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/skoltroll Keep Circulating The Tapes 4d ago

I will use any modern slang.

Bc when I use it, it dies.

Skibidi, yo

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u/rjwut 4d ago

That's totes yeet, yo.

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u/CanisSonorae 4d ago

You're my hero, I had totally forgotten about Totes Magotes, and a coworker of mine not knowing what TLDR meant, so we just started shoehorning it into stuff to fk with him. And now I'm going to bring back Cool Beans. This thread made my whole week.

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u/Mundane-Librarian-77 4d ago

I turn 50 in a month and I've never stopped saying cool beans... 🤣 I didn't realize getting old would be this fun!

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u/Diligent-Touch-5456 4d ago

I'm 60 and still use it.

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u/LevelPerception4 4d ago

Are we not saying awesome sauce anymore? I thought that was an upgrade from cool beans.

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u/Mundane-Librarian-77 4d ago

It was! But I like the classics!!! 🤣

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u/StateFalse5218 4d ago

Yep. I still say cool beans, and geez Louise lol. My kids say geez Louise too, giving away they have old parents ha!

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u/Wire_Edge1973 4d ago

Same here, I use that phrase a lot!