• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    Old Reddit lore includes a story from a guy who was playing soccer in high school, and he and another player went for the ball at the same time, and he kicked the other kid in the shin, really hard.

    The kid was in terrible pain, and the guy felt horrible, and in the heat of the moment, wanted to say “Are you okay?” AND “Im sorry!” but just ended up yelling “ARE YOU SORRY?!” It sounded like a vicious taunt at serious hurting player, but it was totally unintentional, and it haunted him for years.

    After that story, “ARE YOU SORRY?!” became a Reddit response when anyone got hurt.

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    24 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure it was just a shop in Lancashire

    Y’areet

    Reet. Bit wam innit?

    Aye too ot owdlad.

    Still, rain tomorrer the sayin

    Oh aye? Could do wi a bit o rain eh. Owt else, or e ga thebythin?

    Yip b’reet. Oh ey up gis twenny benson lad an all. Ta.

    Ta much, mind ow yer go now

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    It’s one thing to get a little tongue-tied. But if someone says “e ga thebythin” to me, I’m calling the authorities. All of them…

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      I worked in retail in drug filled neighborhoods.

      Customer: “e ga thebythin”

      Me: “Haha you know it. Have a nice day.”

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        I once was buying an energy drink in the absurdly early morning on my way to work. In the pursuit of doing so, I stopped at a convenience store I had never visited before. I ended up the second customer in a line of two; the first was very visibly on … Something. Not in his right mind, is the point. He turned around and greeted me as the cashier scanned his items; I nodded and said hello, then made no effort to further the conversation.

        After a surprisingly long pause during which I both suspected and hoped he had forgotten I was there, he refocused on me and said “HEY. Look at me when I’m talking to you.”

        As I had done so, I was trying to figure out the least provocative way to respond. A moment later, the cashier said something - I don’t remember the exact words, but in essence it was a very calm “don’t bother customers in my store.” She didn’t yell or threaten, but the other customer immediately backed off. I was pretty impressed, to be honest.

        Much as I was grateful for that cashier’s intervention, I never went back to that store.