Threads where OP is trying to build a college list, has a lengthy list of specs, and dismisses suggestions that meet only 90% of the criteria. Especially when the perceived flaw is irrelevant/very minor.
Kids who throw out the names of tippy tops and obviously don’t know anything about them. If you want a TT, you should be on your mark.
And kids who want TTs but, over time, won’t give their stats, just keep asking side questions.
Posts where the author adds “YMMV” (ur mileage may vary) at the end of their post so they don’t have to worry about defending their unsubstantiated statement.
I think they’re annoying, anyway. YMMV
^ Good one. The same goes for SMH (shaking my head).
@2muchquan Or when they add it in defense of when you’ve substantiated your statement with a link.
YMMV usually follows an anecdote. It’s when someone claims random anecdotes prove much or make general truths that bugs me. And a lot, too much, on CC does make me SMH. (Usually privately.)
Actually I think more posters should use “YMMV” as a disclaimer. A lot of posters use an anecdote (often a parent’s impressions during a 1 hour college tour) to think they have shrewdly sized up a school and know what the campus “vibe” is like.
If I put 5 similar anecdotal stories together in a scholarly article does it become a viable data point for substantiation purposes? Let’s face it all measurable scientific data can be manipulated to support just about every desired outcome. I personally enjoy anecdotal stories. But I also am naive, trust people at their word and have a liberal arts degree.
The problem with SMH is that it connotes distain and condescension – that the person shaking their head is SO wise and knowledgable, and that the targeted poster is naive, beyond belief. It isn’t helpful on CC. Far better to try and understand why the poster has his/her opinions and to present, respectfully, a contrasting post of view – and, perhaps, alter one’s own viewpoint because it may be acknowledged that the poster’s opinion has some validity.
I don’t interpret it that way. It’s no different than “good grief”, and may take on different meanings/tones depending on the context. That’s the challenge with Internet conversations.
Okay, slam me for this: but nicey-nicey, at the expense of some purposeful info or advice, drives me to, 'scuuse me, SMH. I get “nice,” I like being nice, I practice it IRL. But sometimes it’s meaningless and misleading.
Agree it’s “good grief” or a big “huh?”
So I guess YMMV with SMH?
Smh for me is not condescending when I use it. It’s more along the lines of wow, that happened.
If I use “bless your heart”, though, that’s throwing some serious southern shade.
Southern shade. Sounds like a good thing…?
The most annoying threads to me are the ones I love but can’t keep up with.
73 new posts?!?! Sheesh
Maybe we should start a separate thread for colloquialisms (I think there was one a long time ago) since we are taking this thread off topic, which I think is a no-no, and am somewhat confused about what can/cannot be discussed here. If I follow correctly, we can respond to other posts here, about comments here (and about annoying threads) but cannot discuss/rehash the content of the other, annoying threads here.
Off to start a colloquialisms thread… Please help.
It is that time of year again when many rising seniors will join College Confidential. Some of whom do not understand what a moderated forum entails.
One such newby, a rising junior no less, decided that we were all condescending snobs because our replies to his posts suggested that he was not all knowing.
^^Are you saying there will be MORE of them? Bummer. I haven’t been on long enough to see what must be the obviously cyclical nature of CC.
MODERATOR’S NOTE:
You can agree/disagree/add your own view point to an earlier post. For example, I have no issue with YMMV. I wish more posters would use disclaimers. After all, everyone who posts here is expressing an opinion; none of us have insight into the crystal ball of college admissions, so one should not, IMO, speak as if they have the absolute answer (unless it’s a question that has an absolute answer, like “When will SAT scores be released?”}
What is an issue with on this thread is when the discussion goes from YMMV to Aunt Sadie’s use of “Bless her heart” and the totally off-topic posts that follow it - that should go into a new discussion. As a result, several posts have been deleted.
^^There is a Bless Your Heart thread now 