• Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    When I was a kid I thought grownups were out of touch when they used slang and it made me cringe.

    Now I’m a grownup I know that they did it to make me cringe.

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      3 months ago

      They definitely did it to make you cringe.

      Source: Am a secondary math teacher/parent and do shit like this all the time to make my students/children cringe.