• Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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    1 month ago

    Tweaking once was chemsex when it wasn’t experimenting with the fine-tuning of your amateur radio array.

    Now its erratic behavior like someone on stimulants trying to fine tune their radio array to pick up alien chatter.

    • @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      Tweaking has been plain meth use for a loooooooooong time, not sure what the kids mean by it now

      • Golden Lox
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        81 month ago

        same thing, just used in a wider variety of contexts

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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        21 month ago

        Acting in a manner reminiscent of being on meth. Spastic (from which we get spaz )

        Now I think about it, young people are often high energy because (as I put it) the motor is too big for the chassis hence the need to run around on the jungle gym. So having new recurring slang for someone who is too energetic to be fully in control (i.e. well-behaved) makes sense.