So... or welp

[Twed]

Haha wow, apparently such a huge thing that Barry has genocided it.

[touchingcloth]

I get by with a little welp from my friends.

[Gregory Torso]

I HATE THING HATE IT WAY PEOPLE SAY SPEAK THINGS FUCK OFF M ATE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY WORKMATES ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHGGGHHHHHHHHH WHEN IS THE RAPTURE COMING

[Gregory Torso]

[Thursday]

Is 'welp' an internet thing? I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually say it, only seen it written online. I always imagined it was meant to be a sort of mock-melodramatic squeal of anxiety or excitement, a bit like 'squee' but more generic, but I might be totally wrong (although I never really fully understood what that one meant either).

Welp is sort of an exasperated, "Well,  give up" or "Well, not much I can do about that now then"

[touchingcloth]

I HATE THING HATE IT WAY PEOPLE SAY SPEAK THINGS FUCK OFF M ATE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY WORKMATES ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHGGGHHHHHHHHH WHEN IS THE RAPTURE COMING

It's November 19th.

[alan nagsworth]

"Welp" is "well" but you close your mouth at the end matter-of-factly. It's also usually spoken in a sort of Eric Cartman way, by Americans. I find that a fun alternative thing to say is "whelk", mostly just because it's fun to make non capisco salivate.

[finnquark]

and so but

[jake thunder]

"I feel like..."

[ToneLa]

It's nearly as bad as "does anybody else", because the answer is YES

[boki]

"I'm not being funny...", although that's usually followed by something that's in some way depressing to hear, so at least they're accurate.

[touchingcloth]

That awkward moment welp

[RDRR]

I think the issue is affected internet-speak. Lots of the suggestions above are just devices you subconsciously pick up if you spend any time talking to people below the age of 40. Pretty much everyone uses 'like', 'I mean', etc unless they're actively avoiding it. Starting a Tweet or a Reddit post or something with "So, ..." or "Welp." requires agency, and that makes it unacceptable. It's not just an annoying tick.

[Barry Admin]

Haha wow, apparently such a huge thing that Barry has genocided it.

Lol yeah, a poster used to use it accidentally, stuff like that has always, always burnt my eyes. Especially when it's deliberately misspelt for cheap humour. I just looked, and thirty-nine variants of misspelling the word "the" have been banned over the 20 years.

Edit: 40

[the]

So that's why I get large electric shocks when I try to log in drunk

[Barry Admin]

:-D

[touchingcloth]

"THE" was a huge thing for a long time, wasn't it? And yet it is never really used anymore.

Given that some spellings of "the" have gone the way of Bad Korea, which were you actually using? THE, or one of the ones with a number 3 in it?

[zomgmouse]

Given that some spellings of "the" have gone the way of Bad Korea, which were you actually using? THE, or one of the ones with a number 3 in it?

I'm guessing it's   Cecil Parkinson


EDIT: Jesus Christ this is thorough. Tried doing it with spaces in between

Ok what about

[manual intervention for line-space based cheating - Badmin]

EDIT 2: SUCCESS

[touchingcloth]

I LIKE TO EAT TЗH DIRTY BOOTY

[Captain Z]

Won't you please, please welp me.

[Twed]

Given that some spellings of "the" have gone the way of Bad Korea, which were you actually using? THE, or one of the ones with a number 3 in it?

THE


EAT MY SOCKS BARRY

[Thursday]

LOL NO
Cecil Parkinson
THE
THE

[Thursday]

Dei
Bart
Dei

[Noonling]

Simply THE best, better than all THE rest.

[Twed]

THE


EAT MY SOCKS BARRY

I know what you did.

[Monsieur Verdoux]

all language is trash

[king_tubby]

Nothing on this thread is as bad as starting a sentence with 'Here's a thing'.

[Brundle-Fly]

Anybody starting a sentence with "Speaking as a..." tends to make me switch off.

[non capisco]

Fuckin craving a pot of whelks now.

[Emotional Support Peacock]

"THE".

fuck off. spell it properly. "the". or leave the keyboard.

When I started here Esther's rotten goo. would autocorrect to "the, fucking the" which could be very confusing.