Why the WOOs
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J9LynnHelton wrote: »Thank you, you gave me a lot to think about. I am not very active at the moment, I am having knee issues, but I am a high school teacher, so I do walk a lot, so based on what you said 1200 calories is ok, but at the same time, since I am not active 1% might be too much. Honestly I have been surprised how much I have been losing. In the past I felt like I ate even less and struggled to lose weight. I think the difference is logging everything, even a tablespoon of peanut butter or a handful of chips, and weighing my food instead of eyeballing it or measuring it.
1200 being the minimum doesn't mean it's necessary or ideal.5 -
Haters gonna hate... don't listen to 90% of what you read here. You can do anything you set your mind to. If you want to lose 30 lbs in 4 months, dial back your calories, dial up your exercise, and it will happen. Accept the discomfort that comes with it. You can't salve your emotions with food anymore, and you will feel hungry, you will feel tired at times, and you will feel pain from exercise. It is ok to experience these things.
I recently lost 13% of my body weight in 32 days because I was sick of being obese/overweight. Don't ask for advice because what you will get is 1) MFP complaining about how many calories you eat, 2) all the standard Internet bromides about water weight, nutrition, starvation mode, NIH calorie reccomendations, and blah, blah, blah.
Just ignore it all, and stay focused on your goal: driving your body to obey your will.14 -
From my observation, people here 'woo' because it's an anonymous, passive aggressive way to cast derision on something someone else has written.9
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My comments get "woo" all the time. I'm betting it's the negative "woo"
I completely disagree.
1) There is a smiley face above the "woo" button. Thus indicating positivity.
2) The buttons appear to be in (somewhat) increasingly positive order:
Like, then Awesome, then Woo (with smiley face)
3) The MFP forums are intended to be supportive, not bashing in any way. So I am sure the button creators did not intentionally place a quick - reply key for "you're full of crap."
Since "woo" has both positive and negative connotations, I agree that the button should instead read "woo-hoo" or be deleted altogether.
I am grateful the OP brought this issue to my attention as I give "woo"-hoo's out daily. Armed with this new information I shall immediately cease and desist!!9 -
Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its own means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
Oh ha! It is a button at the bottom of the post. See, just how confusing this all becomes? Ha! I learnt something new this morning...It means awesome...I guess as the face looks ecstatic...
p.s. if you are going to base how you feel and what not on the button reactions people give, then...I dunno. I do not do things based on other people's reactions. For serious. I do things for me. I am not from the social media generation. MFP and another forum make up my daily dose of internet.3 -
nexangelus wrote: »Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its owm means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
Agreed.
I'm from the USA and, until relatively recently, it has had the same meanings you identified. Apparently the derogatory association of "woo" evolved from a 1990's term "woo-woo," used by science writers to ridicule people who believe or promote pseudoscientific explanations of things. (from RationalWiki http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Woo)
Man, language is (d)evolving so fast these days... it's tough to keep up!2 -
Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
Life's too short to stress out about something so insignificant.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
1) Thanks for finding the reference!
2) Purposefully creating an ambiguous hot key is so utterly ridiculous that it's laughable. (Must be why there's a :laughing: smiley above Woo.)
3) I believe The Powers That Be at MFP are laughing every time someone clicks the Woo button.
4) True: Every time the Woo button is clicked, an angel loses its wings.11 -
40lbslighter wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »Here is the officially sanctioned meaning of the Woo button:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
So yes, it is completely ambiguous and therefore entirely meaningless.
1) Thanks for finding the reference!
2) Purposefully creating an ambiguous hot key is so utterly ridiculous that it's laughable. (Must be why there's a :laughing: smiley above Woo.)
3) I believe The Powers That Be at MFP are laughing every time someone clicks the Woo button.
4) True: Every time the Woo button is clicked, an angel loses its wings.
It's just a button. Put any human group together, limit them in some way, and they will find a way to say what they want. In this case, people have created a negative meaning for a button because all others are positive. Language and expressions evolve to accommodate where one meaning wins over others, even on a micro scale.5 -
On my phone, woo looks like a super happy face. On my laptop it's looks like a "wtf a you talking about" face. I've avoided using it for that reason lol5
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I have found I hit that button on accident. I am usually on my phone so when I scroll, that button is RIGHT where my finger touches my screen. It's annoying as all get out! Same with the quote button on the left. I try to catch it when I do accidentally hit it and correct it but my guess is I have missed a bunch. I think it's stupid to begin with with so never purposely use it.3
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40lbslighter wrote: »
After reading the official MFP statement, I stand corrected. They really did intentionally create a button that could mean either "woo-hoo!" or "you're full of crap." I would prefer a poop emoji with a grinning face on it instead.
:poop:10 -
I'll admit that I rarely use the woo button because its passive-aggressive ambiguity renders it useless, imho. I fail to see the purpose of it.
If someone's 'magic diet/supplement/cleanse' post is full of crap woo, I'll either post directly in response to it explaining *why,* or if someone else has already responded to it with what I would've said, I'll just mark *their* post as Insightful, Inspiring, Like or Awesome.
To me, that sends a much clearer message. 5 -
Re: your food choices: I don't understand the criticism of pre-packaged foods. I started out on MFP living off of lean cuisines, HMR meals and McDonald's dollar menu items to control portions. It wasn't any trouble at all to shift from that, to essentially making my own lean cuisines by plopping a protein and some veggies into a bowl and cooking it in the microwave. Food is food.8
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Is a feedback button on a forum really worth this much time and thought?6
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VintageFeline wrote: »Is a feedback button on a forum really worth this much time and thought?
First world problem. <nods>7 -
I introduced the term at the leadership group at our fitness center about a year ago. They were talking about starting some new workout program and asked my opinion (can't remember what it was--maybe something similar to orange theory). I said something like any program can work, but the marketing behind that one was mostly "woo".
They completely misunderstood the explanation. So now, any time someone comes up with a new idea, they are greeted with shouts of "Wooo!", while I sit in the corner and pound my forehead against the table.7 -
nexangelus wrote: »Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its own means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
So that means whenever I get a "woo", someone is hitting on me?
Gives things a whole new perspective.
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nexangelus wrote: »Woo? I had to think a minute about what that actually means. In the language I use (born in Africa, live in the UK) we use woo! hoo! as a term of encouragement and to signify excitement. It means positive things. I am not sure what a woo on its own means other than the old fashioned term to woo someone as in try and capture their affections.
So that means whenever I get a "woo", someone is hitting on me?
Gives things a whole new perspective.
Makes sense. I KNEW someone was after my Nutella when that comment got a woo...11
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