• ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The skull emoji represents laughter, not shock, though. It’s more like “This guy is serious? Oh my god, that’s hilarious!”

  • wanderingmagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Something something kids these days. /s

    I wonder how long it’ll be before trying to say anything resembling this will get the reply “okay boomer” and “nobody my age talks like that anymore”. God I feel old.

    • kostel_thecreed@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Means “on god” basically promising / swearing to god that something occured, etc. My son uses it so much to the point I don’t think he believes in god, and just says it to say it.

    • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s some ‘get off my lawn’ energy lol.

      Every generation has its slang, and there’s always people on the older gens that are like ‘speak ENGLISH you ruffians!’

        • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          really only have to be over 25 to feel this effect. but it gets stronger the older you get.

          that said, i do think it’s funny how often we look to the kids to decide what’s ‘cool’ or ‘popular’. the closer i get to 40 the less i benchmark what’s cool against younger people. but i also choose not to judge younger people and their slang because, if we are willing to actually be self-reflective, we all sounded like idiots as kids with our slang. just becaues we have nostalgia about it doesn’t mean ‘hella’ isn’t stupid af.