Social media clichés that should just die in a server grease fire:

This is so pure and wholesome.

Chefs Kiss

I hate the lip syncing shit. It's not remotely entertaining. I also HATE reaction videos.

Reaction videos are lame. Whoever the genius was who started that one should be forced to watch a video loop of Trump taking a shit.

I've seen a disturbing trend of people 'finding' a starving animal and 'saving' it. But the animals aren't afraid of them, and I wonder if they are starving their pets for likes, sympathy and Subscribes. In a perverted way, "Munchausen-by-pet".

Ugh that’s horrifying to think about R4.

'Tell me you ___ without telling me you ___.' - I want to punch people in the throat for this. Also absolutely loathe “chef’s kiss”. All the TikTok memes are beyond tired at this point.

Being only to communicate through trending sounds. It's ridiculous.

R5 chefs kiss gives me a visceral reaction of nausea, anger and disgust. For whatever reason my stomach turns when I hear it. I'm glad to hear someone else hates it because it seems so inexplicably popular.

I feel uneasy with videos and photos taken of people doing kind things to each other. Why can't anyone ever privately perform a good deed anymore? Not everything needs to be shared with the world.

"A lot of you guys have been asking"

Shut the fuck up! Literally nobody has been asking you literally anything!

Every video of someone getting a new puppy and crying like it's the first time they've ever seen a dog, then within a minute, you see they already have like three fucking dogs, a cat and a ferret.

I don't mind any picture of video of an adorable animal on my feed. The people who post suicidal statuses or baby daddy drama 4 times a week on the other hand...

"Felt cute. Might delete."

[quote]working out with a dog or cat joining in.

This is the only one I can't get behind. Pets interrupting and awkwardly trying to mimic human behaviors will never not be welcome on my feed!

"thicc" or is it "thikk?"

"dollface"

We're Datalounge, we hate everything.

"this"

"That's it. That's the tweet"

I can't

-10 points when you post the above without any context

Nah I’m all for the second one actually.

I’m just gonna leave this right here…

Tik Tok

"I'm going to say something for attention. RT if you agree!"

R17 Also, people posting super emotionally about an unclear topic. "You can't be serious!!" Mostly it's some self-righteous politics shit and they make their devotees ask for context. A local politician in Berlin makes this a lot and it's so annoying that I unfollwed him long ago.

"I was today years old when I learned..."

Posting suicide helplines. It's just a way of saying 'I've virtue signalled about it but if you are suicidal, go away, I don't want to hear it'.

Reaction videos are the most vacuous, narcissistic and stupid thing on social media.

Locker room selfies.

You went to the gym. No one cares.

Instagram reels with the most annoying fucking music in the world or some animal video with "cute" audio of a child babbling.

The creepy manipulative demands that everyone have a strong unwavering opinion on everything. You MUST speak out on this or that drama. This is targeted in particular towards people in the public eye. "Why isn't so and so speaking out on x subject?!" While I'm not a famous person myself I don't understand why people demand this shit of everyone nominally well known.There are certain things that I would rather stay out of. And there's other subjects sometimes quite controversial, that I don't have a real stance on either way. A little detachment from dramas you aren't involved in isn't the worst thing.

Once you realise how carefully crafted those spontaneous videos are, with many retakes and lots of acting, you turn real cynical towards social media.

Posing a question or challenge and finishing it with "Go!"

Don't tell me what to do, loser.

Similarly, asking a question and ending with "I'll wait.:"

Is this thread where hate-filled, incel fattards congregate? Bye.......

“So this just happened”.

Spontaneous marriage proposals - spontaneous, apart from the accomplice filming the whole fucking thing. They also are happening more often at someone else’s wedding reception. What the fuck happened to privacy and keeping things between just the two?

I know the answer - if a tree falls in the woods but it’s not on Insta - did it really happen?

And while I’m on a wedding roll - the krayzee entrances of the groomsmen and bridesmaids at the reception. Just walk in with some fucking dignity, you twats! No forward rolls, no rehearsed dance steps, just arrive.

