Rant Why have people started saying "This is true" so often?

Ok, this could be prefixed as 'Education', but fans won't be surprised to know that it annoys me enough to qualify as a rant as well.

Last couple of years I've noticed this phrase emerge from seemingly nowhere. It seems to be used by people to acknowledge what someone has just said, often with a touch of apathy behind it that implies they don't really care what you just said, or don't have anything to say in response to it, so they just let out a kinda lazy "This is true".

I mean what is wrong with just 'yep', or 'yeh', or 'uh-huh'? I'd even accept just 'true' by itself, but when people say 'this is true' it seems to make my blood boil.

It's as if saying 'yep' they fear it might make them sound disinterested or unintelligent, but by saying 'this is true' they think it somehow makes them sound like their response is more considered. It ****ing doesn't, it just ****s me the **** off.

Is it from some character in a tv show or something? Why does it only feel like a recent development? Is it a regional thing?

And there'll be no points for anyone that replies with 'this is true', just a virtual kick in the knackers

 

Can't say I've noticed to be honest. I will now though, so thanks for that.

 

Straw that broke the camel's back was seeing it in a forum post this morning. Before then I think I've mostly experienced it verbally, when people's idiosyncrasies and affectations are more prone to coming out, but there's just no excuse for it when writing.

 

It's just to upset you.
I'm glad it's working.

 

This is true

Presents Knackers.

 

"This is true" was being used when I was at school in the 70s, nothing new to see here.

 

People get annoyed by the weirdest things, don't they?

 

As opposed to "Alternative Fact", maybe?

 

Is that an assisted header? I'm having a hard time trying to understand the intention of the kicker.

 

Isn't it obvious? That kids a ginger...

 

This is true.

 

I would be more irked by the fact that they should probably say "That is true" given it is in reference to something someone else said.

 

That's nowhere near as annoying as knowing someone who has spent their whole life unable to say the word 'whoever' and instead says 'everwho' every single time. Also, from a recent Facebook post of mine in an IT group:

I often refer to network cabinets as 'cabs'. Example; 'That port runs back to cab 3'.

I will never understand how clueless people end up referring to them as a 'CAD'. 'He's working on our computer CAD at the moment'. -.-

Another example: LABtop. It's worse than nails on a chalkboard every time I hear either one of these.

 

Yeh, I think you're onto a major reason as to why it narks me. It's something about the 'This' that makes me to want to punch them the face.

"That's true" would be acceptable to me. "This is true" makes me want to castrate you in front of your family and friends.

 

Can't say I recall having ever heard this. Ohh well.

 

Well, you'll hate me then. I use it on occasion, just like my father before me.

Edit: I don't use it as apathy, I tend to use it when I stop to ponder over what has just been said.

 

This is true for me too.

 

I think this might be false:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/gra...tart=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3