how do you do, fellow kids

    by Brutalonym

    28 Comments

    1. No-Location8203 on

      The whiplash between “I’m still young” and “why do they talk like that” is real.

    2. That accuracy tho hahaha, when i hear them, its like, am i really that old or are they speaking another language

    3. They’re so repetitive and its annoying. No matter how many times Ive heard the same thing, they just yap the same siht for 100 times till they feel good.

    4. BooksandBiceps on

      Honestly most if the words (pretty much all AAVE) are easy to incorporate. I think most people just don’t have other people they feel comfortable using it with and that’s where the disjuncture comes from.

      I use “for real” and “on god”, or “glazing” semi-sarcastically but also casually because I’m friends with a lot of people younger than me or groups where that new language flourished for one reason or another.

      You don’t have to love it, but these words come up for a reason and they slide into modern language seamlessly – with the right group.

      There’s also way more relaxed words like “bruh” which is the new “bro” and you already know and are comfortable with. New language isn’t a scary thing. I think most people “get” the new stuff but without people they feel comfortable using it around it becomes scary and “stupid”. Even though every generation has its own stuff.

    5. Eh, as a 35yo I just think of the cringe I do in my 30s and that makes 20yo’ds not seem as bad to me. You don’t stop being cringey with age, you just find more age appropriate cringey things to do or say.

    6. Illustrious-Dog-6563 on

      das ist mir gestern besonders aufgefallen, als ein pärchen, mit dem wir kaffee trinken waren, mehrmals “checke” verwendet hat.

      i realized this yeaterday, as a younger couple used the new and fresh slang

    7. Insomniac_Jack1213 on

      Guess what, this is what the “baby boomers” felt around the 70’s and 80’s, lol.

    8. I heard a group of teenagers talking at the mall today and I honestly thought they were speaking a different language.

    9. CulturalFarm8356 on

      I am reaching 30 and when I heard my younger cousins speak, I visible cringed like this. Its like a whole new world.

    10. Difficult_Ad2864 on

      I was 20 not too long ago and no one talked anywhere even remotely like how that age talks now

    11. I read this as she has 20 kids inside and thought “respect your confidence in admitting you swallow”.

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