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[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 54 points 4 months ago

Remember when comic artists and cartoonists would make up some outlandish slang for a character and it was supposed to make fun of millennials, but we thought that was stupid too?

Gen Z actually talk like that.

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.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 33 points 4 months ago

Do use them though, because it makes the kids cringe

I would but I’m not allowed within 50 feet of child. You beat one child and you’re labelled for life.

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago

Unlucky, I caught them in a group.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months 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

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Thanks kindly, I will 😉

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] Fades@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months 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.

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@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months 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.

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 23 points 4 months ago

do they? maybe i'm hanging out in the wrong places but the only place i've ever seen this sort of "slang" is posts mocking Gen Z

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

I've got some coworkers that fit this meme pretty well. Though I do admit they may be among the... slower ... of their generation.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 4 months ago

Oh, stewardess! I speak jive.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

No they don’t. My Zoomer son and his friends mock this bs savagely.

[-] doomkernel@sopuli.xyz 31 points 4 months ago

Skyler be like: "Are you having a stroke?"

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Nah Skylar's response is just "cap"

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 8 points 4 months ago

I wonder why I never see this for The Sopranos

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

He was a pretty big crybaby for being "the one who knocks".

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago
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[-] thoughtfuldragon 4 points 4 months ago

Fr this made me really understand how cringe the original was. Thank you.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

What did you find to be cringe about it?

[-] thoughtfuldragon 8 points 4 months ago

He's trying to sound cool and dangerous but he's a man dying of cancer slowly getting himself in deeper and deeper trouble with no way out. He's desperate.

[-] scoutFDT@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

isn't that the whole point of this scene or am I missing something here?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

I mean, you guys are missing that anyone can be a psychopath. All it requires is the death of empathy. Killing your fellow man is not physically hard in a modern society, it's the desire to do so that most, thankfully, lack. Walter is not harmless because he is sick, he is dangerous because he is willing to commit violence for personal gain or to eliminate a perceived threat.

At least most lack that will in person. Supporting the death of others from the comfort of your living room is rather common.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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