Actions/trends that need to be retired immediately (1 Viewer)

[Aerial Assault]

Making up imaginary words, hoping to get the FFA to bite on it...

Outrageulous!

 

[azgroover]

Chicks thinking they're hi-#######-larious when they affix a fake mustache to their face.

While we're at it, we might as well retire chicks with real mustaches too.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Dear fellow driver, when you are approaching a stop light where you can either be in the left lane and turn left, or be in the right lane and also turn left, feel free to not be a dickhole if you're going to be the second or third car in that left lane. Some of us just might be turning right. And if, god forbid, there's nobody in that left lane, but you choose to sit in the right lane so you can turn left when the light changes, may your children's children's children suffer cancer of both balls.

This is an odd road design.

Not uncommon in Texas. My description probably sucks. Visual

Love the drawing!

 

[Tom Servo]

The idea of two people in a radio commercial are talking, but one of them is "on the phone". A car dealer in Pittsburgh does this and it's annoying. Phone technology has improved since the 1970s, so we can stop with this gimmick.

 

[Fennis]

The idea of two people in a radio commercial are talking, but one of them is "on the phone". A car dealer in Pittsburgh does this and it's annoying. Phone technology has improved since the 1970s, so we can stop with this gimmick.

link to an example?

 

[Tom Servo]

The idea of two people in a radio commercial are talking, but one of them is "on the phone". A car dealer in Pittsburgh does this and it's annoying. Phone technology has improved since the 1970s, so we can stop with this gimmick.

link to an example?

I was trying to, but can't seem to find one. I'll try to explain.Man #1 (in studio): We've got great deals here at Joe Blow Kia.Man #2 (on phone): That's right! Our inventory for the rest of the year is determined by how many Kias we sell in the next 5 weeks.Man #1: We've got Optimas from 19.9 with zero down and zero percent for sixty months.blah blah blah.The person "on the phone" has their voice slightly distorted to give the impression they are calling in from another location on a land line.Best I can do.

 

[Fennis]

The idea of two people in a radio commercial are talking, but one of them is "on the phone". A car dealer in Pittsburgh does this and it's annoying. Phone technology has improved since the 1970s, so we can stop with this gimmick.

link to an example?

I was trying to, but can't seem to find one. I'll try to explain.Man #1 (in studio): We've got great deals here at Joe Blow Kia.Man #2 (on phone): That's right! Our inventory for the rest of the year is determined by how many Kias we sell in the next 5 weeks.Man #1: We've got Optimas from 19.9 with zero down and zero percent for sixty months.blah blah blah.The person "on the phone" has their voice slightly distorted to give the impression they are calling in from another location on a land line.Best I can do.

I understand now. That's pretty low on my own list of radio actions/trends that need to be retired, but I can see why its annoying.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

That's pretty low on my own list of radio actions/trends that need to be retired, but I can see why its annoying.

All time champ is still the police/EMS/fire sirens going off in the ads.

 

[Tom Servo]

I understand now. That's pretty low on my own list of radio actions/trends that need to be retired, but I can see why its annoying.

I'm cranky today; what can I say?

 

[Fennis]

That's pretty low on my own list of radio actions/trends that need to be retired, but I can see why its annoying.

All time champ is still the police/EMS/fire sirens going off in the ads.

it makes me look widely around for an ambulance every ### #### time

 

[Insein]

Internet ads that say "So and So's hate him."

Like the buff dude that got buff by sitting on his ### and doing nothing. "Trainers hate him."

The guy who self taught himself every language imaginable. "Language profs hate him."

 

[Aerial Assault]

That's pretty low on my own list of radio actions/trends that need to be retired, but I can see why its annoying.

All time champ is still the police/EMS/fire sirens going off in the ads.

Exception if it's a boner ad during the announcement of the four-hour warning. That would be gold.

 

[Kal El]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

Oh dear.

 

[Tom Servo]

Internet ads that say "So and So's hate him." Like the buff dude that got buff by sitting on his ### and doing nothing. "Trainers hate him."The guy who self taught himself every language imaginable. "Language profs hate him."

 

[Kal El]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

Oh dear.

I read the "Phrases" thread, but I decided to use the term anyway, because repeating the same word, when a synonym will still convey my point, is bad writing, IMO.

 

[Ignoramus]

Dear fellow driver, when you are approaching a stop light where you can either be in the left lane and turn left, or be in the right lane and also turn left, feel free to not be a dickhole if you're going to be the second or third car in that left lane. Some of us just might be turning right. And if, god forbid, there's nobody in that left lane, but you choose to sit in the right lane so you can turn left when the light changes, may your children's children's children suffer cancer of both balls.

This is an odd road design.

Not uncommon in Texas. My description probably sucks. Visual

Love the drawing!

Thanks."Unheard-of MS Paint and Notepad skills" is one of the bullet points on my résumé.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

You can't blame Hollywood. The rubes that fork over money hand-and-fist to see crappy movies are at fault.

 

[Kal El]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

You can't blame Hollywood. The rubes that fork over money hand-and-fist to see crappy movies are at fault.

Fair enough, but fresh ideas would still be appreciated.

 

[Da Guru]

My SIL always uses the phrase "To die for" Everytime she says it I wish she would die.

 

[JHuber77]

_______(insert name) taking their talents to South Beach, when someone signs in Miami

 

[Sheriff66]

Whilst delivering a torrent of smack talk about a rival sports franchise, stop using stupid nicknames in your attempt to deliver verbal bullets:Examples:The Cryers (for the Flyers)The Cheatriots (for the Patriots)You sound like an idiot.

Jam it where the sun don't shine, they will always be the Cryers!

