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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 151 points 2 months ago

I had a friend who thought "Netflix & chill" just meant watch movies and relax, so she had it on her dating app profile and couldn't understand why she only got hookups.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 85 points 2 months ago

So ugh where’d she post it again?

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

The internet is so tame now. Are there any websites left or is it largely just professional stuff left?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

I thought that's what it meant, too.

I'm old.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

It's a double entendre. It means both, but much more the "hook up" subtext.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

From what I can find online, it originally meant what I thought it did, but quickly morphed into mainly being a hookup afterward.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago

It's like the older "come inside for coffee" thing. It could be just that but much more common to use it as pretense for initiating some coitus.

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I thought that's what it meant, too.

I'm young.

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago

If you're old enough, she's correct.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

My daughter, still in elementary school a few years ago, asked if we can Netflix and Chill after a long day.

I had trouble explaining to her what it meant.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Or ignorance made a convenient fig leaf.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

I think it can mean a both - that's the great thing about a noncommittal word like chill. I think the key part is that whatever happens is casual.

But yeah would probably get a lot of hookup attention on a dating website

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I don't know, I don't think of sex as chilling. Just like I don't see sport as chilling. Chilling should be more calm and less purpose-driven.

this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2024
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