What's the difference between "Use" and "Utilize" in common English?

[elfs]

None, motherfucker. Now stop using it that way. You don't sound cool or technological or even smart. You sound like a pretentious prick.

Comments

[slutdiary.livejournal.com]

Yeah, saw that - just didn't know where the vehemence came from, the immediate context.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Well, the anger is in part due to not having a job and yet having to apply to idiot job posters who think they're communicating "smart" and "all together" when in fact they're just being idiots.

Maybe...

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

They're trying to fool their HR bosses into thinking they're smart and edumacated. They know better than to put one over on the technicians.

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

I'm often talking to the listings I find, as in "yes, I can see you desperately need an admin since you can't even seem to spell - hire me!".

Is irritating, but not worth the energy to get so angry over.