rant: the overuse of the word "like"

[Draconas]

watching someone's art stream for the first time and they're in a skype call, LITERALLY all I heard before closing it was "like here's how you get to the new con, you like, leave the airport, and like, go down route 7 for like 3 miles, then you like, make a left turn and like, go for 20 feet and like, you're there"

how do you not go insane fucking saying that so often?

I can understand if you have some weird tick that makes you want to say it ALL THE FUCKING TIME, but holy hell.

here let me put it in a sentence you can understand:

Like please like stop like using like the like word like like so like fucking like often like please like k like like bye like.

/shitty-rant

[#00Buck]

Whatever. 

[Astus]

i would like.. like it if you like didn't mock the word like, cuz like, i don't think people like that you're like... not liking the word like; its like a good word dude, like seriously just like get used to it like seriously

[Sidewalk Surfboard]

I'm guilty of using 'like' a lot. It's a bad habit. I dunno, like I guess it's just a common thing still. Some trends never die.

[malibu]

I think because it's a filler word. Kind of like "uh" and "uhm". I dunno though. I am personally guilty of using the word "like" every so often.

[KryptoKroenen]

Teenage girls and African Americans seem to use the word more than anyone else. I feel like it's become a substitute for coherent speech and a sign that a person has low verbal coordination skills. That, or he/she is just tired.

Edited February 10, 2016 by KryptoKroenen

[Yarra]

You guys would have gone nuts in the 80s.  Valley girls!

[DevilishlyHandsome49]

I've been to doing a good job reducing the amount of times I say it. I used to do it a lot a few years back

[Hewge]

Like, why you got to hate?

[GamingGal]

Oh, those filler words. It's really easy to fall into using them cause it comes so naturally. Why stop talking to completely think out your sentence when you can fill it with X and keep going? Nah, I've caught myself using them, mostly "ah" or "um," but I've worked to make myself stop. I never really got into using "like" as a filler word.

[Käpt'n]

Did you play Undertale? If you did, man, I bet you really enjoyed talking to Bratty and Catty! X3

[PastryOfApathy]

I say 'like' a lot. Sue me.

[Pignog]

I'd rather talk to someone who says "like" and "whatever" too much than someone who crams every $20 word they can think of into a sentence.

[Clove Darkwave]

Someone that is socially perceptive might affect this when they want to be disarming. Thought I'd point that out.

[willow]

my German professor uses uhm a lot and a lot of people hate it (like to a point that people pointed it out on rate my professor) but idk why though. granted it's repetitive I guess but that's about it

I read an article once that said people who use like a lot actually tend to be more thoughtful

and filler words actually help me think of what I'm trying to say, which is often

[Lucyfish]

I'm a valley girl, I'm super guilty of abusing the word "like." x3

[Snagged]

I use the word "Like" when giving an example or showing affection

On 10.2.2016 at 10:07 AM, PastryOfApathy said:

I say 'like' a lot. Sue me.

Your case isn't even worth the lawyer

[Zytan]

7 hours ago, willow said:

I read an article once that said people who use like a lot actually tend to be more thoughtful

That would explain why everyone thinks I'm insensitive

[Kinharia]

Like this thread is like so like fucking offensive. Like.

[DrDingo]

"I hate the word like

now shut up and Like my forum post"