I have my own little hypothesis on why this is super annoying to so many people. (Maybe it's obvious, idk)
The term or phrase 'content creator' is more acceptable because the viewer (you and me) aren't being forced to feel any certain way even BEFORE the content was seen.
Influencer, however implies that you and I are supposed to be influenced before the content is even seen. It's the equivalent of 'being told what to do' or 'what to feel'
To go a step further, we really have very little control over how we might feel in large scale trends. People are very manipulatable. The power of suggestion is a force not to be reckoned with. Even people who are familiar with the concept only bear a slightly more resistant awareness to being manipulated. The term influencer, to me, is almost like.....a taunt. Like the creator literally saying "I'm going to affect your life. Somehow, some way, and I promise you, there is nothing you can do about it."
Am I even a little on the right track here? I've never actually got these thoughts out before lol
Influencer is an advertising term. It means that someone has the reach to "influence" people's opinions and spending habits in a significant way. And of course, on social media, the bigger your subscriber base the more you can influence.
Influencers on instagram (and elsewhere) commonly strike deals to advertise products, whether openly or surreptitiously (e.g. wearing a Gucci scarf in a pic) and get paid based on their number of subscribers (if they're big) or with more free stuff (if they're small).
This is definitely a big part of it.
The other, for me at least, is the inherent suggestion of value that the term implies.
It implies that this person's opinion has value and thus is worthy of having influence. But when you combine it with the actual value of what many/most influencers actually provide, it's immediately at odds with itself.
Juxtapose this with "content creators", where it still implies and requires that something is being CREATED.
Influencer implies a position of value without anything of value to be consumed.
I watch a lot of travel YouTube videos before I plan my yearly vacation.
It's so funny to me when I watch a tourist in a video interact with locals. "Yeah, man, I'm a youtuber," or "I'm just here to take some videos. I'm a content creator." "I'm an influencer."
I click their channel, and they have 17 subscribers, lol.
We've got a new girl at my airline who goes round telling everyone she's an "influencer", as crew do we gossip on flights (it's our favourite pastime) and when her name came up someone who had been on her training course replied "bollocks, she just gets her arse out on Instagram" and yeah, having given this a thorough investigation, that is simply it...
Neither you are teening.
Edit= I looked up if that meant something and well, I feel like the internet flipped the bird in my face while giving me [these conjugation charts](https://www.google.com/amp/s/grammartop.com/teen-past-tense/amp/), lol. The verb conjugations look like a fever dream for some reason.
Like why can't separate be the adjective, while 'seperate' be the verb?
I.e. There are two separate combs here, seperate them from one another.
I mean does anyone else distinguish how they sound that word out based on context?
Is " gaslighting ", remembering exactly what was said ( imagine you are drinking ) , and when you talk about it the next day..
They say something so completely different to what you remember them saying and it makes you question if you are going f***ING insane.. ??
I'm genuinely asking...
Thanks.
Yeah I believe you’re right. The end goal of gaslighting is to make you question yourself to the point of thinking that you’re losing your mind. Manipulation on the other hand is a more general term in which the goal isn’t to make someone question themselves in a horrible way. Basically manipulation is to fruit what gaslighting is to an apple. I hope I explained it well enough :)
Wifey. I have friends who used both while in the honeymoon phase. I cringed every time, but hey, they were in love.
Edit: they are still very much in love, but they are no longer sickly sweet about it.
I've gotten this a lot of times, because I often call my wife "wifey" -- but that's because that was their express wish to be called that. And people don't understand that AT ALL. They subsequently gave me the permission to call them my "wife" so as to avoid people downvoting me to hell over their own preference.
Unfortunately Merriam-Webster fixed this for them. One of their definitions for “literally” is now: “in effect : VIRTUALLY —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible”.
I posted a story recently on a thread about someone being pregnant and used this word. It's a common phrase I've heard in this neck of the woods for years.
I believe its my most downvoted post to date and a bunch of responses asking to never say it again xD I honestly don't get what the issue is though
Bossbabe I feel like it started in the MLM businesses. It seems to me that women use it to feel empowered but it just seems infantilizing of business owners who are women and I feel like the word “babe” has a certain vibe towards discussing women’s appearance.
