The King Of Swing Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Those meetings eventually became a source of entertainment, when managers would start bickering over things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 29, 2023 Moderators Share Posted November 29, 2023 56 minutes ago, CavemanLynn said: There's something very staged and focus-grouped about it, as if pointing with the index finger has been deemed too judgey, so instead we get a stubby little sausage jabbed at us on the end of a fist - I guess it feels like that because it is exactly that! But I'm with you. It feels very unnatural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 10 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: I guess it feels like that because it is exactly that! But I'm with you. It feels very unnatural. Boris used to do it as a double thumb point, which look very weird. But it's a lot better than pointing at people, so I see where it came from. Like a lot of these things, it's become popular because it works in person I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Loki said: Boris used to do it as a double thumb point, which look very weird. But it's a lot better than pointing at people, so I see where it came from. Like a lot of these things, it's become popular because it works in person I think. @Keith Houchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 STOP CALLING HIM BORIS!! AND STOP MAKING OUT HE INVENTED IT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 My word tick is finishing sentences and saying 'right' additionally at the end even if it's not needed, can't help it. Editing stand up clips of myself is bad enough because I don't like my voice, right? So I'll be sat there and reacting out loud "You've said right AGAIN! Why are you doing that." No idea how to avoid or stop it 🫣 Also the Kevin Nash hair flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: STOP CALLING HIM BORIS!! AND STOP MAKING OUT HE INVENTED IT!! Who? Boris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Loki said: Who? Boris? Which Boris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 The only person on this forum that is allowed to say BORIS is Merzbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted November 29, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2023 My filler phrase used to be “sort of” until someone pointed it out and I had to train myself out of it. I thought I’d been fairly good at not using them (I can generally speak to groups of people without using “er” much) but while editing myself for podcasts it’s very clear I’ve just replaced it with “and” ”Aaaand” I’ll start my sentences with that while I’m thinking of what I’m going to say, “aaaand” when I’ve thought of a point partway through, or if I’m trying an open question “and…” It’s fucking dreadful and I know I must do it all the time when I’m just talking. Just shut up and don’t talk, is what I need to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Blog Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Carbomb said: sheer number of times I'd say "y'know" BONG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 When I started uni we had a lecturer who'd end sentences with 'in those kind of ways' a lot. I didn't know anyone at the time but thought to myself that I couldn't be the only one who noticed how often he used it. I was proven right when in the following lectures he'd say it and then I'd hear several pens click straight after each time. You could see it put him off his tracks too, poor sod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted November 30, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2023 22 hours ago, SuperBacon said: I present quite a lot for work You, work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: You, work? On occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted December 4, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 4, 2023 Articles referring to basic life advice or the blindingly obvious as "hacks". 'Get a squeaky clean ring with these five amazing hacks for wiping your arse 1. Make sure there isn't still shit on the bog roll when you finish up.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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