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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I swear some people just don't get that language changes over time and some slang just gets dropped really quickly.

Things people used to say when I was a kid that no one says anymore includes:

Epic

Wicked

Hella

Gay and the r slur as an insult, although some edgelord chuds try to force it back.

Sweet

Noob

l33t

The one comparing feminists to Nazis (thank god this one is gone)

Sick

And many, many more that I've forgotten

Hella

Sweet

Noob

Sick

That's still in rotation

[-] ElGosso@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I feel like "based" is also being phased out, though "cringe" seems to have more staying power. TBF I feel like we didn't quite have something that really evoked the same emotion that "cringe" does before it came into the lexicon.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People used to use "gay" for that before cringe became a thing

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

It was nice to get a non slur replacement. It took a while

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

"based" is also being phased out

please let it be true

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago
[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

I still say wicked, sweet hella and sick and those came from the 80s mostly. It's still pretty common slang amongst punks and skaters and such, we still talk like Bill and Ted.

[-] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago

So, like wicket wicket junglist massive... you mean?

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago
[-] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago

I just got reminded of that song, "Incredible" by General Levy...

it includes those lyrics...

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

I still say sick regularly, but I know what that says about my age.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago
[-] Rom@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

teh epic wootage

[-] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago

The feminazi shit is very alive in chud circles

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

i think the tweet is a joke but you're 100% right

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

We definitely grew up in a similar time but wtf is l33t

[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

1337/leet/l33t means "elite" and was a term to show that you were computer savvy or in on internet culture. 1337 H4X∅R would mean, "Elite hacker." According to Wikipedia, it originated on early BBS message boards where users could have "elite" status, giving access to special chatrooms, but I'd say most people encountered it later, in the context of gaming, where it could be used to brag about winning through hacking a game or using exploits, or just to brag about being good at it.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago

Ah, it seems I didn't know this one because I wasn't online enough at that age. Wish I could say the same now lmao

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

Stop making me feel old! yells-at-cloud

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago
[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

When I say I go to 1337x.to for torrents, I just say "one three three seven ecks" because the kids do not know

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

The one comparing feminists to Nazis (thank god this one is gone)

I see this one on the regular, you sure it's gone?

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

Maybe I've seen it less because I don't read Reddit or YouTube comments anymore lol

[-] Zuzak@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

Used to be able to chop your balls off, turn into a jet, fly into the sun and die. Can't anymore because of ~~woke~~ class consciousness sadness

[-] booty@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

Counterpoint: girlboss

[-] Gorb@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I have a middle aged colleague who still talks with this era of stuff and its so unbelievably cringe. It's not even offensive its just CHRONICALLY UNCOOL

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

it's wild when you come across someone who still says "epic" unironically

[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

this is anti g*mer discrimination angery

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Jesus why are people having serious discussions on an image referencing “like a boss”. Don’t even touch grass. Go to a fucking cornfield

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Goddamned wokies.

[-] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

Maybe it's because all popular media is corporatised grey goo now, whereas in the time of thelonelyisland, there was still minor room for internet creativity to be slightly different than very generic.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago
[-] roux@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

It used to be you could just lick boots and be a yes man but now you can't because of class consciousness.

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