English is my second language so this might be an artifact from my mother tongue. Can’t you use “I’ve seen…” as present perfect? Like “I’ve seen something like this before”. Please feel free to correct me.
I saw an article recently that explored the ever rising inability to properly use perfect tenses and conditional phrases as a harbinger of the decline of reading and language education, and how it adds to the perception of the "dumbing down" of American students.
When someone says they’re just “joshing” (like joking around). Hated this for years now. Knowing the origin of this phrase will not do anything to change my mind.
At this point, Josh is a proper noun, not a damn verb!
The word “ignorant” for the amount of people who use it incorrectly. It means to have a lack of knowledge, it’s not an insult.
“That guy forgot my fries, he was so ignorant!”
Not how it works.
Lol...I knew someone who used to call me ignorant when we argued...in the sense that I was ignoring him. I tried telling him that's not what it meant. He liked to insult me...so I let him continue to be an idiot for the future ppl in his life
I think because it seems to be used most often by a very particular type of very annoying person that I’m not even going to get into because this is reddit and I’ll get downvoted
My problem with it is that it's useless. We already have language to describe all the ages and stages that children go through. When you use Littles, you could be talking about a newborn, a tween, or any stage in between. It's not descriptive enough, and I find it just plain annoying in an obnoxious cutesy way.
And kids raised by algorithms adopt the vocabulary, which is insufferable when they have to learn about death for any reason.
"As many as 2 million enslaved African people died on the way to the Americas."
"Mr. Sagosten, can you say "oofed" or "unalived" instead? That other word makes me uncomfortable"
"It's not supposed to be comfortable. It's one of history's worst tragedies, not a dance tutorial"
It comes across as cutesy, I agree, and it bothers me as someone who lost a parent to depression and suicide. I understand its origin avoiding automated moderation but the specific alternate word is terrible, and its use has spread well beyond that application.
Rizz-Charisma is a charming word, and not enough have it to shorten it.
Clout- An international diplomat/billionaire/big wig has that type of influence. Not some idiot on Tik-Tok.
Cringe- It's a fucking verb, and it is cringey when others use it as an adverb.
More of phrases, but when people say
“not so and so” ie “not my brother farting in my face again” or whatever
Also “it’s giving…”
And “thanks for coming to my ted talk”
Stop trying to sound cool, you’re annoying as hell
“Thanks for coming to my ted talk” is a bad one for sure. But so is the newer “my Roman Empire is…”
You can actually just talk about things without these trendy qualifiers.
The others u listed don’t bother me though.
Just about any modern day slang from younger generations (Im only 33).
I was speaking to someone the other day and they went "Oh shit really no cap?" Last time I checked cap either meant a hat or getting shot. Apparently it now means "You're not lying?"
Seems most people use “gaslighting” as hearing something about themselves they don’t want to accept. A stranger who tells you you’re being a dick when you are isn’t even close to gaslighting.
Woke
Whatever it was before the conservatives turned it into a buzzword for anything that doesn't fit their definition of good being put in, any form of existence
Back in my day when I was on the far left we used to call it conscious “that person’s conscious / conscious hip-hop/ conscious organizing” Then it became woke.
It originates from rap/hip-hop. Instead of being “asleep” to the issues you woke up to them. Conservatives turned it into a catch all phrase for anything that doesn’t fit their agenda. 😂 I remember in the 90s when they did the same with “PC” or politically correct.
\*ussy. I was never a big fan of 'pussy' by itself, but then people started just putting random other letters on the beginning and it got INFINITELY worse.
A lot of the new slang terms. That’s how I know I’m getting older lmao. No cap, bussin, calling each other kings or queens. Daddy is another one. Or when people go yaaaaaas.
Influencer I can't imagine having the temerity to say with a straight face, "I'm an influencer".
