RANT - Pulp and other sayings that are starting to tick me off

[Hand of Evil]

Okay, years ago, I was the first to use the word PULP within the gaming community, very few really knew what it meant and if fit the action, wierd science, techno-magic direction games were taking. But now it is a fad, a rage, a tag line and I AM SICK OF HEARING THE DAMN WORD!

-Thank you, now back to your regular secheduled OT threads....

 

[EricNoah]

*snickers* The first one to use "pulp," eh?

It is funny how certain words can start out with inherent meaning, and then through overuse and misuse can lose all meaning. Pulp, cinematic, dark/edgy, yadda yadda yadda...

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

But I LIKE pulp in my orange juice...

 

[diaglo]

the pulp factory an hour or so drive from my house makes some really good products.

i love their paper.

 

[Mystery Man]

I can't stand it when people use the extended thumb and pinky to demonstrate their phone conversation.

That really ticks me off.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I can't stand it when people use the extended thumb and pinky to demonstrate their phone conversation.

That really ticks me off.

Hang loose, dude!

 

[diaglo]

<snip> Hang loose, dude!

that is a 'Y' in sign language.

 

[Henry]

It ticks me off when people get ticked off; I am therefore frequently ticked off.

If I ever tick myself off, the infinite loop may spell the heat death of the universe; therefore, the end is near; make your time.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Thank you, makes me feel better.

 

[Mark]

...very few really knew what it meant and if fit the action, wierd science, techno-magic direction games were taking.

When I hear the word "Pulp" I first think of Robert E Howard's various Swords and Sorcery tales, then I think of Dectective Stories, then I might also think of such things as early Sci-Fi, and only then does my mind turn to Horror stories or anything that the name also seems to now emcompass. What it has come to mean seems somewhat divergent from what it probably means to someone like Gygax who mentions R. E. Howard as an early influence of D&D. Heck, he grew up on "Pulp" stories.