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Felz · 2019-02-25 10:50:53+00:00

Hah, you're right- that's terrible phrasing.

daveslash | karma 2815 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2019-06-25 23:30:46+00:00

Yeah, their phrasing is atrocious on this...

steveklabnik | karma 91260 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2013-07-12 14:27:16+00:00

Absolutely agree, it's a terrible phrase.

phy6 | karma 305 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2012-12-06 06:31:49

Man, his phrasing is awkward and annoying.

jameskilton | karma 3849 | avg karma 6.56 · | 2014-11-12 13:27:37+00:00

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was appalled that he would use the phrase at all, much less in this context.

tytytytytytytyt | karma 43 | avg karma 0.14 · | 2017-12-16 03:26:47+00:00

What's so bad about saying that one?

mtkd | karma 1968 | avg karma 4.94 · | 2017-06-13 19:32:10+00:00

bad phrase - it's on another segment

propagandist | karma 53 | avg karma 0.98 · | 2022-11-03 18:01:28

That makes me hate the phrase even more.

gjm11 | karma 13505 | avg karma 4.09 · | 2019-10-30 13:25:11+00:00

Yup. (And saying it's _even worse_ than what you describe.)

serve_yay | karma 1819 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2015-02-06 20:38:25+00:00

You're really just complaining about the phrasing of it and saying that it should have been worded in a mealy-mouthed way. That's silly, it's just an expression of an opinion.

adamnemecek | karma 57571 | avg karma 6.54 · | 2019-05-05 14:47:03+00:00

I really, really dislike that phrase.

imwillofficial | karma 1003 | avg karma 0.43 · | 2021-03-20 05:21:18+00:00

Worst saying ever

jcwentz | karma 827 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2007-11-30 19:09:09+00:00

Anyone else hate that phrase?

agumonkey | karma 29727 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2017-02-25 08:40:28+00:00

I kinda despise that idiom quite strongly.

cema | karma 1713 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2013-04-29 12:23:04+00:00

Not just phraseology. The whole attitude expressed in that phrase stinks.

consz | karma 520 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2014-05-23 00:09:11+00:00

That sentence sounds bad in any context, don't try to weasel out of it.

giantg2 | karma 18870 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2023-03-22 10:18:02

Hmm, interesting. I'll try to avoid that pattern of speech in the future.

magic_beans | karma 1095 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2018-05-15 15:28:23+00:00

Brilliant. This phrase is so loaded with passive-aggression and condescension.

brazzy | karma 9490 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2014-03-17 03:31:38

The problem is that it's always he-said-she-said, especially in the worst cases.

robertlagrant | karma 11405 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2020-11-04 17:23:26+00:00

I don't have a problem, but if you're phrasing things like that then perhaps you're seeing an exchange like this as the equivalent to squaring up outside a pub. Disengaging.