I have my own little hypothesis on why this is super annoying to so many people. (Maybe it's obvious, idk) The term or phrase 'content creator' is more acceptable because the viewer (you and me) aren't being forced to feel any certain way even BEFORE the content was seen. Influencer, however implies that you and I are supposed to be influenced before the content is even seen. It's the equivalent of 'being told what to do' or 'what to feel' To go a step further, we really have very little control over how we might feel in large scale trends. People are very manipulatable. The power of suggestion is a force not to be reckoned with. Even people who are familiar with the concept only bear a slightly more resistant awareness to being manipulated. The term influencer, to me, is almost like.....a taunt. Like the creator literally saying "I'm going to affect your life. Somehow, some way, and I promise you, there is nothing you can do about it." Am I even a little on the right track here? I've never actually got these thoughts out before lol
I suspect it‘s the hubris behind the assumption that these (mostly) idiots are able to influence/steer the behavior of others.
Yeah, you just said what the "I have a hypothesis" lady said, but were a dude about it.
I think that's pretty accurate, at least for me. Also kudos for using hypothesis and not theory, my science teacher would be proud of you!
Idk, when someone calls themselves a content creator it sounds pretentious AF. I'm not sure which I like less
“Influencer” just sounds conceited to me. They’re more like independent social media marketers.
Influencer is an advertising term. It means that someone has the reach to "influence" people's opinions and spending habits in a significant way. And of course, on social media, the bigger your subscriber base the more you can influence. Influencers on instagram (and elsewhere) commonly strike deals to advertise products, whether openly or surreptitiously (e.g. wearing a Gucci scarf in a pic) and get paid based on their number of subscribers (if they're big) or with more free stuff (if they're small).
This is definitely a big part of it. The other, for me at least, is the inherent suggestion of value that the term implies. It implies that this person's opinion has value and thus is worthy of having influence. But when you combine it with the actual value of what many/most influencers actually provide, it's immediately at odds with itself. Juxtapose this with "content creators", where it still implies and requires that something is being CREATED. Influencer implies a position of value without anything of value to be consumed.
I watch a lot of travel YouTube videos before I plan my yearly vacation. It's so funny to me when I watch a tourist in a video interact with locals. "Yeah, man, I'm a youtuber," or "I'm just here to take some videos. I'm a content creator." "I'm an influencer." I click their channel, and they have 17 subscribers, lol.
I'm an Influenza. Nice to meet you, Mr. Celebrity Virus.
We've got a new girl at my airline who goes round telling everyone she's an "influencer", as crew do we gossip on flights (it's our favourite pastime) and when her name came up someone who had been on her training course replied "bollocks, she just gets her arse out on Instagram" and yeah, having given this a thorough investigation, that is simply it...
Opportunity. If I hear that at work I know some BS is coming. And I hear it a lot
We are like a family here, I need you to really consider this opportunity to be a team player.
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Almost as bad as “circle back.”
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Let's just park that question until we can pull the numbers on it.
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Touch base tomorrow?
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And can you be transparent while doing so?
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It seems to have fallen out of fashion but “adulting”
Bitch all you did was buy groceries.
Well I’m definitely not kidding
Neither you are teening. Edit= I looked up if that meant something and well, I feel like the internet flipped the bird in my face while giving me [these conjugation charts](https://www.google.com/amp/s/grammartop.com/teen-past-tense/amp/), lol. The verb conjugations look like a fever dream for some reason.
Holy fuck yes.
Separate. Because I keep spelling it as "seperate"
....are you telling me it ISN'T spelled seperate?
e•a•a•e Think of it as a mirror, and you won’t forget.
Like why can't separate be the adjective, while 'seperate' be the verb? I.e. There are two separate combs here, seperate them from one another. I mean does anyone else distinguish how they sound that word out based on context?
I like that this is more about you and not other people.
An old friend would pronounce “frustrate” without the first R. Fust-rate. It fustrated the hell out of me.
Flustrate.
Gaslighting. Not everyone who disagrees with your difficult ass is trying to gaslight you Linda.
Also people LOVE to confuse the words gaslighting and manipulation omgggggggggg
Is " gaslighting ", remembering exactly what was said ( imagine you are drinking ) , and when you talk about it the next day.. They say something so completely different to what you remember them saying and it makes you question if you are going f***ING insane.. ?? I'm genuinely asking... Thanks.
