blackcatbone

"Like, Totally!"

My wife and I had lunch at an Indian restaurant today and I sat next to a group of four 18-20 year old girls. I couldn't help but overhear their conversation and every one of the four girls used the word "like" in almost every sentence. The whole time I sat there...a good half an hour...all I could hear was, "like, then we, like went to the movies, and there was this, like, guy who like..."

It had to be the most annoying conversation I've ever had to listen to. Do they realize how totally ignorant it sounds to inject "like" constantly?

Is this the norm now? I'm only 32...it's not like I'm some 70 year old crotchety old fart waving his cane at some young whipper-snappers.

I'm not sure why it bothered me so much...maybe because they were local college kids and I expected them to have a better handle on the English language. Christ! Read a book once in a while and you won't, "like", come off as a total moron to everyone around you.

Maybe I'm just feeling ornery today. Please tell me the youth of today can go three sentences without improperly using "like" -- if not, I fear for us...

People who pronounce "nuclear" like "nook-yoo-ler" bug the shit out of me, too.

Ugh.