If you take away all the crap mentioned in this thread, Tiktok and Instagram stories would disappear overnight.

Trans women are women

Trans men are men

Lizzo is beautiful

"Speaking my truth."

Needing every single photo to be a fucking selfie. I was at Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires recently and there was a queue of cunts taking selfies at Evita's grave.

Adulting is hard!

Pictures of your food.

r24 - virtue signaling

Psychotic smiling in pictures, as if you can hear them thinking “look everyone I’m so happy! So happy!”

The mid-laugh fakeout of baby Fraus and Yassss Kweens is even worse. You know when they pose like they’ve been caught having a fabulous time and laughing out loud, mouth wide open, gaze askew, T-Rex arms in action, body pushed forward and hunched, that’s an easy way to spot a lunatic.

[quote]close-ups of your pet doing nothing

I love photos of pets. If someone wants to show me a photo of their cat sitting around, zoned out, doing nothing, I am happy to look at that photo! I also like it when people post photos of just random things they find interesting, like a lovely plant they saw on their walk or an old book cover, or some vintage fabric swatch, or a 16th century building they just read about.

Them: "Here's my crochet project, it's brown acrylic yarn that itches and smells funny. I've done 4 stitches so far."

Me: "I LOVE IT"

The internet should be about fun, at least a little bit. i know DLers don't have fun as a rule, but maybe you should try it sometime, Lighten up and like things occasionally. It might help the chest pains and the ulcers.

"That's it. That's the Tweet."

"How it started... How it's going..."

"THIS. So this."

"Thanks, I hate it"

"____ cured my depression/cleared my acne/aligned my chakras/etc." [a favorite in the Drag Race subreddit]

"This ain't it, sis"

Using a clown emoji or typing in mixed cApS ANd lOwERcAsE to indicate disdain

[quote]'Tell me you ___ without telling me you ___.'

I see this garbage here.

“Big Dick Energy”

Another horrible urban phrase middle aged white gay men (or older) use here.

R42 I admit that I am a sucker for that kind of thing too.

Certain music clips and other sounds, like that bit from "Walking in the Sand," and some foreign guy laughing and saying "Oh no no no no."

Also, pairing songs with blatantly obvious lyrical references to the content of the post and acting like their genius for connecting the two.

Think that “Running up that hill” song playing, while running up a hill.

Rain On Me playing while you’re being rained on… groundbreaking.

I hated the meme with Taylor Armstrong from RHOBH and the white cat sitting at the dinner table.

People trying to make their children go viral. Young kids dancing or singing like normal kids do at home and then the parents desperately posting it publicly trying to get traction.

The term "phony" was coined many decades ago to described peoples' demeanor while speaking on the telephone - somehow false, or saccharine, not genuine - there needs to be a modern equivalent for the hordes performing to the Internet. Auntie Meme? Clickcunt? Likelicker? Soshey?

I did not have this thread on my bingo card!

I hate the (TikTok?) clips of animals having their "thoughts" expressed by a robot voice, with frequent references to the (usually female) owners as if they were the animal's parents, e.g. Mom.

I hate TikTok because it sums up everything I hate about social media. It's extremely dull and repetitive. The robot voice, the lipsyncing, the same overused beats and stupid dances. The only benefit is the tons of hot shirtless guys but I have to have it on mute because the audio is so annoying

When people type like they're the dog in the pic or video, and they spell things wrong on purpose.

R57 but i juss wanz cheeezburger

“Hey everyone, I’ve really held back on posting this… but here we go… I recently had a cancer scare 😬 I didn’t want to worry anyone so I didn’t say anything. When going in for my routine mammogram they discovered a spot on my left breast. They thought it might be cancer 😩😳 so they did a biopsy… we waited weeks for results… and when it finally came back… it was… benign!!! 🥳 But my Great-Great Grandmother died of breast cancer so I decided to get a double mastectomy☹️ After a lot of debate I thought it best to empower myself and get implants! Going from a 32A to 38D has made me feel great!!! I have a spring in my step now💃🏻 Our Lord, Our God and Savior always finds the light in dark ✝️ Thanks to everyone who reached out to check on me! Have a blessed day!”