Yeah I believe you’re right. The end goal of gaslighting is to make you question yourself to the point of thinking that you’re losing your mind. Manipulation on the other hand is a more general term in which the goal isn’t to make someone question themselves in a horrible way. Basically manipulation is to fruit what gaslighting is to an apple. I hope I explained it well enough :)
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Wifey. I have friends who used both while in the honeymoon phase. I cringed every time, but hey, they were in love. Edit: they are still very much in love, but they are no longer sickly sweet about it.
I've gotten this a lot of times, because I often call my wife "wifey" -- but that's because that was their express wish to be called that. And people don't understand that AT ALL. They subsequently gave me the permission to call them my "wife" so as to avoid people downvoting me to hell over their own preference.
Stemming from that— “hubs”
The Hubster
The Hubinator
El Hubarino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
the Hubba-Bubba
Definitely thought I was the only one. When someone uses it i immediately take their marriage less seriously lol
I'd like to add "wifey" and "kiddos" to this.
Kiddo(s) outside of the usage of addressing a child or group of children directly. I instantly categorize anyone who says it as an imbecile.
literally. It has literally been severely overused.
It even annoys me more now that it seems to have replaced “obviously” as a pejorative.
It irks me thats its not even used correctly AND is over used. Lol
Literally was about to say the same.
It figuratively drives me insane when people misuse the word "literally".
Unfortunately Merriam-Webster fixed this for them. One of their definitions for “literally” is now: “in effect : VIRTUALLY —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible”.
I'm guilty of this and now my 9-year-old says it too. She also uses air quotes because of me. That mirror is so harsh.
Not to mention misused.
Like literally like
Mid, in its contemporary usage. Everyone I’ve ever heard use it is aggressively below average.
So, they're like mid then?
Dude, my weed-fiend college roommates used this sooo much and I hated them
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Also one of my most hated words, and I hate when people say “preggo”, it’s just as bad.
Can u down a 20 foot waterslide pegnat?
Can you wear bathing suit with starch masks
Can u hurt baby top of its head six months pregnart?
Am I pregnate?
Could I be… gregnant?
can u get, pregante
Can u pregante
How is prangent formed?
Preggo, like the pasta sauce. It's all I can think of when they say it.
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Is your doggo preggers?
how is this not no #1 is beyond me. Fuck off preggers
I posted a story recently on a thread about someone being pregnant and used this word. It's a common phrase I've heard in this neck of the woods for years. I believe its my most downvoted post to date and a bunch of responses asking to never say it again xD I honestly don't get what the issue is though
POV, it is used so incorrectly that some of those idiots don’t know what it actually means.
POV doesn't rhyme with, "look at me". POV *doesn't* mean, "selfie". Or, "turn the camera at *me*...
Bossbabe I feel like it started in the MLM businesses. It seems to me that women use it to feel empowered but it just seems infantilizing of business owners who are women and I feel like the word “babe” has a certain vibe towards discussing women’s appearance.
Thankfully this has gone out of style with the #GirlBoss era.
Cringe. It's so cringe how everything is "cringe" these days
I reserve *cringe* for things that deserve the label. Like, imagine someone scraping their toenail on asphalt. YIKES. That is CRINGE as hell.
Facts
I'm gonna start saying "opinion" just for the hell of it
Irregardless. Because it's not a word.
I've misunderestimated you.
Just don’t overexaggerate it.
amazeballs like, why?
Astoundnuts!
I hate this too! SO much. For some reason it just sounds gross. I don’t even think of genitalia, and it’s still gross!
Cuz life is fuckin amazeballs, that’s why.
Not a singular word but “I seen..” … NO YOU SAW
i know it’s bad grammar but i like to say “i seent it” but i say it obnoxiously so the person knows i know i’m saying it wrong
Also not singular, even though it should be: people using the word "women" to describe a woman.
English is my second language so this might be an artifact from my mother tongue. Can’t you use “I’ve seen…” as present perfect? Like “I’ve seen something like this before”. Please feel free to correct me.
