• amelia@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I'm not a native speaker and have a few questions about the first point:

    • What is "internet language" about the phrase "that's certainly a thing"? Isn't that just a normal sentence?
    • What the hell do the other two phrases mean?
    • monsterpiece42@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      There's no mechanical/grammar reason but the first one is used sarcastically. When someone thinks something is a big deal/great/awesome and you say back "well that's certainly a thing" it's implying that the only thing you agree on is that that thing exists, not that it's great.

      The other two are nonsense and some people just find that funny.

    • MMbhJkpW3a3i@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      "That's certainly a thing" refers to phrases such as "You definitely said words." It expresses that one wants to acknowledge that something happened which demands commentary, but the commentary is self-evident, and thus sarcastically skipped.