I find the word "This" incredibly annoying.

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When did this response begin. Where someone writes something, then when another poster agrees they just write:

This.

Man I find it so irritating and I have no justification for why. Why can't they write:

"Yes" or "I agree"

When did writing "This" become the norm? This doesn't make sense.

p.s. by the way I realise that when somebody replies here with an explanation somebody is going to be really amusing and write "This" after it, or they may even be more original and write "That" or perhaps be really witty and write "The other". I'm ready for it.
 
I find putting 'man' at the beginning of sentences really annoying as well:lol:


given the weather outside wouldn't 'chillaxing' OR 'taking a chill pill' be better than moaning about peoples words on an internet forum? :)
 
joescrivens said:
When did this response begin. Where someone writes something, then when another poster agrees they just write:

This.

Man I find it so irritating and I have no justification for why. Why can't they write:

"Yes" or "I agree"

When did writing "This" become the norm? This doesn't make sense.

p.s. by the way I realise that when somebody replies here with an explanation somebody is going to be really amusing and write "This" after it, or they may even be more original and write "That" or perhaps be really witty and write "The other". I'm ready for it.
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This.
 
Transference? Old trigger? Mental instability (backs away slowly)? This-itis?

I can handle anything except for forkin' text speak, which vexes me slightly...for several seconds.
 
On other forums I see "that" so, if you visit a few, you just get to see a whole load of This & That...........
 
I find this incredibly annoying as well, because it means someone is writing c++ when they should be writing 'c' (or assembly language).
 
Using THIS doesn't make anyone look like a doofus.

It's just them say that "I agree and I think you should do this!".

As for the OP, why would writing YES be any better? It wouldn't make any sense at all.
 
I have to admit I'm probably the worst at doing that.
 
waspjunior said:
Yes it joins 'guys' 'my bad' 'heads up' 'gonna' 'teh' and other really hip 'forum speak' as being very annoying. But what do I know, other than it makes the writer look a complete doofus.
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Plus "would of" and "should of".
 
onomatopoeia said:
I find this incredibly annoying as well, because it means someone is writing c++ when they should be writing 'c' (or assembly language).
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or c#

I find Goto; very annoying :D especially when it breaks my code :bang:
 
Harvey_nikon said:
Using THIS doesn't make anyone look like a doofus.

It's just them say that "I agree and I think you should do this!".

As for the OP, why would writing YES be any better? It wouldn't make any sense at all.
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of course it would. Saying yes means "yes, i agree"

saying this just means "this". what about this, you havent said what this is or what this isn't. you've just presented some text.
 
Sorry about that :)
 
Not sure if im following this post properly but i can't really understand what the problem is, and if it is what i think, then it does sound a bit petty
 
it's incredibly petty, no excuses there. its one of those pointless hatreds. something that aggravates you for no real reason, much like the name lensbaby only worse.

heres an example

archamedes said:
Not sure if im following this post properly but i can't really understand what the problem is, and if it is what i think, then it does sound a bit petty
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This

aaarrrghhhh even writing it gets my goat!!!!
 
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joescrivens said:
of course it would. Saying yes means "yes, i agree"

saying this just means "this". what about this, you havent said what this is or what this isn't. you've just presented some text.
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Saying THIS means "I agree with this" :D

So if you feel that YES is an appropriate response on it's own the so is this :D
 
Harvey_nikon said:
Saying THIS means "I agree with this" :D

So if you feel that YES is an appropriate response on it's own the so is this :D
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no it doesn't. the word this just means:


1. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): This is my coat.

in conversation if someone said to you "i really like eastenders" you wouldnt respond with "this, me too" but you could with "yes, me too". the word yes can be an agreeing word but this can't
 
according to my wife, I cant understand anything
 
waspjunior said:
Yes it joins 'guys' 'my bad' 'heads up' 'gonna' 'teh' and other really hip 'forum speak' as being very annoying. But what do I know, other than it makes the writer look a complete doofus.
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"teh" isn't hip forum speak. It's typing too fast and spelling "the" wrong. I do it all the time and have to go back and edit my posts.

Andy
 
joescrivens said:
no it doesn't. the word this just means:


1. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): This is my coat.

in conversation if someone said to you "i really like eastenders" you wouldnt respond with "this, me too" but you could with "yes, me too". the word yes can be an agreeing word but this can't
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using your same argument against you:

"i really like eastenders"
"Yes"

doesn't make any more sense until you put the "me too" on the end.