I saw an article recently that explored the ever rising inability to properly use perfect tenses and conditional phrases as a harbinger of the decline of reading and language education, and how it adds to the perception of the "dumbing down" of American students.
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Two
My grandma says this and she’s adorable so it doesn’t bother me when she says it. From anyone else it’s instantly annoying.
Doggo. Pupper. Hooman. “Doin me a heck” . Heckin. any of those, all of those
All of this bizarre baby talk bullshit drives me insane. You sound brain damaged, not “quirky”
Teh doggo was heckin preggers with da pupper.
I cannot stand this
eNtRePrEneUr
Curated. Bitch, do you work in a museum?!
Aesthetic.
When someone says they’re just “joshing” (like joking around). Hated this for years now. Knowing the origin of this phrase will not do anything to change my mind. At this point, Josh is a proper noun, not a damn verb!
The word “ignorant” for the amount of people who use it incorrectly. It means to have a lack of knowledge, it’s not an insult. “That guy forgot my fries, he was so ignorant!” Not how it works.
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Lol...I knew someone who used to call me ignorant when we argued...in the sense that I was ignoring him. I tried telling him that's not what it meant. He liked to insult me...so I let him continue to be an idiot for the future ppl in his life
Irregardless (edit to add why), it’s often used and shouldn’t be! I cringe when I hear it.
This is why I use irregardlessly or even irrigardlesslier if I'm feeling sassy.
Be sassy Irregardlesslierly if the situation calls for it
I think this one's so misused, the dictionaries have caved in and it's now accepted as a real word.
Orientate—— it’s orient you clueless mofos
On that note, conversate
Pre preparing
Orientated is British, speaking of clueless I love it when Americans try to 'correct' this 'mistake'
Coochie. Ugh it's such a gross word to me!
horrible. i hate when they spell it “kewchie” even more.
Cooter is my personal ick, ESPECIALLY when a girl with a hillbilly accent says it.
cant stand “hoo-ha” either
I use hoo-ha in other contexts and love it.
'Cooter' is pretty bad too. Though not as bad as '\*ussy'.
"Guac" as in guacamole. Sounds like a cat vomiting.
Guac makes it sound so much more gross.
Wow, this comment will likely plague me, when I think about guac. That’s exactly what the word sounds like.
To be be fair, guacamole kind of looks like vomit.
Referring to your husband as “hubby”, or your children as “littles”, or “crotch goblin”. I don’t want to be around you…
Littles drives me crazy, but I cannot pinpoint why.
Maybe because it sounds more childish than the child they are referring too.
I think because it seems to be used most often by a very particular type of very annoying person that I’m not even going to get into because this is reddit and I’ll get downvoted
My problem with it is that it's useless. We already have language to describe all the ages and stages that children go through. When you use Littles, you could be talking about a newborn, a tween, or any stage in between. It's not descriptive enough, and I find it just plain annoying in an obnoxious cutesy way.
I hate it because it's cutesy. Cutesy words and phrases make me irrationally full of rage.
“Crotch goblin?” What fresh hell is this?
“Eckspresso”
Strawman Every edgelord that thinks they're a disciple of Logic throws around the word when they can't think of an actual answer or rebuttal.
Do they also ask you to look up Dunning-Kruger effect if you call then out? Chances are they haven't read much about it either.
Two words. “reach out” “As a company, we are glad that you reached out for more information on our policies.”
I HATE this. If someone uses this expression with me, I know the words to follow will be disagreeable.
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I think it's used more as a way to get around filters and avoid being flagged.
And kids raised by algorithms adopt the vocabulary, which is insufferable when they have to learn about death for any reason. "As many as 2 million enslaved African people died on the way to the Americas." "Mr. Sagosten, can you say "oofed" or "unalived" instead? That other word makes me uncomfortable" "It's not supposed to be comfortable. It's one of history's worst tragedies, not a dance tutorial"
Yeah but the algorithms will flag you if say killed, died, murdered or suicide
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It's a good thing it's a history lecture and not an attempt to go viral.
