If George Carlin visited Yahoo for a day, I bet he'd have a field day with the stuff I hear on a regular basis.
For example, there's a certain class of people who seem to believe that the only word they can use to begin a conversation is: So.
I'm not kidding you. They use the word to begin conversations and then at the beginning of every 2nd or 3rd sentence. It's like they're trying to fill some sort of bizarre quota. Given how little meaning the word has, it just bugs the hell out of me.
So, what are we going to do about these core dumps?
So, did you get that e-mail?
So, how's that module coming along?
So, why the hell do you say "so" all the time?
That's what I ought to ask next time I hear it.
It gets worse. Some of them are so horribly afflicted with this disease that they even use it as a way of breaking into a conversation--you know, because they're too rude to wait their damned turn to talk?
Sss... So... So... Sooo, what do you think of these numbers?
It actually sounds like they have a stuttering problem. I have to try not to laugh when I hear this. I hear it every day and it just sounds stupid.
And then there are the people who say things like "What are we going to do, going forward?
As if it wasn't abundantly clear that we're planning to "go forward" anyway?
Where the hell else would we be going? Do we ever not go forward?
Some people seem to have a deep-seated desire to verbally confirm every e-mail sent--often within seconds of sending it!.
So, I just sent you a message about...
Hey, did you get that e-mail I just sent?
What the hell? If the message is that damned important, just pick up the phone, use IM, or walk your lazy ass over to the other person's cube.
E-mail is not real-time. It never has been. Why do you assume that your messages and received and read within 20 seconds? Some people actually work.
What's your damage, anyway?
So, what sort of brain damage do you hear around the office (or wherever you work)?
Since I went to the effort of building one, I figure I might as well offer it here. MySQL AB no longer releases builds for 2.6 (who can blame them?), so here it is.
Use at your own risk.
Oh, it thinks it is installed in /opt/mysql4 but you're clever and can trick it with a symlink. It won't mind.