JS20 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 In the past 4-6 years I have noticed a dramatic increase in the general public (at least in the USA) substituting the world "folks" for the word "people" and it's pissing me off. People are people, dammit! "Folks" used to imply a casual, close, friendly reference to a small gathering of people, your family, your parents, etc. Now people use it when referring to an arbitrary group of people, those whom they have probably never even met or heard of.... agggggghhhh! I think Obama's speech writer started the whole fad as a way to make the prez sound more down-to-earth, even though few world leaders truly know, appreciate or give half a turd about these "folks" they keep talking about/to. /rant Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide usagi's signature Hide all signatures On 4/17/2013 at 2:45 PM, Alcofribas said: afaik i usually place all my cum drops on scientifically sterilized glass slides which are carefully frozen and placed in trash cans throughout the city labelled "for women alco" with my social security and phone numbers. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 That's an unfriendly attitude. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide DerWaschbar's signature Hide all signatures <3 </3 ¯\(シ)/¯ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 take it to the first world problems thread, bub Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide luke viia's signature Hide all signatures GHOST: have you killed Claudius yet HAMLET: no GHOST: why HAMLET: fuck you is why im going to the cemetery to touch skulls [planet of dinosaurs - the album [bc] [archive]] Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Obama needs to start using the word "cunts" instead. imagine: "Gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. We have a lot of cunts who've been waiting all day to talk to you, so I want to get right to it." "... I want everybody to get a great education and we've worked hard to make sure that student loans are available for cunts like you..." "Governor Romney doesn't have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan. And that plan is to make sure that cunts at the top play by a different set of rules." "My philosophy on taxes has been simple. And that is, I want to give middle-class families and cunts who are striving to get into the middle-class some relief." "... we had been digging our way out of policies that were misplaced and focused on the top doing very well and middle class cunts not doing well." Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide usagi's signature Hide all signatures On 4/17/2013 at 2:45 PM, Alcofribas said: afaik i usually place all my cum drops on scientifically sterilized glass slides which are carefully frozen and placed in trash cans throughout the city labelled "for women alco" with my social security and phone numbers. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 THANKS OBAMA YES WE CUNT Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 God damn Aphex avatars. A lot of folks here think RDJ is Jesus or something. I respect him as an artist, but some of his fans just go overboard with their reverence for him.Yes, I said folks. Deal with it. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ambermonk's signature Hide all signatures On 10/21/2015 at 9:51 AM, peace 7 said: To keep it real and analog, I'm gonna start posting to WATMM by writing my posts in fountain pen on hemp paper, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the ocean. On 11/5/2013 at 7:51 PM, Sean Ae said: you have to watch those silent people, always trying to trick you with their silence Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) COME ON YOU CUNTS LET'S HAVE A THIRD TERM *Hail To The Chief acid breakdown commences* Edited June 19, 2014 by usagi Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide usagi's signature Hide all signatures On 4/17/2013 at 2:45 PM, Alcofribas said: afaik i usually place all my cum drops on scientifically sterilized glass slides which are carefully frozen and placed in trash cans throughout the city labelled "for women alco" with my social security and phone numbers. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Maybe you should start a livejournal page Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 lol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide DerWaschbar's signature Hide all signatures <3 </3 ¯\(シ)/¯ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) On 6/19/2014 at 8:25 AM, usagi said: COME ON YOU CUNTS LET'S HAVE A THIRD TERM *Hail To The Chief acid breakdown commences* COME ON YOU BROSKIS LET'S HAVE A FOURTH TERM Edited June 19, 2014 by iococoi Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 On 6/19/2014 at 8:37 AM, Obel said: Maybe you should start a livejournal page lol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide tec's signature Hide all signatures "They're about guns, lasers, robots with laser guns in space. Monsters from the future. Explosions. Sylvester Stallone doing a backflip on top of a spike while Robocop carries a ghost up a mountain. Bombs and swords and that... IDM is awesome." Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Come on you cunt let's have some Folks Musics. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Use of this word precursor to full on fascism. If you have another passport, make use of it now. The end is nigh. That's all Völker. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2178967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Languages have their fads. If you read a lot of news articles, you'll see the same words pop up in different articles around the same time. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 On 6/19/2014 at 3:49 PM, doublename said: Use of this word precursor to full on fascism. If you have another passport, make use of it now. The end is nigh. That's all Völker. Obama to start playing Death in June and NON at press conferences. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I don't think folks mind using folks in sentences where instead of people, people are called folks - for instance, I call folks folks, because I like how it sounds better than the generic and sterile "people". That's all I have to say, folks. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Follow WATMM on Twitter: @WATMMOfficial Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I prefer to use the term 'chaps'. Example usage: 'Come on you chaps lets have some Aphex traditional dancing'. Personally I take umbrage at the use of the word 'epic' to describe everything from a track to a tv program. Look, unless the CD is eight hours long or the program you watched takes forty hours to finish or the car you drive is the size of a valley, it's not really 'epic'. Stop it! I blame Jeremy Clarkson. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Bechuga's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M360 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 DRINK! Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide spratters's signature Hide all signatures Jet fuel can't melt dank memes Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Folkies, Folksters, Folk n' Bloke, Folk til you choke, Folk yourself, Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 come on peeps Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 How can you be sure he's not saying fucks in a funny accent? I'm quite sure that's what's really going on. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Silent Member's signature Hide all signatures Some songs I made with my fingers and electronics. In the process of making some more. Hopefully. Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Pretty sure the correct term is "folk" anyway Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide jeremymacgregor87's signature Hide all signatures profundity Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flim Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 On 6/20/2014 at 5:22 PM, Gocab said: How can you be sure he's not saying fucks in a funny accent? I'm quite sure that's what's really going on. That's exactly what he's saying. I'm surprised no one has said anything about it yet. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide flim's signature Hide all signatures Hmm..... Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/83840-anyone-sick-of-the-word-folks/#findComment-2179793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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