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Touch Grass

To go outside and exist in the physical world for a while. Usually said to someone who has been arguing online for far too long. Rarely actually taken as advice.

— you've been fighting about tabs vs spaces for six hours, go touch grass.
— the grass doesn't have a dark mode.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 28, 2026

#nerd #internet #slang

+1320

Doomer

Someone convinced AI is going to end humanity, soon, and is a little smug about it. The natural enemy of e/acc.

The doomer and the e/acc guy got seated next to each other at dinner. We had to leave early.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 28, 2026

#ai #internet #nerd

+1255

DYOR

'Do Your Own Research,' posted immediately after giving terrible financial advice, as a legal shield.

Buy this, it's going to 50x, not financial advice, DYOR 🚀.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 27, 2026

#crypto #web3 #internet

+995

Doomscroll

To keep scrolling through bad news, bad takes, and Ragebait long after it has made you feel worse — usually in bed, usually well past 1am.

Meant to check the time. Doomscrolled until 2:30, learned nothing, felt awful. Standard Tuesday.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 29, 2026

#internet #slang

+614

Code Review Nit

A trivial comment on a pull request ('extra blank line here') that technically blocks the merge, posted by someone avoiding the real review.

Approved with 14 nits and zero comments on the part that deletes the entire database.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 28, 2026

#engineering #corporate #nerd

+415

RTO

'Return to Office.' The mandate that you must now commute in order to do the exact same video calls you were doing from home.

RTO means I drive 90 minutes to sit in a room and join the same Zoom as the guy in Denver.

by outside_is_a_beta · May 27, 2026

#corporate #slang

+155

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