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Whilst delivering a torrent of smack talk about a rival sports franchise, stop using stupid nicknames in your attempt to deliver verbal bullets:Examples:The Cryers (for the Flyers)The Cheatriots (for the Patriots)You sound like an idiot.

Jam it where the sun don't shine, they will always be the Cryers!

San Dimas HS Football rules!!

 

[Zegras11]

Websites that have a big ### ad drop down on the top third of the page when you first visit.

And then you can't get it to go away when you want to click on something behind the ad.

Hate this like no other.

 

[Kal El]

Websites that have a big ### ad drop down on the top third of the page when you first visit.And then you can't get it to go away when you want to click on something behind the ad.Hate this like no other.

I also hate when the close button isn't in the upper right where it should be, and you have to go hunting for it. People who make those ads should be castrated with a rusty chainsaw.

 

[FlapJacks]

Hollywood feeling the need to remake everything they ever did. If you're out of ideas, just say so. We'd have a higher opinion of you than if you just rebooted everything under the sun.

Oh dear.

I read the "Phrases" thread, but I decided to use the term anyway, because repeating the same word, when a synonym will still convey my point, is bad writing, IMO.

They are not synonyms

 

[FlapJacks]

hitting the back button on th browser redirecting you back to the same page...You have to click it twice within a short time frame to exit their crappy site...

 

[Insein]

hitting the back button on th browser redirecting you back to the same page...You have to click it twice within a short time frame to exit their crappy site...

I noticed this trend lately. They pop an ad link in there a split second before loading the page so that you always get redirected back to the page. A cheap way to get clicks. Sometimes if you hold down the back button to see your immediate history, you'll have a couple hundred "adlinks" in there instead of the page you were just on. ESPN is terrible for this now on IE.

 

[Fennis]

Dear fellow driver, when you are approaching a stop light where you can either be in the left lane and turn left, or be in the right lane and also turn left, feel free to not be a dickhole if you're going to be the second or third car in that left lane. Some of us just might be turning right. And if, god forbid, there's nobody in that left lane, but you choose to sit in the right lane so you can turn left when the light changes, may your children's children's children suffer cancer of both balls.

This is an odd road design.

Not uncommon in Texas. My description probably sucks. Visual

Love the drawing!

Thanks."Unheard-of MS Paint and Notepad skills" is one of the bullet points on my résumé.

you should spin off a thread on this. What kind of Notepad skills do you have?

 

[Tiger Fan]

people who clap when the plane lands

 

[Zegras11]

people who clap when the plane lands

or at the end of a movie

 

[Keerock]

people who clap when the plane lands

or at the end of a movie

 

[Run It Up]

Mid-terms the day after springbreak.

Mid-terms the day after springbreak comprised entirely of essay questions.

 

[Da Guru]

people who clap when the plane lands

And people who scream when you hit some clear air turbulence.

 

[Keerock]

People who try to "upsell" me at a restaurant or store

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

People who try to "upsell" me at a restaurant or store

:3 yr protection plan on your $100 Bluray player sir?:

 

[Keerock]

People who try to "upsell" me at a restaurant or store

:3 yr protection plan on your $100 Bluray player sir?:

Would you like to try a Triple Decker Bacon Cheeseburger Value Meal today?

 

[Fennis]

People who try to "upsell" me at a restaurant or store

:3 yr protection plan on your $100 Bluray player sir?:

:would you like fries with that, fatty?:

 

[Ignoramus]

people who clap when the plane lands

or at the end of a movie

My wife did this once. Once.Good luck clapping that stump, #####.

 

[collective]

1. "Score the basketball."

2. "In their region, I am going chalk."

 

[Jobber]

"GET IN THE HOLE!"

 

[Ignoramus]

"GET IN THE HOLE!"

"YOU DA MAN!"

 

[Ignoramus]

College kids whining about how a test conflicts with their Spring Break.

 

[Pipes]

Basketball players making a circle with their thumb and index finger and sticking the remaining 3 fingers in the air after making a 3. Even tools on Gonzaga's bench were doing this during crunch time of a 1 vs 16 game.

 

[shuke]

Basketball players making a circle with their thumb and index finger and sticking the remaining 3 fingers in the air after making a 3. Even tools on Gonzaga's bench were doing this during crunch time of a 1 vs 16 game.

Man was that kid a tool for doing that today. But I'd never seen it before. What does it mean?

 

[shuke]

people who clap when the plane lands

or at the end of a movie

How often do you see this happen? I hardly go to movies any more, but can only think of one time, when Vader through the emporer over the ledge, the theater I was in went nuts.

 

[Tom Servo]

College kids whining about how a test conflicts with their Spring Break.

In my day, there was no Spring Break. I had to walk 2 miles to class in the snow both ways...and the cafeteria served gruel in cold, metal bowls.:shakesfist:

 

[offdee]

Basketball players making a circle with their thumb and index finger and sticking the remaining 3 fingers in the air after making a 3. Even tools on Gonzaga's bench were doing this during crunch time of a 1 vs 16 game.

Man was that kid a tool for doing that today. But I'd never seen it before. What does it mean?

What does it mean? It means they made a 3 pointer. It's what refs do to signify when a 3 pt shot is good.

 

[Pipes]

Basketball players making a circle with their thumb and index finger and sticking the remaining 3 fingers in the air after making a 3. Even tools on Gonzaga's bench were doing this during crunch time of a 1 vs 16 game.

Man was that kid a tool for doing that today. But I'd never seen it before. What does it mean?

What does it mean? It means they made a 3 pointer. It's what refs do to signify when a 3 pt shot is good.

No they don't they raise their arms like they are signaling a touchdown. Apparently these are called 3 point goggles and they have jumped the shark.

 

[Tiger Fan]

people who clap when the plane lands

or at the end of a movie

My wife did this once. Once.Good luck clapping that stump, #####.

lol