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When did IM's become DM's?

And the pound-key become a hashtag?

And a waiter become a server?

I am so fucking sick of this constant changing of words.

Who in the fuck died, and made these assholes the word police.

PICK a word, and fucking STICK TO IT!

by Anonymousreply 40April 8, 2021 1:11 PM

Does telegram work for you?

by Anonymousreply 1April 6, 2021 9:29 PM

You type OLDE, OP.

by Anonymousreply 2April 6, 2021 9:29 PM

I still think of # as "the number key", so there!

by Anonymousreply 3April 6, 2021 9:30 PM

There really was no reason to change waiter to server.

In fact, server sounds much more "class-ist" than does the word waiter.

by Anonymousreply 4April 6, 2021 9:30 PM

Werdz

by Anonymousreply 5April 6, 2021 9:31 PM

It was never the pound key in the UK, which of course is this £. It was always known as a gate or a hash sign, hence hashtag.

by Anonymousreply 6April 6, 2021 9:32 PM

OP, since it seems highly unlikely that you will survive the evening without having an aneurysm, I'll just get straight to the point, and request your stuff. I might also suggest that you light-up a fat splif, and have a few vodka shots to try to chill yourself out. You must be loads of fun to be around

by Anonymousreply 7April 6, 2021 9:32 PM

OP hasn't had her suppository yet this week.

by Anonymousreply 8April 6, 2021 9:32 PM

Agreed OP (in general). What's the worst is the new tranny words: Cis, cis-gendered, he, him, the, her, and worse of all, THEY, THEM. For one person.

It's just laughable.

by Anonymousreply 9April 6, 2021 9:33 PM

I hear you OP! They keep updating my Jigsaw Puzzle app and changing features all the time! All the navigation used to be to the right of the screen. They changed it now it’s on top of the screen. I don’t like it because it’s not ergonomically comfortable. Really freaking annoying! Why change it when it worked just fine before!

by Anonymousreply 10April 6, 2021 9:39 PM

Don't get OP started on those newfangled horseless carriages!!

by Anonymousreply 11April 6, 2021 9:41 PM

Aren’t there about 19,000 other threads where you can whine about your hatred of trans, r10? Did you really have to chime in on this one? Did you really? Do you really think that if you fail to bash trans people in every single post, they will win some sort of “victory” over you? Are you really that sad and lonely and pathetic? Are you?

by Anonymousreply 12April 6, 2021 9:42 PM

[quote] Who in the fuck died, and made these assholes the word police.

You need a question mark.

by Anonymousreply 13April 6, 2021 9:42 PM

And WHET the Seven Sisters!

by Anonymousreply 14April 6, 2021 9:45 PM

Verily, ye raiseth a noble quandary!

by Anonymousreply 15April 6, 2021 9:46 PM

Also, plurals of abbreviations don’t require apostrophes.

by Anonymousreply 16April 6, 2021 9:46 PM

Talk talk talk, it's only talk

Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy

Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat

Conversation, contradiction, criticism

It's only talk

Cheap talk

by Anonymousreply 17April 6, 2021 9:48 PM

Because it's the bees knees, Daddy-o.

by Anonymousreply 18April 6, 2021 9:49 PM

Saying someone is ‘colored’ is offensive, but saying a ‘person OF color’ is politically correct.

by Anonymousreply 19April 6, 2021 9:52 PM

R19, would you rather be referred to as a “person of size” or as “fat”?

by Anonymousreply 20April 6, 2021 10:02 PM

When we stopped using instant messenger?

by Anonymousreply 21April 6, 2021 10:05 PM

R12 aren’t you referring to R9?

by Anonymousreply 22April 6, 2021 10:05 PM

[quote] When we stopped using instant messenger?

That's the fucking point!!!

There's no difference between IM's and DM's!!!!!!!

IM's came first. So just fucking stick with that!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 23April 6, 2021 10:13 PM

When did fellas stopped wearing hats?

Why do I have to ask Clarence’s tech-savvy adopted son to order my Brylcreem from the Vermont Country Store?

And now I hear that great-grandnieces and -nephews look confused when they open their card and find their Christmas present — ten shiny new dimes stuck into slots to approximate the ornaments on a Christmas tree! Is this true?

Jesus Christ!!

by Anonymousreply 24April 6, 2021 10:15 PM

[quote] There's no difference between IM's and DM's!!!!!!!

No, there is a difference.

Instant Message is something you send when the person is online and they get it immediately.

A Direct Message may not be seen for a while if the person is not on, because it goes into their mailbox, whether they’re currently online or not.

by Anonymousreply 25April 6, 2021 10:19 PM

In a word, [R10], mortgages. Code writers have mortgages that must be paid. Imagine, you’ve completed development of your app (formerly, “program”), it works well, the users are happy, but now what? You must still appear busy and productive, you must still earn your keep, so you change it. It didn’t *need* changing but that’s not the issue. Paying your mortgage is.

by Anonymousreply 26April 6, 2021 10:21 PM

r17, love the KC reference.

by Anonymousreply 27April 6, 2021 10:22 PM

I used to be called "doctor" as I have a MD. Now I am called "prescriber".

Prescribers include nurses who spent 12- 18 months completing online courses.

by Anonymousreply 28April 6, 2021 10:25 PM

OP, forsooth! Why art thou so vexed? Speaketh!

by Anonymousreply 29April 6, 2021 10:29 PM

That's really fucking depressing, R26.

This entire world and its system is a fucking SCAM.

by Anonymousreply 30April 6, 2021 10:30 PM

[quote]Agreed OP (in general). What's the worst is the new tranny words: Cis, cis-gendered, he, him, the, her, and worse of all, THEY, THEM. For one person.

Given how obese people are these days, THEY, THEM seems more realistic than ridiculous.

by Anonymousreply 31April 7, 2021 11:44 AM

I don't think they call STDs STDs anymore. They're called STIs.

by Anonymousreply 32April 7, 2021 2:50 PM

You're sound nervous, OP. What you need to do is get a cold one from the icebox.

by Anonymousreply 33April 7, 2021 4:19 PM

"He gifted me a book." What the hell was wrong with "He gave me a book"?!

by Anonymousreply 34April 7, 2021 5:02 PM

to gift

verb transitive

to give a gift which has been purchased online by a frau cube, either shopping during work, in her cube, or lounging at home on a velveteen sofa in comfy snuggy onesie on a mental health day off from work.

by Anonymousreply 35April 7, 2021 5:08 PM

I hate how people have changed "It's fine" to "You're fine."

by Anonymousreply 36April 7, 2021 5:30 PM

I’m not here for “I’m not here for...”.

by Anonymousreply 37April 7, 2021 6:09 PM

[quote] And the pound-key become a hashtag?

I always referred to it as "the side of Archie's head"

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by Anonymousreply 38April 7, 2021 10:14 PM

Fucking American idiots.

They can never just leave well enough alone.

Always have to keep changing things that aren't broken.

by Anonymousreply 39April 8, 2021 12:29 PM

DUI's are now called OVI's

by Anonymousreply 40April 8, 2021 1:11 PM
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