People lying and telling attention-seeking mentally ill, ugly or obese people they are beautiful and brave. Validating their negative behavior and creating delusions and a sense of entitlement into them. There's a big difference between encouraging someone to do better and improve their lives. And just telling straight up lies to be politically correct.

“Felt cute. Might delete later.”

“She said yes!”.

“POV”.

Or...

'Tell me I ___ without telling me I ___.'

working out with a rescue pig or support raccoon joining in.

snapping fingers; underwear off or on Tiktok ho

saying anything

bathroom selfies with full toilet in the shot

close-ups of your pet nursing on your tit or other appendage

[quote] the white cat sitting at the dinner table.

Smudge Lord rules. Smudge Lord can do no wrong.

I love R59

“I hate it here.”

“King” 👑🤴🏼

Emojis intended for ten year olds all over everything.

Photo of beautiful scenery with the focus on the back of some bohemian “influencer” holding her hat.

Photo of someone’s feet in fuzzy socks dangling out of a van in the woods. #vanlife

photo of someone's bare feet POV with a pool/ocean/back yard.

"Look at me doing nothing!"

"checks notes"

#livingthedream

Close ups of your toilet full of shit

A simple question to the respondents on this thread: Why are you even on social media if everything about it annoys you?

Because not everything about it annoys me - a lot of it I rather like.

Good enough for you, R74?

R49 Hush. Do you have any idea the time and effort it took to post a video of myself in a castle dark, with a fortress drawn and chains upon my feet? I flew to Europe!

[quote] Close ups of your toilet full of shit

Whatever side of TikTok this person ended up in, I do not want to be a part of ever.

Some tiresome girl pretending she wants to show everyone her view of the ocean on a beach but makes sure her legs are the actual focal point.

“This one”

about a pictured friend who has reluctantly agreed to the photo knowing that the other is

a stalker / gay guy with hots for tolerant straight friend / gay patronising his fag / hag hung up on fag / one-night-stand that said fag is holding a flame for

Also, “these two”.

I find that people use those two, R79/R80, when they're trying to say that their friends - and, by association, the poster - are madcap, fascinating people. Usually the people being described are as dull as ditchwater.

Forcing your cat to "dance" to 20 seconds of electronic music.

R31 Yes! So fuck of out of here!

Stunning & Brave

R31 Sorry, I of course meant to type “fuck OFF out of here”.

“My bad” (…other awful phrase meaning: “I am an insincere cunt)

Seeing the same fucking 12 gifs as a response to a Tweet. I'm not big on them in general, but at least dig up some new ones. Or, perhaps develop a fucking vocabulary.

“Running up that hill” absolutely fucking everywhere!

"So sick of fake people"

"If you need ANYTHING"

I DESPISE unboxing videos. I get a visceral reaction from people showing off their shopping, with a twee display of excitement as they untie the ribbon and gingerly open the box. Fuck that. I’m looking for up close views on the item to be a more educated consumer. I don’t want to hear about your fucking “journey” about purchasing a stupid thing.

R87 I knew that song trend had been run into the ground when I saw it accompanying a video of a frau making dollar tree fall crafts.

That pouring-water-over-your-head challenge

In fact, ALL so-called challenges

And “I nominate” nominations

"I'm old enough to remember when..."

"Not me ___!".

I'm not even sure what it's supposed to mean - that you can't believe you actually did ___?

People driving with a pet in their lap or on the dashboard. So fucking stupid and dangerous.

Reposting a bunch of "woke" memes in your Instastories. Nobody cares and you aren't going to change anyone's stance on an issue with your "signal boosting."

“So, this happened…”

"...sliding into my DMs..."

"...be like..."

It's so nice to know that there are other people out there who hear and see all this crap and hate it just as much as I do.

“Goals” in any context other than sporting.

Videos of people trying snacks. Mukbang, whatever the hell that it.

