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[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 39 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

haven't seen friends but as someone familiar with the zeitgeist it's almost certainly "retarded"

which was also all over adult swim at the time and is recently having its renaissance

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 31 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

I've noticed that lately. It went from being everywhere to nowhere and now it's creeping back up. I'll be honest here, I miss the word but if it's hurting that many people who haven't done anything then you're a fucking piece of shit if you use it.

I was rooting for the "gay" renaissance where people talked about how gay everything was but changed it to mean awesome instead of shitty.

[–] Arcadeep@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

That would be pretty gay

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that this is just how millennials talked in high school and we're entering into that "old person stops caring" phase of life about now?

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There are none of us in our 20s anymore.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Last time I checked old didn't cover 30s+ even 50+ is still middle aged.

Who've you checked with? Boomers or Zoomers?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was rooting for the “gay” renaissance where people talked about how gay everything was but changed it to mean awesome instead of shitty.

wait you too?

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Absolutely. I'm still rooting for it but it seems to be kind of petering out here.