anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Jul 6, 2024 21:50:59 GMT
Why is that the default clap back?? Its like so there.. or talk to the hand...
but it really is a super annoying phrase...
I touch grass all the time.. walk barefoot.. in the garden.. just running to the car real quick..
I dont get it... but i dont like it... * AND GET OFF MY LAWN!!!! * lmao
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Post by katlady on Jul 6, 2024 21:57:03 GMT
I've actually only heard the phrase twice, and both times were here on this board. Both within the past couple of weeks. ETA - So now of course, I am going to see/hear it all over the place.  |
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Post by Zee on Jul 6, 2024 21:58:55 GMT
I haven't heard anyone say this in person but the first, very first thought I had was "eat ass" so I guess it depends on the energy they brought.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 6, 2024 22:02:28 GMT
I've never heard anyone say this IRL. I saw it a few times online a couple of years ago but that's it. I thought it was a mildly clever retort to posters that are very out of touch with how life works.
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 6, 2024 22:10:07 GMT
I haven't heard anyone say this in person but the first, very first thought I had was "eat ass" so I guess it depends on the energy they brought. Oh this is perfect!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 6, 2024 22:13:23 GMT
I've never ever heard that saying!
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 6, 2024 22:15:35 GMT
I've never ever heard that saying! I had to look it up. Touch grass is used on the Internet to tell someone to go outside. The phrase also implies that the person the insult is directed to spends too much time online, and they physically need to get outside and “touch some grass” to reconnect with the real world. |
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 6, 2024 22:17:14 GMT
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 6, 2024 22:20:56 GMT
I've never ever heard that saying! I had to look it up. Touch grass is used on the Internet to tell someone to go outside. The phrase also implies that the person the insult is directed to spends too much time online, and they physically need to get outside and “touch some grass” to reconnect with the real world. That totally makes sense actually. LOL. Thanks! |
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Post by melanell on Jul 6, 2024 22:38:07 GMT
I have only heard it a few times, and I think it's fairly silly. I mean, the idea that one might be spending too much time online and that they might benefit from a break, isn't silly. It's literally the words being used "Tough grass". I mean, we carry the internet everywhere these days. We can be naked in a field of grass and still be online.  So I just feel like there could be a better way to get that same thought across. Yeah, yeah, semantics, I know, but I can't help if it still sounds silly to me. I just feel like there could be a much better phrase out there if one really wanted to be able to throw out a retort online to strangers. |
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Post by milocat on Jul 6, 2024 22:39:26 GMT
I hadn't heard this before. I can see it catching on by rural people, when townies have never been out of the concrete jungle.
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Post by pilcas on Jul 6, 2024 22:44:14 GMT
Never heard that before today.
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Post by mich5481 on Jul 6, 2024 22:54:25 GMT
Am I the only one who thought some people who use that phrase want people to go smoke pot? Like it would mellow the person out?
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Post by Tearisci on Jul 6, 2024 23:42:03 GMT
Never heard it before.
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Post by MZF on Jul 6, 2024 23:43:57 GMT
Haven't heard it before.
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Post by Merge on Jul 6, 2024 23:59:36 GMT
Is supposed to imply that the person is disconnected from reality, I think.
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anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Jul 7, 2024 1:25:06 GMT
Im just annoyed by the girl at work who constantly says this.... that makes it worse...
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jul 7, 2024 1:50:03 GMT
I’ve only heard my 12 yo and his friends say it.
