising Tourists Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL	Dola, "Living wage." Minimum wage jobs were once primarily supplemental income for high school or college students. Now, apparently it's some moral societal obligation to pay the cashier at Burger King enough to support a family. Last edited by Vegas Vic : 02-10-2021 at 09:25 PM.

02-10-2021, 09:26 PM	#26
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	"Minimum wage jobs are for high school or college students" So you clearly appear to be arguing for legislation that only students under 21 should be paid minimum wage? "No, God no! I'm simply saying we should deny the existence of those other poor people." __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM. Last edited by thesloppy : 02-10-2021 at 09:49 PM.

02-10-2021, 09:59 PM	#27
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	I always hated that all fast food places are closed during school hours. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

02-10-2021, 10:34 PM	#28
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Some have been mentioned before: SJW, Cancel Culture, Virtue Signaling. One time at a bar someone thought it was a good idea to drop "You aren't some libtard are you". Yeah.. that shut down that conversation fast. Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

02-10-2021, 10:35 PM	#29
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	"Say it again for the people in the back." Though it's generally the end of a rant anyways.

02-10-2021, 11:33 PM	#31
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Some variation of "I'm no expert on this topic, but it should be easy to fix this problem."

02-11-2021, 08:12 AM	#34
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	"divisive" "systemic"

02-11-2021, 08:32 AM	#36
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	To funny.

02-11-2021, 09:40 AM	#37
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	SJW - This tells me you really have no interest in the topic, you just want to try and negate anything that person has said or done by using SJW as a pejorative. Identity Politics - Dog whistle by racists and people that are ok with discrimination and don't really want to acknowledge the problem or they are totally fine with the problems those people deal with on a day to day basis. Not a true/real 'X' - No true scotsman falacy Last but not least: Then vs Than. get it right people!!! __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

02-11-2021, 09:55 AM	#38
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	This thread is showing that if you are writing something from the Left or the Right and are actually trying to persuade folks (as opposed to just getting praise from people who already agree with you), there are a lot of terms to avoid.

02-11-2021, 11:19 AM	#42
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Long live The Yellow theme! __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)