MatshishkapeuMar 10
Nick

People in meetings are always telling you that they are “conscious of time” as if that makes them special.

I’m conscious of time *and* space *and* smells, mate, but I don’t go on about it, and you should consider yourself lucky about that last one.

Mar 10 at 11:08amWeb
Show threadNickMar 10

A lot of people speak by just assembling clichés, and I suppose it’s normal, but once you notice it, it can start to make your brain itch. A staff member in Tesco earlier noting that people “do utilise the baby changing area”.

It’s genuinely one of the best things about The Big Lebowski, though, how he picks up phrases and uses them, sometimes inappropriately.

Show threadWill 🇯🇵Mar 10
@Nickiquote Well, that’s just like your opinion, Man.
Show threadʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟMar 10
@Nickiquote I like the “In this meeting there are no bad ideas”.
Show threadsollatMar 10
@Nickiquote
My workplace is inundated with “let’s take that offline” and “this needs to be socialized”. I would love some ado shenanigans.
Show threadNickMar 10
@sollat If the latter one isn’t about a puppy, I don’t know what it means. Discussed with others?
Show threadsollatMar 10
@Nickiquote
Honestly, I barely know. I take it as “must be discussed ad nauseam with as many people who will have conflicting opinions as possible”. If that isn’t the intent, it’s definitely the result.
Show threadinternetsdairyMar 10
@Nickiquote I think technically there might be some difference between the meanings of “use” and “utilise” but even if there is I think we should bin or, if you like, deutilise, the latter.
Show threadBob ThomsonMar 10
@Nickiquote everyone speaking like an LLM eh. Can you imagine in the future, everyone speaking like a short form video?No gaps ever and every sentence is a question?That could really annoying?Really fast?
Show threadDan HattonMar 10

@Nickiquote

There's always a #DoctorWho clip

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68wCH07e3mk>

Doctor Who

YouTube
Show threadNickMar 10
@only_ohm Does Christopher Eccleston walk a bit strangely? Have I only just noticed this?
Show threadDan HattonMar 10
@Nickiquote The shoulder sway? I found some footage of him walking in private life and he wasn't doing it, so I guess it's his Doctor walk.
Show threadsamiamsamMar 10

@only_ohm @Nickiquote

he's my fav Dr. Who

i was so disappointed when he just had one season

Show threadDan HattonMar 10

@samiamsam @Nickiquote

I watched some classic Who - bits of 3 through 7 - in the 80s and 90s. 9 became my favourite about the moment of this speech, and remained so until 10 started bantering with the Sycorax leader in The Christmas Invasion. #DoctorWho

Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 10

@only_ohm @Nickiquote

And also a #Supernatural gif....

Show threadspangheroMar 10

@Nickiquote See, I'm time blind (basically now* and not now is my grasp of time) but I don't feel the need to waste time by pointing out that "I'm not conscious of time."
Mind you, often the comment is made by someone who has gone on for so long that we all collectively stopped listening not now long ago!
*Now as in this instant as opposed to any short duration.

I may not be conscious of time but I am conscious that I'm rambling and have been for some considerable period of time (possibly measured in decades).

Show threadblueorangeblueMar 10

@Nickiquote and starting meetings saying "without further ado"

Why are you talking like that? You are a middle manager from New Jersey not a Victorian theatrical impresario

Show threadNickMar 10
@blueorangeblue I’ve noticed that sometimes people adopt a kind of ironic Victorian speak. In particular one boss I had was always misusing the term “my erstwhile colleagues” for people who are current colleagues, and it hurt my brain not to correct him.
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Mar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote worse: without further adieu.

It makes my teeth hurt.

Show threadStoneface VimesMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote oh no. I'd never encountered that one before. Thanks for adding yet another example to make me cringe when I hear it.
Show threadwoe2youMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote "Just fucking leave, then."
Show threadwoe2youMar 10
@greem @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote Even better: "I hate long goodbyes too" and walk out yourself.
Show threadpatterMar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote though for a while I was watching a gaming youtube who completed that phrase

"without further ado, let's do further"

Show threadblueorangeblueMar 10
@patterfloof @Nickiquote that's quite witty
Show threadpatterMar 10
@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote I don't remember their account, but that really became a catchphrase
Show threadVrtxdMar 10
@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote replying to "without further ado" with "omg you are absolutely right boss we really should cut the bullshit already" 🤌
Show threadblueorangeblueMar 10

@vrtxd @Nickiquote

"Yes, and if no one has any objections to recording this meeting, please put your hands together for Bob from finance with Cuddles the Monkey performing amazing feats of ventriloquism!"

Show threadSchrödinger's PratMar 10

@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote

"Without further ado" is the most ado phrase that has ever ado'd.

Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 10
@Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue @Nickiquote I like to use the phrase "without further ado or adon't." Hoping it'll catch on. 🤞
Show threadNickMar 10
@courtcan @Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue Much adon’t about something.
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyMar 10
@Nickiquote @Rhodium103 @blueorangeblue ALL the adon't about ALL the things!
Show threadJon RoachMar 10
@Nickiquote I might try out "conscious of space" in a non-astrophysics meeting and see where it gets me.
Show threadStanley Nerdlinger IIMar 10
@Nickiquote
In meetings I’m barely even conscious at all 🤷