It’s usually when they are joking around and giving each other a hard time.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 7, 2024 3:36:06 GMT
I've never ever heard that saying! I had to look it up. Touch grass is used on the Internet to tell someone to go outside. The phrase also implies that the person the insult is directed to spends too much time online, and they physically need to get outside and “touch some grass” to reconnect with the real world. This. My teenager and her friends say that to each other all the time when they’ve been spending a lot of time online playing games together or talking on Discord. I swear, those kids can and do spend literal hours online with each other. |
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Post by Embri on Jul 7, 2024 9:16:19 GMT
I have only heard it a few times, and I think it's fairly silly. I mean, the idea that one might be spending too much time online and that they might benefit from a break, isn't silly. It's literally the words being used "Tough grass". I mean, we carry the internet everywhere these days. We can be naked in a field of grass and still be online. So I just feel like there could be a better way to get that same thought across. Yeah, yeah, semantics, I know, but I can't help if it still sounds silly to me. I just feel like there could be a much better phrase out there if one really wanted to be able to throw out a retort online to strangers. This phrase is older than the commonality of having a smartphone at hand 24/7. As pantsonfire correctly explained, it originates from internet chatrooms / forums where almost everyone would have been at a computer, and plays off the stereotype of "basement lurker / loser" who never leaves the house, which is why it's a (mild) insult. |
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Post by gar on Jul 7, 2024 9:27:37 GMT
That's a new one to me  |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 7, 2024 12:48:09 GMT
Thank you on behalf of all us who never venture off this part of the board. I haven’t read an entertaining thread like that in a while. Made my morning coffee go down with a smile. |
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Post by gramasue on Jul 7, 2024 13:04:42 GMT
I've never heard it before.
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Post by compeateropeator on Jul 7, 2024 13:13:02 GMT
Ha never heard it…yet. Had no idea what the thread was going to be about. I was thinking grass??…real grass, weed, what? Hahaha. Now I will have to listen and see if I hear it more. Although my state and area is already known for its great landscape and outdoor love so we do a lot of grass touching anyway. Therefore It might not be so common/relevant here. 😆😆
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Post by melanell on Jul 7, 2024 13:19:52 GMT
I have only heard it a few times, and I think it's fairly silly. I mean, the idea that one might be spending too much time online and that they might benefit from a break, isn't silly. It's literally the words being used "Tough grass". I mean, we carry the internet everywhere these days. We can be naked in a field of grass and still be online. So I just feel like there could be a better way to get that same thought across. Yeah, yeah, semantics, I know, but I can't help if it still sounds silly to me. I just feel like there could be a much better phrase out there if one really wanted to be able to throw out a retort online to strangers. This phrase is older than the commonality of having a smartphone at hand 24/7. As pantsonfire correctly explained, it originates from internet chatrooms / forums where almost everyone would have been at a computer, and plays off the stereotype of "basement lurker / loser" who never leaves the house, which is why it's a (mild) insult. I understand that, but in present day, its usage still seems lame to me.  |
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Jul 7, 2024 13:44:42 GMT
Never heard that before today. Same for me. |
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Post by wordfish on Jul 7, 2024 13:55:26 GMT
There's a chakra thing where you are supposed to ground yourself by standing barefoot in grass. I honestly thought that's what was meant by this. I am not a woo-woo person but I try to keep a balance between being open to new ideas and concepts and being so openminded my brains fall out--the chakra barefoot thing has always seemed like at least an activity people can apply that won't do any harm and might help. Unless you get bitten by ants or are allergic to grass, I guess.
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Post by Embri on Jul 8, 2024 7:38:07 GMT
This phrase is older than the commonality of having a smartphone at hand 24/7. As pantsonfire correctly explained, it originates from internet chatrooms / forums where almost everyone would have been at a computer, and plays off the stereotype of "basement lurker / loser" who never leaves the house, which is why it's a (mild) insult. I understand that, but in present day, its usage still seems lame to me. I assure you this phrase is alive and well, just not in the circles most 2peas members travel in. Pretty common in Discord servers. Same with stonks, pog, no cap, and the hundreds of other slang words that distinguish groups / generations.
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Post by melanell on Jul 8, 2024 8:06:04 GMT
I understand that, but in present day, its usage still seems lame to me. I assure you this phrase is alive and well, just not in the circles most 2peas members travel in. Pretty common in Discord servers. Same with stonks, pog, no cap, and the hundreds of other slang words that distinguish groups / generations.
I'm in no way contesting that the phrase is popular and well-used.  Just because I don't often hear it doesn't mean that I doubt its usage. But there are a great many popular and common things in this world that I simply don't like, and this is one of them. |
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Post by lurker on Jul 8, 2024 19:18:00 GMT
pantsonfire Thanks for the link - that was a good laugh.
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Just because I don't often hear it doesn't mean that I doubt its usage. But there are a great many popular and common things in this world that I simply don't like, and this is one of them. 