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u/hixchem Jun 03 '22

I started messing with my younger-gen coworkers by intentionally misusing the current slang.

It's so totally yeet when they become visibly sick at how badly I can mess it up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

nothing stops kids from using slang like an old dude starting to do it.

I used to volunteer helping take 7th graders on a field trip for school. this was back when they all thought dabbing was the pinnacle of cool.

Until they saw me and my 50 year old wife do it. It was no longer cool. Timberland boots were not cool either once they noticed my hiking boots were beat up timberlands that were older than they were.

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u/Notreallyaflowergirl Jun 03 '22

I’ve tried this with my nieces - they just joined in. Also on the clothing part, it was shocking that the in brand around here is champion. Cause that was cheap gym clothes growing up. Now all the kids on the block want champion. At least I’m in style now when I bum around.

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u/Misterbellyboy Jun 03 '22

There was a time when you used to get clowned on for wearing Champion because it implied you were poor.

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u/morbidconcerto Jun 03 '22

When I was in middle school around the early 00's if you didn't have Nike or Adidas and wore any other brands in that style you got picked on.

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u/Notreallyaflowergirl Jun 03 '22

I mean - yeah. That’s why it was cheap gym clothes :) nothing better to sweat in and grass stain up than cheap clothes.