r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 02 '13

When did honey mustard replace barbecue sauce as the standard to chicken tenders.

32 Upvotes

I swear barbecue used to be the default.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 15 '13

Four hour drive with no breaks, no need to go to the bathroom. Pull into the garage, turn off the car, and nearly pee my pants before getting inside.

29 Upvotes

Alternate: going back to my city apartment, I'll be fine until the elevator doors open on my floor. Then suddenly it's a desperate race against time to unlock the door and get to the toilet before pissing myself.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 04 '13

"though"

19 Upvotes

I feel insane. Am I the only one that heard kids saying "though" at the end if every ducking sentence?

"That ass though!"

"Yo I want some BK though!"


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 15 '13

Chick-Fil-A and the phrase "my pleasure"

15 Upvotes

I noticed this after going to Chick-Fil-A for a while. They never say "you're welcome" but instead say "my pleasure".

I know it's small but it look months to convince my gf that they were actually told to say "my pleasure" instead of anything else.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 02 '13

When did "being a thing" become a thing?

14 Upvotes

I first noticed it/heard it two or three years ago through friends. Then I watched 30 Rock and notice Liz used the phrase in one of the earlier seasons.

When did you notice being "a thing" is a thing?


r/IsThatAThing • • Aug 24 '13

It seems like EVERYBODY who has a pet talks to the pet in a weird or cute voice. It's usually nonsensical and over-exaggerated, and involves weird nicknames.

13 Upvotes

I do this with my dog, and I've noticed that all my friends and family do it to animals too. A good example of it would be at the end of the Katy Perry video for the song Roar, when she holds up her cat and says "KIIITTY! OHHH KIT!" in a creepy but cute voice, and then kisses it's head.

Maybe I just hang out with some weird people, but I'm pretty sure everybody gets a crazy "pet voice" around their animals..


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 15 '13

Is the new response for running into someone or getting in the way "Ohp, sorry," said by both parties simultaneously?

12 Upvotes

Whether at the grocery store, at work, at a friend's place, walking on the street or anywhere it seems like whenever I bump into someone or someone accidentally bumps into me, the first thing that comes to mind for me to say is "ohp, sorry" and as soon as it leaves my lips I hear the other person saying it back at me in overlap. Looking down awkwardly is usually involved. Is this a thing, is "excuse me" or "pardon me" dead, or am I just letting awkwardness overtake politeness?


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 31 '13

Writing something (by hand) after a long time of not writing anything feels weird, e.g. you wonder "is this my handwriting?"

11 Upvotes

r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 16 '13

When did it become too exhausting to say an entire word?

11 Upvotes

Prego, totes and jelly are just a few shortened words that drive me up the wall.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 04 '13

Is 90's fashion coming back? I hear it is...

11 Upvotes

I've seen some people wearing 90's-type cloths recently. I hear the 90's are coming back


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 15 '13

When did night and light become nite and lite?

10 Upvotes

I've noticed a lot lately that the words ending with ight (night, light, right, etc.) have been replaced with ite (nite, lite, rite). This usually just comes up in ads though. Is there any reason or is it just my fear that Americans' spelling is going to shit.


r/IsThatAThing • • Aug 28 '13

It's a thing that males in academia end emails with "cheers"

9 Upvotes

r/IsThatAThing • • Aug 10 '13

Have people started replacing "lol" with "Hahaha"?

9 Upvotes

My friend started doing this over text messing and it's been slowly driving me mad. It brings to mind the kind of false laughter you see coming from someone who is deeply sad. A laughter that never even comes close to reaching the person's eyes. Has anyone else seen this recently?


r/IsThatAThing • • Mar 19 '17

Is this reddit even still used?

8 Upvotes

Does anyone else feel like they purposefully change how they act to fit an ideal? Beyond just fitting in, almost to the point of acting? I do this not so much because I want to be liked but because I hope to be seen as ideal or something like that to others. For instance seeking out ways to improve myself on the regular, knowing I'm doing it because I want to be admired. I know this all sounds very vain, but hopefully someone will be able to relate.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jun 23 '14

Vocalists, particularly "indie" females, singing all mumbly, like they got too much collagen injected in their lips and can't open their mouth very wide?

8 Upvotes

I can't think of any particular songs to give an example, but I hear it a lot, particularly on college radio. It seems like contestants on singing competition shows are trying to emulate it now too.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 15 '13

Is the adjective "catty" limited to females?

8 Upvotes

If so, is there a male equivalent to being "catty" that is non-general?


r/IsThatAThing • • Apr 18 '21

A weighted necklace to help with anxiety?

7 Upvotes

I feel like it exists but when I try to google it only chokers come up and that’s not what I’m looking for. I am an anxious person who often feels calm when pressure is applied to my neck much like asphyxiation. I’m sure you can imagine similar situations where this can be applied. It’s not pain just pressure. I have a necklace I like to wear because I find comfort in it’s weight but I was wondering if anyone knows of a product that is a heavy ish kinda discrete necklace (not a choker but it can be short) that may ease anxiety/apply pressure. I wanna know if something like this exists and where I might look for it?


r/IsThatAThing • • Feb 05 '14

This pizza box is in like every show that has pizza. Is it from a popular pizza place in Hollywood or just generic enough that they all use it?

7 Upvotes

r/IsThatAThing • • Oct 31 '13

When did people start saying "based off of" instead of "based on"?

7 Upvotes

It's driving me crazy.


r/IsThatAThing • • Oct 17 '13

Saying "Are you trying to" instead of "do you want to"

7 Upvotes

My roommates have recently started prefacing actions with "Are you trying to" instead of "Do you want to". For instance somebody may say "Are you trying to go to town?" I'm not up to date with the rap culture so I'm not sure, Is that a thing?


r/IsThatAThing • • Sep 15 '21

Do they make counter clockwise clocks

6 Upvotes

r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 02 '13

Has anyone ever noticed that refried beans and watermelon have something similar about their smells?

6 Upvotes

This is probably the most obscure thing that will be posted here, but I have long thought that there is something similar about the two smells. It's not that the entire smell is exactly the same, but there's some chemical in both that has the same sweet, earthy smell to it.

And I'm more specifically referring to canned refried beans, pre-heating.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jun 24 '24

Is there an app for song meanings?

5 Upvotes

An app where you type in the name of a song (or it senses the song like Shazam but can be used on same device) and you are able to get information about the song, such as the meaning of the song. Not sure if anyone gets what I'm saying, but I tried my best to explain.


r/IsThatAThing • • Jan 27 '21

A website with reviews for hold music / hold experience ratings

5 Upvotes

I'm on hold right now and I'm thinking to myself "man if I had known it was going to be this hard to get ahold of this company I wouldn't have gone with them".

They've got it all: Distortion that grates on the ears in the music, message every 90 seconds interrupting me to sell me stuff, terrible music, claims that call volumes are high without any explanation about why.

If I could I'd love to leave a review on a site where I can warn people about this company's choices for their hold music.

Where can I leave reviews like this? Alternatively, where can I go when I'm trying to decide between say Comcast and Centurylink, to see people's customer service experiences with the two companies?

Thanks


r/IsThatAThing • • Jul 11 '20

Twitter favouring faces when showing previews of images.

5 Upvotes

When you see a pic on twitter and it shows a face then l You press on the pic and it shows the full pic. It seems to focus on the face in the preview ,weither its at the to middle or bottom