JS20 Posted June 19, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 That's an unfriendly attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 take it to the first world problems thread, bub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 THANKS OBAMA YES WE CUNT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted June 19, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 COME ON YOU CUNTS LET'S HAVE A THIRD TERM *Hail To The Chief acid breakdown commences* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Maybe you should start a livejournal page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iococoi Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Maybe you should start a livejournal page lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Come on you cunt let's have some Folks Musics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted June 19, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted June 19, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 19, 2014 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. Obama to start playing Death in June and NON at press conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 19, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted June 19, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M360 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 DRINK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Folkies, Folksters, Folk n' Bloke, Folk til you choke, Folk yourself, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 come on peeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted June 20, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Pretty sure the correct term is "folk" anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flim Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 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. That's exactly what he's saying. I'm surprised no one has said anything about it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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