Your argument is invalid due to the reason that you feel it is ok to use the yes to mean "yes me too" but you are unwilling to accept that this can mean "I agree with this". Plus, you are using a purely verbal example to argue your point which doesn't apply to a forum.

A better example would be:

Someone comes to you with a problem, they've printed off a few ideas to combat the problem. You read through each of the solutions and decide upon one. At this point, you take the printed solution, hand it back to the person and say "I agree with THIS one!"

We can sit here all year arguing whether it's right or not, just because you do not like it makes it no less valid than you using YES.
 
joescrivens said:
no it doesn't. the word this just means:


1. (used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood, or by way of emphasis): This is my coat.

in conversation if someone said to you "i really like eastenders" you wouldnt respond with "this, me too" but you could with "yes, me too". the word yes can be an agreeing word but this can't
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^^^^voilà
 
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Harvey_nikon said:
using your same argument against you:

"i really like eastenders"
"Yes"

doesn't make any more sense until you put the "me too" on the end.

Your argument is invalid due to the reason that you feel it is ok to use the yes to mean "yes me too" but you are unwilling to accept that this can mean "I agree with this". Plus, you are using a purely verbal example to argue your point which doesn't apply to a forum.

A better example would be:

Someone comes to you with a problem, they've printed off a few ideas to combat the problem. You read through each of the solutions and decide upon one. At this point, you take the printed solution, hand it back to the person and say "I agree with THIS one!"

We can sit here all year arguing whether it's right or not, just because you do not like it makes it no less valid than you using YES.
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Actually I don't really like Yes either, but I just like it more than THIS. If you are going to just use one word because you can't be bothered to type more than one then YES makes more sense than THIS.

You don't need the "me too" part to make someone understand at all. Picture a person saying "I like eastenders" and the other person says "yes" or "yeah" it's obvious they understand what the person is saying and then based on whether they nod, pull a strange face - the action then would dictate whether they agree or not, but the word yes shows they have understood.

If they said "this" and did any of those things it would make no sense whatsoever.

the fact is, the word this just means to present something, the word yes at least is part of a set of words meaning understanding or agreeing.
 
I frequent a forum where the very bad spelling is infuriating. Some of the posters are so far up their own backsides, can't spell for love nor money and see an argument in anything and everything they read. I think some of them should be restricted to just posting "This".
 
joescrivens said:
When did this response begin. Where someone writes something, then when another poster agrees they just write:

This.

Man I find it so irritating and I have no justification for why. Why can't they write:

"Yes" or "I agree"

When did writing "This" become the norm? This doesn't make sense.

p.s. by the way I realise that when somebody replies here with an explanation somebody is going to be really amusing and write "This" after it, or they may even be more original and write "That" or perhaps be really witty and write "The other". I'm ready for it.
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I find people who find such minor things as the above annoying enough to post about, incredibly annoying.

There's this, lensbaby, and I'm sure I saw you complaining about something else equally as insignificant as well not too long ago :cuckoo:
 
trencheel303 said:
I find people who find such minor things as the above annoying enough to post about, incredibly annoying.

There's this, lensbaby, and I'm sure I saw you complaining about something else equally as insignificant as well not too long ago :cuckoo:
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and I'll continue to do so with anything else that irritates me since this is an open forum, just like people will continue to say "This" :clap::clap:
 
Oh, I'm not disputing whether you should or shouldn't, it's your privilidge to do so, but I do think it's very petty to start a thread up about everything you don't like.
 
trencheel303 said:
Oh, I'm not disputing whether you should or shouldn't, it's your privilidge to do so, but I do think it's very petty to start a thread up about everything you don't like.
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trust me, if i started a thread on everything i didn't like there would be a LOT more threads!!!
 
trencheel303 said:
Oh, I'm not disputing whether you should or shouldn't, it's your privilidge to do so, but I do think it's very petty to start a thread up about everything you don't like.
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This, completely^^^

Your post average is pretty high as it is, Joe. Perhaps you should spend less time getting all wound up about utter nonsense and posting about it and spend a bit more time out there 'togging; it'll do wonders for your blood pressure :D:D:D
 
Ha ha, Joe; if your posts were people, they'd be called oxygen thieves :lol: :wave:
 
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