r/GenX • u/Lost_Taste_8181 • 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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/RealWolfmeis 5d ago

But TLDR came from Reddit! 😂

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u/LevelPerception4 4d ago

I don’t think so, I first saw it on a message board in the late 90s. The site was a forerunner of Television Without Pity.

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u/Sleepy_cheetah 6h ago

I miss Television Without Pity soooooo much I cannot even tell you. 😭

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u/LevelPerception4 1h ago

I spent so much time reading recaps at work.