I hear/read these three expressions on a near constant basis and i hate them all. They appear to be symptoms of some sort of verbal laziness. Either that or perhaps a lack of anything worthwhile to say coupled with the social pressure to respond or comment.

It must stop. Please, really, stop. I’m not saying everything out of your mouth and/or keyboard needs to be made of the purest wisdom, but can we at least try for a hint of something worthwhile? Not just these verbal ticks that add and offer nothing.