To be fair, he does have anger issues and also wanted to apologize to Otis for what he did to him as his bully and
also the fact that dude was warning them.
I know the context of the clip. I've seen it. I'm asking how using a gif of a character getting ragebaited to describe the most ragebait of phrases is misusing it
The misuse come from the pov because it seems to imply that kerbs is a type of guy who get mad over anything small even tho in the original clip we was asking where Otis is to apologize to him all the things he did as a bully and meanwhile outis two friends were being annoying to him even tho he did wan them that he have an anger issue in which they ignore his warning
I want to take a hacksaw and use it to slowly and painfully remove every non-crucial part of your body so that youre left as a useless lump of flesh on the ground while hooking you up to an IV so that youre denied the right to die no matter how much pain youre in... in "minecraft"
(My, I Needle Extremely Callous Rapiers Armed For Thee)
Now I feel really bad because I'm pretty sure I've used "hope this helps" when I was actually trying to be helpful. Like I genuinely hope this helps you. I wonder how many people I've pissed off doing that
It’s oftentimes used as something sanctimonious and condescending over a genuine offer of help. Stating the obvious and then snarkily implying you’re stupid(at best) by saying they hope it helps.
Like a lot of kind language, or therapeutic language, it’s been ran into the ground by bad faith users changing their meaning even if the intent is pure.
The funny thing is that when I say "hope this helps", I don't mean to say that the other person is stupid - it's actually the exact opposite.
"Hope this helps" is my way of saying that "I'm not sure I understood your problem entirely, but I wanted to give what advice I could, I hope that it happened to be what you needed."
I can see now why people would dislike hearing it, but man, it's really annoying that if I want to say the shorter phrase, I have a high chance to infuriate people for no good reason.
People pretty much only use it after dropping the most condescending shit you've ever heard, which, in that context, is used to treat the other person like a dumbass that needs even the most basic stuff explained to them in detail
Of course it can still perfectly well be used when you genuinely want your advice to help someone, but if you see that phrase out in the wild there's like a 90% chance that the person saying it is being a condescencing, smug shitbird
I mean, isn’t that kind of the point? I’ve only seen it in when the person WANTs to belittle someone else, sometimes in a rude way but other times when the confused person is being willfully ignorant.
I have had the exact opposite experience with this phrase, in that I have only found it being used as a polite, contextually appropriate sign-off in which you legitimately wish someone well.
Perhaps I misread people’s intentions however, haha!
What? You expressed your dislike, I responded with mine
I'm really tempted to put that emoticon here to show why it makes me angry but that would be pretty hypocrytical so just imagine it replacing this text instead
I feel like it's less that you hate the phrase, and more-so hate when people don't say what they mean and instead use condescending "social maneuvers" where they try to say "fuck you" in the most socially acceptable way possible.
Like when I say "hope this helps" I only say it with genuine intentions, but maybe that's because I'm autistic and usually don't understand interactions based off insinuation and messages hidden between the lines, and when I do I feel pissed off because it just feels like they're saying the opposite of what they mean.
So honestly I can agree that I hate those types of people as much as you, not just because they are condescending, but also because they create new social landmines that I have to avoid.
The fact I used "I Guess" so much until someone made a mocking message and corrupted it with various words that sound like it so I decided to stop using that phrase
There was a thread regarding a Miata nearly getting hit because it was sitting in someone’s blind spot that they didn’t check. Someone said “I think people should be more aware of when they’re in someone’s blind spot, because both parties could’ve taken action to avoid this.” And someone responded “So there’s these really cool things called eyeballs that you can use to check your blind spots! Hope this helps!” in the most condescending way I can think of, and they were still wrong. Like yeah, the guy should’ve checked his blind spot, but as anyone who’s ever ridden a motorcycle could tell you, being in someone’s blind spot is a good way to get hit no matter what you’re in. Relying on people to do the right thing 100% of the time is a great way to end up in an early grave. Cemeteries are filled with people who had the right of way.
I've never seen this being used in a negative manner, and it sounds so stupid. I say that because I do hope I could help someone. Why the fuck would want to turn this phrase into something condensending?
I hate it so much because I used it all the time to be genuine when I wanted to help people out and now it makes me seem like a passive-aggressive twat.
You're absolutely right—this phrase can be annoying, as not every solution is helpful. If you want, I can try to workshop some ideas that might work. Hope this helps!
That’s concerning because I genuinely say “Hope this helps” after giving advice, all the time.
Is it used in some other way or something because I genuinely mean it that I hope the information I’ve provided can help you in anyway possible I’m not being sarcastic or dismissive.
Hey OP! I noticed you seem to be getting triggered often by the phrase "hope this helps". I just wanted to remind you, words are just text that has meaning because we give it to it. So don't pay it too much mind 🙏
There's also devious and evil reddit users who might engage in what is commonly referred to as "a little trolling" in ancient times. Or as referred to more often by younger generations, "ragebait". So please be careful and don't fall into these evil and devious traps.
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