Pet Peeves

[Spracne]

I’m sure I’ve posted my hate for this previously; with that being said, “with that being said” is the worst.

Ha, I use that quite a bit. Mostly as I am inundated with questions and I try and assuage whoever I am talking to that what they thought was the way things are, are in fact not that way.

You should endeavor to remove “being” from the phrase. Just an extra word that makes it passive voice and makes everything terrible.  Being said? You just said it!

How about just "But ..."?

"With that being said" is terribly inefficient writing/speaking. It should never be put in writing, but I imagine people use it in speaking to buy a few more moments to collect their thoughts before proceeding.

FTR I definitely don't use it in emails or other such writing, it's pretty much just a verbal thing I do to, as mentioned, is just a phrase used to to let whoever is distracting me I hear them but don't care to hear them/reasoning for something. It almost always proceeded by "I understand what you're saying" or "I hear what you're saying" and a long list of confirming crap and then "but with that being said do XYZ, not ABC."

I would totally understand it being a peeve though

I can only speak for myself, but I find it totally fine as a speech artifact. Just not the full form of "with that being said" in written form. But I agree with cat about "That said, ..." being acceptable in writing. I've done it, and ...

[cfbandyman]

 

[WillieWatanabe]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

[OK_Cat]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

You could really fill up this thread by just copying and pasting 99% of Kurtz's tweets

[puniraptor]

Natural peanut butter

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

[michigancat]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

I've never heard anyone say this.

[yoga-like_abana]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

I've never heard anyone say this.

Feels like a bad and1 tshirt from the early 2000s

[WillieWatanabe]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

I've never heard anyone say this.

[MakeItRain]

"he knows ball" or "_____ knows ball"

You could really fill up this thread by just copying and pasting 99% of Kurtz's tweets

He 100% tweeted that ironically

[puniraptor]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

I am referring to non-hydrogenated nut butters that separate into solids and oil that you have to expend 50% of your willpower and 100% of your vitality each time you have to stir it back into nut butter

[BIG APPLE CAT]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

I am referring to non-hydrogenated nut butters that separate into solids and oil that you have to expend 50% of your willpower and 100% of your vitality each time you have to stir it back into nut butter

oh, yeah those suck

[Stupid Fitz]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

I am referring to non-hydrogenated nut butters that separate into solids and oil that you have to expend 50% of your willpower and 100% of your vitality each time you have to stir it back into nut butter

oh, yeah those suck

Hard disagree here. Peanut butter should just be ground up peanuts. You basically turn the jar upside down for a day then stick in fridge and its mixed for you. Brand name frankenbutters are rough ridin' gross. 

SF pet peeve #6,743. Can we stop adding rough ridin' sugar to everything? Here are some crushed up strawberries that are naturally sweet anyway, but we added 247 grams of sugar to make them really rough ridin' sweet to spread on top of your mutant butter. We probably added some corn too and we have no idea why we even do that at this point.

[OK_Cat]

go churn your butter or whatever, SF, the rest of us will enjoy our sugar.   

['taterblast]

definitely Team Natural PB. it's like the one healthy thing i insist on.

[Stupid Fitz]

go churn your butter or whatever, SF, the rest of us will enjoy our sugar.   

you keep enjoying your corn jelly OK Cat.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

I am referring to non-hydrogenated nut butters that separate into solids and oil that you have to expend 50% of your willpower and 100% of your vitality each time you have to stir it back into nut butter

oh, yeah those suck

Hard disagree here. Peanut butter should just be ground up peanuts. You basically turn the jar upside down for a day then stick in fridge and its mixed for you. Brand name frankenbutters are rough ridin' gross. 

SF pet peeve #6,743. Can we stop adding rough ridin' sugar to everything? Here are some crushed up strawberries that are naturally sweet anyway, but we added 247 grams of sugar to make them really rough ridin' sweet to spread on top of your mutant butter. We probably added some corn too and we have no idea why we even do that at this point.

Everything has corn syrup because we subsidize corn and tax sugar.

[OK_Cat]

go churn your butter or whatever, SF, the rest of us will enjoy our sugar.   

you keep enjoying your corn jelly OK Cat.

That sounds like a good Tuesday afternoon thread, stay tuned!

[Stupid Fitz]

Natural peanut butter

Need more information. You mean like when The Brands put the PB in jar with the brown label (jif natural, Peter Pan natural, etc) or are we talking something else?

I am referring to non-hydrogenated nut butters that separate into solids and oil that you have to expend 50% of your willpower and 100% of your vitality each time you have to stir it back into nut butter

oh, yeah those suck

Hard disagree here. Peanut butter should just be ground up peanuts. You basically turn the jar upside down for a day then stick in fridge and its mixed for you. Brand name frankenbutters are rough ridin' gross. 

SF pet peeve #6,743. Can we stop adding rough ridin' sugar to everything? Here are some crushed up strawberries that are naturally sweet anyway, but we added 247 grams of sugar to make them really rough ridin' sweet to spread on top of your mutant butter. We probably added some corn too and we have no idea why we even do that at this point.

Everything has corn syrup because we subsidize corn and tax sugar.

I know. Can't we just give them money and not put sugar and corn in everything?

[star seed 7]

The natural pb is so gross

[Sandstone Outcropping]

all peanut butter is good. probably 30% of the protein consumed in our house comes from peanut butter so I would need to get like 3 -4 of those small jars of natural peanut butter each week. Natural peanut butter is definitely better than regular on ice cream.

[mocat]

all peanut butter is good. probably 30% of the protein consumed in our house comes from peanut butter so I would need to get like 3 -4 of those small jars of natural peanut butter each week. Natural peanut butter is definitely better than regular on ice cream.

heck yeah

[puniraptor]

Kettlebells in lbs

[BIG APPLE CAT]

I don’t like that the word “myriad” can be used as either a noun or an adjective. Just make it noun only for cryin out loud

[Spracne]

I don’t like that the word “myriad” can be used as either a noun or an adjective. Just make it noun only for cryin out loud

Team adjective, here.