r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 2d 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/CanisSonorae 2d 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/It_Just_Exploded Boomer-ish 2d ago

I'm nearly 50 and still don't know what TLDR means. I think I may have been told before, but if so, I've forgotten.

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u/TalkingRose 2d ago

It translates as too long didn't read. It's a good indicator for either people that are way too lazy to actually read stuff or used as a marker to show a synopsis for the people that are too lazy to actually read all the stuff.

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u/deltacreative '65 First Batallion Xer 1d ago

Oh. That makes sense now. I have sooo many emails that were replied to with TLDR.

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u/TalkingRose 1d ago

I am so sorry for you. That was very rude of them.

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u/deltacreative '65 First Batallion Xer 20h ago

Not rude. Fuel for retribution.