I was still so pissed off after playing video games that I had to take these phrases to the sword.
1. "I hate drama/fake people/liars"
Does anyone really hate these things? If anything, we've practically embraced them and treated them as if they were our best friends rather than a virus that needed to be eradicated. Drama is everywhere, fake people are everywhere, and liars are everywhere; no one honestly hates them enough to want to get rid of them, but instead, subtly tolerate them because their lives would be absolute shit if they didn't have drama, fake people, or liars in them.
I was on the bandwagon for quite some time, until I realized that the amount of drama, fake people, and liars were increasing rather than decreasing. It's not hating them if you still tolerate their presence, dumbasses.
2. "I'm pro-life/pro-choice"
I once mentioned that you can never take a stance on abortion without pissing anybody off. Regardless of your stance on abortion, it's time for these phrases to be aborted. I've seen the abuses of the pro-life crowd (many who claim to have found God) and the pro-choice crowd (for defending the actions of stupid people like Octomom). Both camps need to be punched in the face for even making it difficult to formulate a position on abortion to begin with that doesn't invoke the rage and wrath of the other camp.
3. "Above average"
The only thing "above average" about the people who abuse this term is their sense of self-worth, which more often than not happens to be below average.
4. "Facebook official"
Does something always have to be on Facebook to be "official"? It's getting out of hand. You're in a relationship with someone, better go tell Facebook! Whatever happened to just telling your friends how great your significant other is with your actions rather than banging on a few keys and saying "I'm in a relationship with someone now, I am more awesome than all of you single people."
Then people take it to absurd heights and decide to make joint Facebook accounts, which is probably the biggest and most blatant sign of there being insecurity in your relationship.
5. "I'm depressed"
Everybody gets depressed at one point or another, but some people think being depressed is like a badge of honor nowadays. It's a slap in the face to people who are actually diagnosed with depression, making this phrase completely worthless. There are people far worse off than you are: starving children in Africa, Snooki's kid, Honey Boo Boo, the list can go on and on.
6. "Sorry"
Apologizing has never been my strong suit, hence the reason why I use it very rarely (as in if I really fucked up and the person is someone I actually care about). The word "sorry" probably takes second place to "friend" as the most worthless word in the English language for the mere reason that you can't tell whether its a sincere sorry or "I'm just saying sorry to you because I don't want to look like a complete dick to the rest of society" sorry.
It's not something meant to be used at your convenience, which many people often use it as, so they can get away with being a complete tool elsewhere.
7. "(Insert politician I don't like here) is a(n) (insert extremist ideology here)"
The Facebook Politics War of 2012 was pretty much this repeated ad nauseam, which prompted me to seek intelligent life elsewhere (and on Earth, that's rather difficult to do, so I gave up).
If Obama were Hitler, he'd be gassing the Jews; if Romney hated gays as much as everyone claimed he did, he'd be rounding them up and executing them like they're about to do in Uganda. One thing many people have missed is that Romney and Obama are essentially the same person—they both cater to corporations and are out of touch with the common person (with Romney slightly more out of touch than Obama; Obama let gays serve openly in the military).
8. "I'll talk to you later"
How many times have you been given this line by somebody? It's extremely vague and unclear (for me, "later" is probably two months and counting with one person). Unlike most people, I actually do talk to them later; I'm not someone who just talks to people if I need something, making me a better person than most people. This is why people lose touch with each other, and if you actually give a damn about people, you'd actually take the time out of your day to talk to them.
BONUS ROUND: Phrases everybody should start using more often
To be completely fair, here are some phrases that are not used enough.
1. "Please" and "Thank you"
Probably the least used phrases in the English language. I should write a letter to the people who write the dictionary to put these phrases in larger text than the others so that people can start using them more often. My parents have practically seared it into my heads to say "please" and "thank you" because it's good manners, i.e. they should say "Please post another meaningful blog post," and "Thank you for opening my eyes up to how much stupidity there is in the world today."
2. "I'm wrong"
It's extremely hard to admit defeat in anything. Some members in my family have this issue. My mom will argue any point to the ends of the earth even if all the evidence is against her, and I'm pretty much the same. But the difference between us is that I can admit when I'm wrong.
3. "I respect you"
That's another problem with humanity. They only know how to love or hate, and most of the time, it's the latter, and most of the time, it's for the most illogical and crazy reasons, and sometimes even no reason at all. I've tried to fix things up with people I've had issues with in the past, and the whole reason it has had mixed results is because people don't like the direct, hard-hitting way that I tell the truth in. I feel that many people need to be told that way because the other way of doing it (the so-called "nice" way that teachers have attempted to teach their students) comes off to me as letting others play a part in your beliefs instead of developing them on your own (i.e. "What will so-and-so think if I told them this way?").
4. "I care about you"
Alright, people say they care, but they often care about the wrong things. We put ourselves first because that's natural. I've had debates lasting hours because of this. I often state that people are naturally selfish, and people have disagreed with me on it. But look around you—the Papa John's CEO refused to cough up 15 cents more per pizza because he didn't want to give his workers healthcare (you can agree or disagree with Obamacare if you want, but this is clearly a douche move).
Almost anyone who says that they are selfless is a liar. Caring about others is a lot easier said than done, but the problem with it is that almost nobody makes an effort to care about others.
That's about it, I guess. There should be better ways to express yourself, you know, through your actions rather than just through your words? I'm probably asking for too much.
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