• @[email protected]
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    5130 days ago

    I know you probably joking but as a millennial I kinda hate this take.

    Every generation used words that our elders didn’t and every future generation will continue to do so and I support that.

    In fact I like to try and learn the new words as it’s cool to know what’s happening. Don’t use them though else the kids will cringe.

    • @samus12345
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      029 days ago

      I don’t have a problem with new slang in general - it’s interesting to see what new words become popular. Sometimes, though, I just don’t like them. I never got used to “yeet” and still dislike it.

      • @[email protected]
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        629 days ago

        Ugh… yeet and Kobe were some of the best at that time for me.

        Like yeet sounds somewhat like an onomatopoeia. Like the sound of it flying through the air.

        • @samus12345
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          229 days ago

          Yeah, it just never connected with me. Which is fine, since I’m an old fart Gen X and it’s not for me anyway.

    • @Fades
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      29 days ago

      It’s okay, I hate your take :)

      Yes we all know language evolves, nobody is saying the kids can’t use new slang and words. That’s simply a part of the human experience regardless of age.

      The dislike of this kind of talk is more than just “what was cool is now not and the kids have the new cool and I hate it because it’s not my cool”.

      I know it makes an easy strawman for you to slap down but there is valid criticism and some of these terms are already dated as fuck, further reducing the cultural and linguistic impact which is your whole thing apparently.

      The comment you replied to isn’t simply talking about new words and slang, it’s about the fucked grammar, the fr frs, etc. The kids aren’t speaking gospel, why raise them up on a pedestal as the drivers of linguistic evolution?

      Is “Skibidi what the sigma Ohio” some deep wisdom to you? Maybe rizzler gyat fanum tax rings true in your soul?

      That shit makes Jive look like goddamn Shakespeare

      • @RubberElectrons
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        329 days ago

        People deeply unhappy about change of any kind, unite! 🤭

        • @Fades
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          128 days ago

          It’s not about change at all, my vocab has a lot of newer phrasing and words but that doesn’t mean we should accept everything simply because it’s new.

          But by all means, go ahead and project your emotional reaction onto my statement

        • @Fades
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          128 days ago

          That’s not what I’m saying at all but I understand it makes you feel better so it’s okay.