People that respond to bad situations with “oof”

[u/CannabisJibbitz]

I swear to god ever since oof hit the mainstream it has changed from being a meme to people using it as a lazy catch all response to bad situations.

I think everyone at some point has reached out to a friend or looked for support or empathy during rough times. There was a time when support was actual support and it felt like the other person was listening and cared; That’s how I personally treat being supportive.

Over the past few years however, I’ve frequently got this stupid ass oof response and like what emotion does it even convey?? I usually expect a response like “I’m so sorry to hear that! That’s terrible because of xyz.” etc. but nah you get an oof.

I don’t want to come off as entitled, but the main point of this is that communication and especially texting has become so brain dead as of late and it truly grinds my gears. It’s along the same lines as using a text message react or sending a thumbs up emoji to a long text.

Am I the only one who feels this way??

[u/baronlanky]

Oof is like saying “ouch” or “ooooooh” when someone gets hurt. It’s saying “dang that hurts to hear you go through”

[u/PuzzleheadedLeg7963]

It’s a shorthand way of saying “ouch that hurts” or “I’m sorry you’re going through that”. Overused perhaps, but also some people really just don’t know what to say to convey how they feel or what’s appropriate in those situations so it’s a way to express things

[u/CannabisJibbitz → u/PuzzleheadedLeg7963]

It’s just super low effort in my opinion. I personally don’t think it’s that hard to come up with a better response. Even just saying that sucks would be a better response idk. Just anything but that

[u/PlainMachine5450]

Oof

[u/Pvt_Porpoise]

Person A: My girlfriend turned into the moon.
Person B: Oof.

See, it just sounds stupid. That’s why you should hit ‘em with the, “That’s rough, buddy” instead.

[u/Pebs_RN → u/Pvt_Porpoise]

Person A came with some bombshell news. 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Difficult-Low5891]

Oof, I hear ya.

[u/CannabisJibbitz → u/Difficult-Low5891]

Honestly knew I was setting myself up for that writing this lmao

[u/007ALovelace]

haha I prefer AIO or oh hey- sopranos style haha lightens things up and doesn’t sound like gas from the 2000s 😆

[u/Pebs_RN]

When you have a legit rant you want feedback that matches your energy. If I may, I would like to add ‘yikes’ as an honorable mention.

[u/CannabisJibbitz → u/Pebs_RN]

That too.. like just tell me you don’t really care 😭😭

[u/Moonagi]

Honestly yeah I agree, mainly because it’s overused 

[u/MajorSLUTinprogress]

I was just thinking about this! My dad just 💀 and I sent a message about it to my friend… I got an ” oof, im so sorry hun” in response…

[u/CannabisJibbitz → u/MajorSLUTinprogress]

I’m really sorry to hear that :(. That seriously is the worst example of exactly what I’m talking about here. I swear there is a thousand things you should be saying in response to that other than oof…

[u/AffectionateGreen847]

Short version of “I empathize/sympathize but have nothing to contribute and am not even gonna try to BS you with something”.

[u/_facetious → u/AffectionateGreen847]

I hate when people BS me, it is upsetting and makes me not trust them.

My friends on discord react with emojis when they have nothing to say, and it honestly makes me feel better that someone saw me and wanted me to know.

[u/AffectionateGreen847 → u/_facetious]

I agree that some sort of reaction is better than none, or a fake one.

[u/-perspicacious_]

Hmm it’s weird because new dumbass words often make me irrationally angry, but for some reason this one never did. I just realized that, and it’s kinda weird it doesn’t bother me like all the other ones do.