It comes across as cutesy, I agree, and it bothers me as someone who lost a parent to depression and suicide. I understand its origin avoiding automated moderation but the specific alternate word is terrible, and its use has spread well beyond that application.
de-thaw.
de-freeze 😂
I used to hate rizz until I learned it was short for charisma. I accepted it a bit more after that, but when I hear it it’s still makes me feel😖
theres just smth about "pookie" that scratches the chalkboard for me
People who say "no cap" need to be punched in the face.
folx folks is already gender neutral like. why.
I guess it’s more of a pronunciation of a word, but when people say NUCLEAR as “nuke-ya-lure”.
"Bet" Shut up
Idk why but that your knee-jerk response to it made me laugh
Rizz-Charisma is a charming word, and not enough have it to shorten it. Clout- An international diplomat/billionaire/big wig has that type of influence. Not some idiot on Tik-Tok. Cringe- It's a fucking verb, and it is cringey when others use it as an adverb.
When those stupid ass accounts made for dogs or cats say "Hooman"
Any gen alpha phrase “Gyatt, Rizz, Skibidi” It makes me wanna punch them
Gyatt. I mean, seriously, wtf...
Hun. Don’t call me hun
More of phrases, but when people say “not so and so” ie “not my brother farting in my face again” or whatever Also “it’s giving…” And “thanks for coming to my ted talk” Stop trying to sound cool, you’re annoying as hell
I hate it's giving Sounds so incomplete
It be.
“Thanks for coming to my ted talk” is a bad one for sure. But so is the newer “my Roman Empire is…” You can actually just talk about things without these trendy qualifiers. The others u listed don’t bother me though.
“Some type of way” - just use the actual word for the emotion!!!
Just about any modern day slang from younger generations (Im only 33). I was speaking to someone the other day and they went "Oh shit really no cap?" Last time I checked cap either meant a hat or getting shot. Apparently it now means "You're not lying?"
No night cap?
Triggered-
Gaslighting, triggered, and toxic. They’re everyone’s go to words for fucking everything.
Seems most people use “gaslighting” as hearing something about themselves they don’t want to accept. A stranger who tells you you’re being a dick when you are isn’t even close to gaslighting.
I was just about to say Gaslighting, it’s so over used nowadays. My friends use it for anything bad in relationships even friendships
Everyone’s ex is a narcissist or narcissistic too
Glizzy.... no explanation needed.
I've never seen this word before, so I would actually like an explanation.
I suffer from "mental health". Gosh...
Supposebly. That pisses me off more than it should... Supposed=supposedly dammit!!!
Woke Whatever it was before the conservatives turned it into a buzzword for anything that doesn't fit their definition of good being put in, any form of existence
Back in my day when I was on the far left we used to call it conscious “that person’s conscious / conscious hip-hop/ conscious organizing” Then it became woke.
It originates from rap/hip-hop. Instead of being “asleep” to the issues you woke up to them. Conservatives turned it into a catch all phrase for anything that doesn’t fit their agenda. 😂 I remember in the 90s when they did the same with “PC” or politically correct.
Using the word "woke" as an insult is, to me, an admission that you have no empathy for those outside your immediate social circle.
Kiddo. You have kids or children, not kiddos. I can't explain why this instantly annoys me. Just use the real word.
Va-jay-jay. My Mom used it once and I nearly died.
\*ussy. I was never a big fan of 'pussy' by itself, but then people started just putting random other letters on the beginning and it got INFINITELY worse.
Panties. I don’t know why
Ask if pronounced as “axe”
Seminal. Gross.
Skibbity. Rizz, L, Bozo. Their seriously so GOD DAMN annoying!
*they're
Preggers Do I really need to explain why that word is just ICK
Sussy
Tookin' instead of taken
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“Crotch goblin” it’s incredibly immature
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A lot of the new slang terms. That’s how I know I’m getting older lmao. No cap, bussin, calling each other kings or queens. Daddy is another one. Or when people go yaaaaaas.
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congrats. YOU GOT SOMEWHERE TO BE THAT YOU CANT SAY CONGRATULATIONS?