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    • juniperskyJ
      junipersky Administrators
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      My principal asked me to do a walk and talk with her. I know consciously that it is legit just a check in. But there is always that “what did I do wrong and what punishment is coming” when there isn’t a set agenda.

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      • PavelP
        Pavel @Testament
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        @Testament said in RL Peeves:

        @GF There’s a variant among Midwesterners.

        “Yeah, no.”

        and

        “No, yeah.”

        It’s exactly as maddening as you imagine it to be.

        Australians do that too, weirdly.

        Weird that midwesterners and Australians both do it, that is.

        He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
        BE AN ADULT

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        • SnacknessS
          Snackness @GF
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          @GF I notice it and I do it and I don’t know why and I hate it.

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          • TNPT
            TNP
            last edited by

            I use ‘yeah, no’ every so often here in NY. It’s a way to add emphasis to the ‘no’.

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            • DrQuinnD
              DrQuinn
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              We say “so don’t I” as agreement.

              “You like Kelly’s roast beef? So don’t I!” = “I too enjoy Kelly’s roast beef sandwiches.”

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              • PavelP
                Pavel @DrQuinn
                last edited by

                @DrQuinn said in RL Peeves:

                We say “so don’t I” as agreement.

                “You like Kelly’s roast beef? So don’t I!” = “I too enjoy Kelly’s roast beef sandwiches.”

                Okay, that’s just wrong.

                He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                BE AN ADULT

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                • FaradayF
                  Faraday @GF
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                  @GF said in RL Peeves:

                  I’m sitting here trying to figure out the rules as if I needed to explain it to someone who’s ESL, and I can’t isolate the rules at all.

                  English doesn’t have rules so much as it has a Pirates Code… “Hang the Code, and hang the rules! They’re more like guidelines anyway.”

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                    eye8urcake @Kestrel
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                    @Kestrel said in RL Peeves:

                    Fuck Charles.

                    Just posting to second and bold this.

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                    • PavelP
                      Pavel @eye8urcake
                      last edited by Pavel

                      @eye8urcake said in RL Peeves:

                      @Kestrel said in RL Peeves:

                      Fuck Charles.

                      Just posting to second and bold this.

                      Somehow I missed this the first go around, so I’ll say it now: This isn’t the place for that. “This place” being the entire board/forum.

                      This has been an Admin post.

                      He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                      BE AN ADULT

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                        eye8urcake @Pavel
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                        @Pavel It was oblique enough for me to feel perfectly comfortable in saying IDGAF about your admin post.

                        Have a good day.

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                        • AriaA
                          Aria @Pavel
                          last edited by

                          @Pavel said in RL Peeves:

                          @Testament said in RL Peeves:

                          @GF There’s a variant among Midwesterners.

                          “Yeah, no.”

                          and

                          “No, yeah.”

                          It’s exactly as maddening as you imagine it to be.

                          Australians do that too, weirdly.

                          Weird that midwesterners and Australians both do it, that is.

                          We also do this in Philly, but the trick is the emphasis and length of the response.

                          “No, yeah” = “No-yeah” = Yes.

                          “Yeah, no” = “Yeeeeah, no” = No, and also you should maybe fuck off with that dumb suggestion.

                          “Yeah, no” = “Yeah (^upward inflection), no (hardstop).” = Absolutely not and do not ask me again.

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                            Testament @Aria
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                            @Aria said in RL Peeves:

                            “Yeah, no” = “Yeeeeah, no” = No, and also you should maybe fuck off with that dumb suggestion.

                            Otherwise known as

                            get a load of this guy

                            I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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                              WhiteRaven @Testament
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                                GF @Testament
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                                @Testament said in RL Peeves:

                                @GF There’s a variant among Midwesterners.

                                “Yeah, no.”

                                and

                                “No, yeah.”

                                I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and my best analysis for now is, both are intended to ease the listener into a more receptive state of mind. In my experience, “Yeah, no” is usually offered almost apologetically, as if trying to soften the “no” with the preceding “yeah.” “No, yeah” is something I most often here from people who speak like they think I’ll be surprised they agree with me and they’re trying to let me know not to be surprised. Does that sound accurate-ish to your experience?

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                                • FaradayF
                                  Faraday @GF
                                  last edited by Faraday

                                  @GF said in RL Peeves:

                                  Does that sound accurate-ish to your experience?

                                  Sometimes, but I have just as often seen it used in a sarcastic sense.

                                  “Hey you should try (this disgusting food).”
                                  “Yeaaah… no”

                                  There’s actually been some linguistic study of the phenomenon. It’s really just context-dependent. Based on usage, tone, body language, etc. There’s no hard and fast rule.

                                  More amusingly, it came up in the Holderness Family’s funny Midwest vs South Rap Battle.

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                                  • SnacknessS
                                    Snackness @GF
                                    last edited by Snackness

                                    @GF When I say it, the ‘yeah’ in a yeah-no is sort of a stand-in for ‘Are you fucking kidding me?’ so no…not intended as apologetic 😄 YMMV though.

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                                    • juniperskyJ
                                      junipersky Administrators
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                                      There is a huge difference between the yeah being stretched out than when it is immediately after the yeah.

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                                      • FaradayF
                                        Faraday @junipersky
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                                        @junipersky It doesn’t have to be stretched out to be sarcastic though.

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                                          eye8urcake
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                                          Okay, so, I feel like an asshole right now and I’m super embarrassed to post this so I’m going to do it quick and dirty.

                                          I was just plain rude and shitty to @Pavel in a dumb post about a dumb thing I don’t even really have feelings or investment in yesterday. One of the things I’ve been trying to learn to do over the past year is recognize when I’m just in a cunty mood so I can withdraw from people and communities I actually care about how I am perceived in, of which this is one of few for me, and… I didn’t do that.

                                          At all.

                                          I followed this group to this place from that other place specifically because of certain people choosing to be here, to share and contribute their thoughts and feelings and opinions and suggestions, and @Pavel is actually one of them so I would like to apologize for randomly, unfairly, and just grossly being nasty for literally zero reason.

                                          I’d also like to thank them, and some of you others, who even bothered to put this place together despite the fact that moderators tend to take an unfair and unwarranted amount of shit from people because I do care about this place and I do not want to be one of those people who makes those volunteering their likely scant free time away from work and family and school and who all knows what else to even do such a thankless, shitty job as moderating.

                                          I understand this is/was probably a bigger ‘issue’ to me than to @Pavel or anybody else, but I’m really fucking good at reflexively lashing out and really fucking bad about owning it as soon as I realize I’ve done it, so… here. This post.

                                          My RL peeve is, as usual and far too often, my own fucking self. My sincere apologies and I will not do it again.

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                                          • PavelP
                                            Pavel @eye8urcake
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                                            @eye8urcake said in RL Peeves:

                                            such a thankless, shitty job as moderating

                                            First, apology accepted obviously. We all have those moments.

                                            Second, I got to tell a racist to go fuck himself today, this job is easy except for when it’s incredible.

                                            He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                                            BE AN ADULT

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