EVERYONE: Robotic voice. Annoying, even if content is worthy, 'nuff said.

GAYS: Ass shots in travel pics (here's me in front of some mountain with my bare cheeks). We can get real porn from the next app on our phones with a swipe. Zzzzz.

FRAUS: Watch the best BF/HUBBY ever (hers of course) doing the cutest thing ever (bouncing a pet/baby on their knees) or something else basic.

BROS: Thirst traps that make it clear they're STR8 but need likes/followers/subscribers, so here's some skin for you fags.

I how overly filtered photos with flowers and butterflies. And duck lips too. I don't know why people think it makes them look cute. And when I'm on Grindr I hate seeing the queens who use these same filtered photos and poses. It's not hot.

"die in a server grease fire"

Slutty women who append their Instagram name with heart/flower/nail varnish/lips emojis

The more emojis, the more of a whore they are

Speaking of clichés more broadly (not just phrases), lots of young people I know have a quote in their Instagram bio, one that's meant to sum up their own totally unique, unprecedented and fascinating approach to life!

Grifter was annoying to begin with and now has become ridiculously over used.

R100 mukbangs are nauseating. And speaking of snack videos I can't for the life of me understand the appeal of videos like " French guy tries Doritos" or " Watch an Irish woman try a Twinkie". Who fucking cares?

Thank you, R42. You have a good heart.

I hate how everyone tries to be ironic and sassy all the motherfucking time. For example:

“Not me doing XYZ”

Fuck the fuck off — you have no skills, no humour, and certainly no class.

R53 my mom had a totally fake telephone voice. I would describe my mom as Nicety. Nice, pleasant, smooth, interested when picking up the phone…. Mean, uncaring, bitchy at home with me and dad.

"Angel on the streets, devil at home" -- an old expression you can find in several languages.

"They fucked around and found out."

"Username checks out."

King!

R111 “Angels on the Streets” is an episode of Charlie’s Angels season 4 starring Shelley Hack.

"OBSESSED!" (usually used in reply to a completely unoriginal post of some frau posing at the beach, having coffee, or smelling sunflowers in her garden)

👏. 👏. 👏. 👏. 👏!!

“Blessed”.

….When they’re showing off loot they’ve scammed from followers

I just got back from the hospital. Wanna see my wound?

(They don’t wait for you to answer, they just post a bloody pic)

"in my feels"

ITA

[whatever], "A THREAD." (on Twitter)

“Unpopular opinion”

I have so many of these muted on Twitter. "Friendly reminder" is another one. But "A THREAD" is helpful because there's no other way to tell that it's a multi-tweet post.

The video/picture of [something cute and stupid] you didn't know you needed.

Any kind of “hack”.

I've noticed a weird trend among the under 30 set on TikTok where everyone talks out of one side of their mouths while smirking. This is especially true if they're "schooling" or dunking on someone or think they're being especially smart. Entire 3 minute videos of people smirk-ranting out of just the one side of their mouths. Why?

r126 link example

nurses doing stupid dance videos on tik tok

“I’m the biggest victim. I win!”

R126 they think they’re being cute/funny/ironic.

They‘re not.

I love pictures of pets doing "nothing".

Concluding every single Youtube video with "Don't forget to click and subscribe and hit the like button"

BOOM!

#cellulite is sexy

"A lot of you have been asking me for this" - nobody asked.

Cringe

Fellow white people…

As an indigenous trans Deaf autistic pansexual, I think [insert opinion on thing that has nothing to do with any of those things].

Black racist putdowns.

It distracts whites from posting their racist putdowns.

Thicc

“Thicc” is one of those non-words that straight men use to perve at each other and pretend that it’s not gay.

Drag queens "serving"...

r135 see r9

Wut

Is it that difficult to type What?

Videos of themselves working out. Why do I care?

⬆️ Those are targeted towards simps like DL’s sad Tik Tok trolls.

"DAE"

"____ could never"

"Choosing violence" to mean anything from literally choosing violence to critiquing someone's ugly wiglet

Gym selfies from the weight bench.

