Re:Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death
by codingdave on Sunday September 06, 2026 @10:45AM
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"Asking for a friend" is a great example.
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That’s…not weird, that’s just a turn of phrase that’s in the same category as “that’s what she said”.
Re:Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death
by luxuryballs on Sunday September 06, 2026 @12:00PM
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dang I just had a mini paradigm shift, what if "that's what she said" was already part of this meme-brainery, I need a serious detox
Re:Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death
by colechristensen on Sunday September 06, 2026 @11:41AM
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eventually you lose most of your friends, your neuroplasticity dies down, you stop trying to look cool, fall out of the zeitgeist, and whatever strange things the kids are saying these days becomes annoying because you've stopped participating in culture and it starts to scare and confuse you
Re:Doomscrolling Ourselves to Death
by sellmesoap on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:48PM
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I check a lot of those boxes, Abe Simpsons said it best [0], but I get to keep a weather eye on the new lingo through my kids. I remember being a teen and a lot of jibba-jabba that followed, stuff that came up from my people didn't stick, but I can catch up with them and drop a phrase and we all have a laugh.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9578844-i-used-to-be-with-i...