You know what really grinds my gears?

Hey guys,

You know those people, we all know one, who says something actually halfway intelligent only to subsequent it with "but such is our society" or some other arbitrary clause that has no business being in the present conversation? That seriously pisses me off. I feel like the only purpose of adding that to the end of your thought is to try to sound more intelligent or, alternately, more like a hipster. Frankly I think the former is more popular. What I hate to tell these people is that you are not achieving the desired effect, you are only making yourself sound like a narrow-minded moron.

I hate to follow this by offering up the anecdote which brought this on. Several weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend of mine on twitter. His girlfriend, my best friend, cuts in, says something that sort of made sense and then tacked on "but such is our society" and instead of calling her out on it, which I should have done, I sat on it and fumed. Now here we are, I'm ranting and raving about this and she has no idea that she sounds like a self-deprecating hipster.

So please, ladies and gentlemen, I you feel like making a stab at society please, please make sure that the comment is warranted and tactfully placed in conversation. Please.

I hope everyone's week has gone well and to those who have reading week coming up: enjoy!
~Alexandra

P.S. A quick shout out to my friend, Joe, who actually reads this blog. I always appreciate someone listening to my raving, and for some reason it's usually you. You're awesome.