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Nobody says it anymore (startrek.website)

I've heard it explained that "hey" used to be more of an urgent way to get someone's attention, rather than a casual "hello" like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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[-] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago
[-] Embarrassingskidmark@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

This actually happened to me at a supermarket in Chilliwack. The description is spot on. Grumpy old dude, 19 year old me.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] TiKa444@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago
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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Hey! Listen!

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The proper response to someone saying hay, is straw.

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[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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The Pumpkin Dipshit, @ParSpec

Remembering how common it was in like the early nineties for a kid to say "hey" and some old timer to respond "hay is for horses!" as part of some campaign to label "hey" as rude and force kids not to say it. They're gone now and we still say hey. You lost, old timers.

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

This reminds me of that old joke "what do gay horses eat? Hay hay haaaayyyyyy" that was told to us by a teacher in I dunno, middle school probably. Gotta love the 90s

[-] zerodown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Hay is for horses… and cows like it too! -Grandpa

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[-] Seraph@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Y'all was different back then too. Now it's the most neutral greeting and that's really odd for my 90s brain.

I will die on the hill that "y'all" is a more concise way to convey the same information than any of the alternatives.

[-] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

I haven't gotten a chance to use it yet, but one day the construction "all y'all'd've" will be relevant in my life.

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