Discussion What did you think "ctb" stood for before you knew what it meant?

[Minudah]

I have no idea why, but I first read it as "cut the bag". I still keep reading it that way, and I feel silly reading it like that in my head. Anyone else?

 

[Dead Meat]

Before getting on here I always thought it stood for cease to breathe.

 

[zzzameron]

I thought it was "kick the bucket" before I realized kick started with a k lol...

 

[15dec]

I always read it as 'cease to be' or 'cease to breathe' lol

 

[JustAboutDone]

I thought it was "kick the bucket" before I realized kick started with a k lol...

Me totally too

I thought no one on here could spell 'kick'

 

[waived]

I went from not knowing of it to suddenly knowing of it in its entirety.

 

[Minudah]

Yours all made so much more sense than mine. I posted this hoping to feel better, but now I feel even sillier lol. I blame it on spending way too much time reading about exit bags

 

[favourite]

what's even the origin of "ctb"?

 

[JustAboutDone]

Yours all made so much more sense than mine. I posted this hoping to feel better, but now I feel even sillier lol. I blame it on spending way too much time reading about exit bags

I feel silly for thinking people couldn't spell 'kick' - you have nothing to worry about :-)

 

[Minudah]

what's even the origin of "ctb"?

I think it was always just a polite way of saying "dead". It was always how my grandpa referred to dying, and he never meant suicide by it.

 

[First loss]

I'm new. What does it mean?

 

[WhiteRabbit]

I thought it was "kick the bucket" before I realized kick started with a k lol...

lol same.

 

[lemmeeleev]

I'm new. What does it mean?

It means catch the bus, aka to end your life.

 

[First loss]

It means catch the bus, aka to end your life.

Interesting. I never would have guessed on my own. Thanks.

 

[lemmeeleev]

I have no idea why, but I first read it as "cut the bag". I still keep reading it that way, and I feel silly reading it like that in my head. Anyone else?

I had no idea when I joined, looked it up on Google lol cause I couldn't even imagine what it would stand for.

 

[TAW122]

I didn't know and didn't guess, but I assumed it may have something to do with suicide. After reading it, and finding out I was still perplexed, but then it made sense that it was jargon for suicide and the explanation made sense logically. Catch means to attempt and bus means death, thus it means attempt to get death.

 

[ArtsyDrawer]

I kept reading it as cbt and wincing every few minutes.
Afterwards I thought it's something akin to SN.

 

[Whatshername]

I knew it was suicide, but I had no idea what the acronym stood for, until someone spelled out "catch the bus" in a post. I felt enlightened :D

 

[Kyrok]

Figured it was either "curate tinfoil bastards" or "clean terrific burritos"

 

[Psilo]

Literally catching the bus.

 

[JustAboutDone]

Figured it was either "curate tinfoil bastards" or "clean terrific burritos"

@Kyrok i prefer your version tbh
I like burritos

 

[daemonblight]

Conditional Turn Based (the battle system from Final Fantasy X)

 

[Lady Euthanasia]

That saying originated from the A.S.H. community which in the beginning belonged in the Alts (the 8th one specifically), rarely anybody preferred to talk about it since the topics were controversial and dark. One user once questioned the reasoning behind high rates of suicide on holidays thus begun the Usenet newsgroup (unmoderated) alt.suicide.holiday where soonly after people started sharing methods, support, pro-choice views...etc. (besides, exist other terminologies such as "ticket" - to have all the tools ready for a successful death; "Sorry you are here" - the usual greeting; "bus stop" - the place where you decide to continue with this decision/rather the opposite or simply preparing the necessities to reach the end; had it´s roots from there too although not so many utilize the latter these days). The alt.suicide.bus.stop has been derived from ash, on dalnet there is a chatroom (quite deserted), one exists in google groups although wouldn´t recommend visiting since it became infested with trolls and pro-lifers plus others although not sure if they still exist since I do not speak German.
A little bit of internet history haha

 

[Trulysorry]

I had no clue what it meant.. read through tons of threads before I caught on

 

[JustAboutDone]

I had no clue what it meant.. read through tons of threads before I caught on

Same for me with the phrase "N from A"
Though I obviously realised A was Amazon quite quickly

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

I'm not sure how I found out anymore … I know it was on the old S.S. on Reddit.
I don't think I asked but maybe read someone else's question on there. ;)

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

Before getting on here I always thought it stood for cease to breathe.

I have heard that one before also but I didn't think of that one either.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

I thought it was "kick the bucket" before I realized kick started with a k lol...

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

Same for me with the phrase "N from A"
Though I obviously realised A was Amazon quite quickly

"A" is not Amazon

 

[JustAboutDone]

"A" is not Amazon

Be good if it was :-) with Free next day delivery though it would be in an extra extra large box with your body weight of paper inside...