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If I ever start posting cringe content, know that my account has been hacked. I am not cringe.

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[–] Rosa_Luxem_Borg@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, it could be used the same way in English. Even if the hacker did not mean it that way. "Grandma had some interesting comments about General Lee at Thanksgiving dinner."

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, that's true. I wonder if we got it from them or they got it from us.

[–] Rosa_Luxem_Borg@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I think it is an instance convergent evolution. Some variant of "interesting" will always seem like a very diplomatic way of saying bizarre or weird.