Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Heard in passing

Walking down the hall outside of ICU, I passed a teenage girl with a nose ring mumbling into a cell phone.

"Yeah, cuz, like, everyone is like, just not happy. I mean, not at all. They're like so not happy. I mean, to see all these unhappy people is, like, really totally sad."
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19 comments:

  1. CrownedwithVictoryFebruary 9, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    Ugh, that is sad. I guess she doesn't know that most people are just waiting for the time of death to be announced? I spent a week in the ICU waiting rooms when my mother was dying and it was sad. Really totally sad. What was more sad was seeing the young man that lost his mother to a bad car accident have to sit next to a large group of hilarious idiots drinking and laughing. [/Rant]

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  2. FlaviusFebruary 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    Ah, the wisdom of youth.

    -Flavius

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM

    Like...totally like real life stuff, ya know? Like Dude...Seize the Day!

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  4. Grumpy, M.D.February 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM

    Let's not use the word "seize", shall we? I see enough of it as is!

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  5. terri cFebruary 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    Like, yeah. Is this, like, her first, like, BAD experience?

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  6. Life in vet schoolFebruary 9, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    Wow. That girl is DEEP, man.

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  7. Grumpy, M.D.February 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM

    Totally.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Meh, people dying in ICU is nothing. The other day a friend died while playing Modern Warfare 2. Now thats what you call truly sad and tragic...

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  9. UnknownFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    Anon, you sound like my boyfriend. lololol (with the MW2 talk)

    There used to be a sing-song from when I was little that went "Like totally, for sure! do you like my manicure? The sun, I swear, it's bleaching out my hair! Oh my god I don't know what to wear! 46, 32, I don't know the score do you? FIGHT FIGHT, Do I look alright? FIGHT FIGHT, of course I look alright, I always look alright!"

    Totally.

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  10. AmandaFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    What's sad is this generation's angst is my generation's Valley Girl...

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  11. bobbieFebruary 9, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    Ye gods and little fishes...
    And she will go on to procreate & vote.
    Now THAT is like, totally, sad & scary!

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  12. Grumpy, M.D.February 9, 2010 at 1:55 PM

    Amanda- yeah, I always hear the Frank Zappa song in my head at times like that.

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  13. merinzFebruary 9, 2010 at 2:44 PM

    A bit of a wake up call to reality for her.
    I am amused at her 'turn of phrase'. Adding the work 'like', and the alternative negative 'so not happy'. Both are used here too (in New Zealand) mostly by the teens and early 20's, I think it is copied from the movies.

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  14. CQ, Medical BillerFebruary 9, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    Oh come on, why ya ribbing the nose rings? My nostril is pierced and I, like, hardly ever, y'know, talk like that. ;)

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  15. Reality JayneFebruary 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM

    ahhhhhh...the future

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 5:57 PM

    I can almost see the intellect in her statements.

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    I so totally hear you Amanda!


    - noniviolet

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:30 AM

    On the topic of joking about how the younger generation speak these days, here is a great clip from a UK comedy show;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNQf08Kxsw

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  19. ERPFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    If my kid talks like that when she hits teen years I am going to write myself off with a parenting fail.

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