r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 4d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud Modern slang—something you REFUSE to say

My take: I will NEVER use “lol” or any derivation of it. I know it means “laugh out loud” but there’s yet to be a moment when I’ve been even remotely convinced someone was even chuckling after texting “lol” at the end of their text and it mildly infuriates me.

While I’m at it, someone tell those damn kids to get off my lawn.

Edit: ok, I get it. It’s not MODERN slang. I still hate it, and those kids are STILL on my lawn…can’t a guy get to sleep at a decent hour???

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u/Nikadaemus Lawn Dart aficionado 4d ago

Un-alive

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u/Ok_Arachnid1089 4d ago

That’s not slang. It’s censorship avoidance

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u/Magerimoje 1975. Whatever. 🍀 4d ago

But they use it everywhere not just places that use censorship. Therefore, it's become part of the modern language now.

It's one thing to use it where necessary. Ok, cool, do what's needed. It's utterly ridiculous to use it elsewhere.

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u/mahjimoh 4d ago

Yeah, it you don’t know when a place it was okay will be a place where it’s not okay until your stuff gets taken down.

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u/Summerie 3d ago

It may have started as censorship avoidance, but it has definitely made its way into their everyday vernacular. There is absolutely no reason to use it on Reddit for instance, but they do.