“Haters will hate” = nobody follows you to hate you

“I can’t even…”

If I never saw this STUPID meme ever again, it’d still be one time too many

[quote]I hated the meme with Taylor Armstrong from RHOBH and the white cat sitting at the dinner table.

I actually love that one.

I'm afraid I'm guilty of virtue signaling. I adopt out cats at a shelter and whenever a real hard luck case gets adopted (like a kitty with FIV+ or a an 11 year old cat that only weighs 5 lbs, is frail as hell and has one eye) I post it because it gives me hope that the world doesn't suck.

I hate the lipsynching ones too. It's ALWAYS a hot guy doing it to the GAYEST line from a movie or song.

“Inspirational “ TikToks with some cheesy earnest “deep thought” voiceover.

Sunsets

Basically, anything young people say.

Given the internet for free, and all the knowledge in the world, and what happened. Blue-haired eunuchs and cat-memes.

“Basically”.

Any use of the words "your boy." Holla at your boy, Hey guys it's your boy here. You know your boy got the hook up.....I cringe. You are not my boy and if you were you would be weraing a ball gag.

wearing...before the Oh dear comes in.

"So wholesome" "We stan an unproblematic queen/king"

The weird and unhealthy way of looking at public figures prevalent on SM. Famous people are either terrible cancelled monsters or the purest beings to walk the face of the earth.

R157 I know - they are basic.

Calling anything 'basic.' Try using 'banal.'

“People be like…”.

I wish someone would supply these fuckers with some Phonics books.

“The feels”.

Vocal Fry and Babydoll voice.

The right-wingers on Youtube that make about 10 videos a day complaining about Brie Larson or whatever movie or show that they deem "woke" that week.

Generic rights-free music ditties with ukulele and whistling that accompany almost every cute animal video.

R168 Yes. And they always claim that it's only the far left that pushes censorship ( and I'll admit some leftists do). But these people are the same ones who will inundate a film with 1 star reviews because it cast a POC or all female cast or something. They'll moan about the illiberal left but their big complaint isn't really censorship it's just that the views and movies/ TV that they hate isn't being shut down.

Thirst trap; Karens; TikTok or all three

I loathe the expression to “hate on” something. I’m not hating ON you, I just hate you.

"Everyone Is Obsessed With..." No, they aren't.

When someone "shuts down the Internet."

And anyone who "claps back" at anything.

^ or when someone “SLAMS” something.

Pictures of peoples' turd-like baked goods.

Thirst traps from frauen who have lost a few kilos and which usually result in a torrent of “beautiful lady!” and “hot mama!”.

TikTok fraus who post "cute" videos of 20+ deer congregating on their front porch. It's obvious they're feeding these wild animals (and putting them in danger).

Resistance/left Twitter accounts whoring for retweets (" Donald Trump should go to prison for life! Retweet if you agree!" ) or being Captain Obvious for likes/retweets ("Overturning Roe v. Wade is the worst decision SCOTUS ever made!" ). I've had to unfollow and/or mute several resistance accounts because I was sick seeing them clog my feed all day every day.

"My fam"

[bold]Is it that hard to also type -ily?[/bold]

[quote]Pictures of peoples' turd-like baked goods.

Brown food should not be shot by anyone except professional photographers.

I don't have Twitter, Facebook, TickTock, Instagram or any of that other social media shit. I don't deal with it - end of. Why do you inflict it on yourselves?

"yt" as a replacement for "white people"

People who respond to posts with gigantic animated gifs taking up half the goddamn screen to say WOW! or LOVE THIS!! Omfg. Just stop it.

“About last night…”

would recommend

Describing every-day, ordinary events with word such as these:

Amazing

Unprecedented

Surreal

I consider the following social media platforms to be cliches themselves:

Facebook (Fakebook)

Twitter (where twits twatter)

Instagram (also known as "the gram", where insta-hos post their narcissistic selfies)

Tik Tok (is that the sound of a clock counting down to the day this app will explode like a bomb of Chinese-owned identity theft?)

