A Likely Story

So I've, like, noticed, some common, like threads in the conversations I overhear while I'm, like, out shooting video. Things are changing, but is it for the better?

Alternate "I said, he said", etc:
So I'm, like, talking with my friend, and I'm like, "Have you noticed many people now say 'I'm like', instead of 'I said?' " He's like, "What do you mean?" And I'm like, "You know, you hear it all the time." Then he's like, "Oh yeah, I gotcha! Just one more way of, like, inserting the word 'like' into the conversation." And I'm like, "There you go, I knew you'd know what I meant!"

An alternative, generally favored by the Ebony women I encounter: "I'm all". It goes like this:
"And then I'm all, 'What are you talking about? That's, like, so stupid!' And she's all, 'No it's not, & you know it!' And I'm all, 'Okay, okay, peace out!' "

But, like, my favorite is still, like, the Valley Girls, who get, like, an honorable mention here. And not just for creative use of "like", but also for frequently showing their assent in a conversation with a long, drawn-out "Yaaaaaah" (pronounced like the beginning of the word "yacht", not a scream like "aaaaaaaaaah!").

I'm tapped out on this theme for now, & my time here on the library's PC system is about to run out. Don't think I'm upset about all this grammatical fracturing. It's like I told a friend yesterday. We were talking, and I'm all, "I'm all for 'I'm all' "... ah, never, like, mind....