WhatsApp risks losing its most loyal customers: Indian uncles and aunties

Re:WhatsApp risks losing its most loyal customers: Indian un... by zem on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:36AM (#25857856)

I'm in my 40s, and my generation definitely has a derogatory sense of the term "uncles and aunties" - specifically an older generation of Indians who think it their right to be nosy and judgemental (and oftentimes even interfering) when it comes to the next generation's affairs.

(in addition to the other usages msravi noted)

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Re:WhatsApp risks losing its most loyal customers: Indian un... by valarauko on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:19AM (#25860504)

I'm in my 30s, and have been called that term online (in a sense akin to "OK Boomer")

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Re:WhatsApp risks losing its most loyal customers: Indian un... by spacemansam on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:37AM (#25860753)

Same here, though in my case i assume it's mock (hopefully?) insult in a few Indian Telegram groups where I'm the oldest member by about 2 decades. "Unkill" is the phrasing and "boomer" is most assuredly the implication.

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Re:WhatsApp risks losing its most loyal customers: Indian un... by valarauko on Thursday January 21, 2021 @12:59PM (#25861858)

"Unkill" was largely a Reddit India creation, where it runs rampant. Sounds like it has escaped the confines of Reddit and run amok.

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