"Lowkey I'm dead! I'm deceased! This is my 13th reason!"

"I'm SCREAMING!"

"THIS!"

"It's the ___ for me!"

"Bro bro bro!"

Let’s have a conversation

Anything that originated or is in popular use on Reddit

"I was today years old when I learned ____"

Thank you r192

One that annoys me is when I go to listen to a song on YouTube and every single one of the comments is about some stupid movie/TV show/TikTok video the song is featured in. "Like if ___ brought you here."

Usually there will also be people saying they never heard the song until it was featured in said movie, show, or TikTok, and I'll think "What fucking rock have you been living under?"

[quote] Anything that originated or is in popular use on Reddit

Reddit is a catastrophe. It’s become the new 4chan. Kiwifarms basically moved there en masse after they closed. Some came here as well.

The phrase "YA Boy" or "Your Boy," or "Your Girl"...etc. No you are not my boy.

Grrrl!

R190 “Let’s have a conversation”. Usually about trannies.

Celebrities singing with that fat British dude while riding in a toyota.

[quote]Resistance/left Twitter accounts whoring for retweets (" Donald Trump should go to prison for life! Retweet if you agree!" ) or being Captain Obvious for likes/retweets ("Overturning Roe v. Wade is the worst decision SCOTUS ever made!" ). I've had to unfollow and/or mute several resistance accounts because I was sick seeing them clog my feed all day every day.

Along the same lines ...

Not that I don't love a good Nancy Pelosi read every now and then, but I've come to loathe posts on social media, message boards, blogs, etc. about a left-leaning public figure SLAYING/DESTROYING a MAGA asshole on Twitter, MSNBC, etc. Why yes, the object of your blistering insult is positively trembling. 🙄

Every fucking Youtuber reminding you non-stop to "don't forget to click the subscribe button and the like button..."

Low key.

“I’m low key obsessed r/n” or “I’m low key jealous of his sitch.” I have a friend that says and texts/posts ‘low key’ almost daily, maybe more. Also texts emoji after emoji after emoji.

He is the same age as me, 61.

moving to LA

need to step out of my comfort zone

“There’s a lot to unpack here”

"We need to talk about..."

"A friendly reminder that..."

Both of these sound so passive aggressive, while pretending to be kindness. It's irksome.

[quote]should be forced to watch a video loop of Trump taking a shit

Now THAT would be a reaction video worth watching!

My sister is always asking "Hey Facebook Peeps ..." or "Hive Mind:"

drives me fucking crazy

Instagram pictures of people standing in front of a pair of wings painted on the wall behind them. I hate these pictures!

Hauls YouTube videos (=I shop therefore I am)

Nobody:

Then some random meme

The common thread is that 99% of all the grievances posted on this thread are perpetuated by WOMEN.

"Do better!"

adorbs

R37 even worse when it's a somber place. My sister in law and niece came to visit me in NYC last year and, I love em and all, but they were taking a selfie, all smiles and laughter, in the front door of the Dakota...the same fucking spot where Lennon was shot to death. Maybe they just saw it as a famous site seeing spot where John Lennon lived, and they didn't know they were standing in the exact same spot he was murdered, though they should have. In any case I wanted to crawl under a ditch.

Taking (your relationship) to another level

Braindead queens.

R217. I wonder how many takes it took for him to pretend to be shocked and amazed in that picture.

"FREE BRITNEY!!!!"

Posting a screenshot of your OrangeTheory workout stats.

Nobody fucking cares, TINA.

That goes double for your daily Wordle achievement.

"I stan (fill in the blank)". When will these people who "stan" artists realize that's NOT a compliment, it's more like innattentively exposing yourself as delusional and obsessed. It's no coincidence most of the celebriteis with "stans" are female performers.

R206, that shit is patronizing as fuck. People who do this are people who usually feel like they lack power or control in other areas of their life so they want to inflict their same level of hurt onto others. Just get some fucking therapy!

might delete later.

click bait fucking titles. "THIS IS THE LAST TIME...."