Don't be fooled by "them". As a group them want to alienate and judge, them want to marginalise and create division
Don't place any great stock in "they", they have a lot to say and they say it loudly whilst drawing the most attention to themselves.
Don't listen to "apparently" because apparently can never be trusted as far as the truth is concerned.
Beware of "I Heard", I heard usually means from a source ten times removed.
Ignore "No offence" no offence generally means, "I am going to offend you". No offence says "I'm going to say something unpalatable
Say no to "can I get?" because it is a question that is an Americanism we should not put up with. You can't get, you can ask "may I have?" got it?
Don't tolerate "like". Like is the new "erm", it's infiltrated all forms of verbal communication, it's insidious and above all annoying in it's repetition. It may be America's worst ever import and it's been absorbed into the collective psyche to such an extent I find myself bombarded with "like" on a daily basis. Overheard conversations are now punctuated by "likes" that, once heard, gnaw away at you as if an avaricious rodent
Language is beautiful, florid and allows us to communicate all sorts of ideas and emotions so let's not allow it to be hijacked by blunt and lazy vocabulary that makes us dumber rather than more expansive.
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having said that;