Anyone sick of the word FOLKS?

noise · June 21, 2014

JS20 · June 21, 2014

On 6/19/2014 at 8:01 AM, ambermonk said:

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.

Hmm, mixing up an avatar (which is a personal thing) after noticing visual similarity in two unrelated images of things I happen to like (a LOT more than Jesus), is not cool? 'Least I put a LITTLE effort into mine

Edited June 21, 2014 by jsmcpn2

**ambermonk** · June 21, 2014

June 21, 2014

I cracked the hell up when I read this thread title.

Anyone else a server? This is my default word for addressing groups of people at the fine dining joint I work at. The only place I ever use the word.

"Good evening folks"

Edited June 21, 2014 by Alex0112

JS20 · June 21, 2014

On 6/19/2014 at 7:36 AM, DerWaschbar said:
That's an unfriendly attitude.

Don't get me wrong, folks is a great word when you use it as a term of endearment or in the spirit of comradery (I call my parents "folks"), but not so much when one abuses the word or treats it like a gimmick just to improve one's public image or get a bigger tip.

Edited June 21, 2014 by jsmcpn2

**DerWaschbar** · June 21, 2014

I feel like what you are expressing is that you would feel more fulfilled if you killed Obama and I think you should go for it.

usagi · June 21, 2014

anyone heard from Waschbar? we were supposed to meet up for our weekly discussion of heat vs night but I haven't been able to reach him since this last post.

**DerWaschbar** · June 21, 2014

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**delet...** · June 21, 2014

On 6/19/2014 at 7:34 AM, jsmcpn2 said:

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

It's nothing to do with obama, the bush administration was really big on the use of folks, as a down homely way to replace the word people. They also were big on homeland (as a placeholder for fatherland really) instead of country.