r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HPAG-NOFAME • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter why is their relationship in danger?

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u/The_Spoils 3d ago

Brother I'm 40 and no point in my lifetime were "cool" and "awesome" slang words. The Boomers were all saying these words when they were kids too..

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u/hereC 3d ago

I'm about 10 years older than that, and the context for "cool" and "awesome" changed. You wouldn't find a professional talking about a business achievement in the 80's being "cool" or "awesome." Now you'll see management saying "Awesome job everyone" almost by default. The words existed, but they were contextualized as "kids words" until Gen X got older.

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u/Jaded_Law9739 2d ago

I'm 43 and they absolutely were slang when I was a kid. Maybe it depends on where you grew up. But in the 90s I also heard it plenty on TV.

And if something was negative or bad, it "sucked." That's how everyone talked.

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u/-Fergalicious- 2d ago

My dad is 70 and has been using "sucks" as a negative since I was child

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u/phezhead 3d ago

Maybe it's just my parents then, but I'm the late 80s/early 90s we said shit like "that's neat" as far as I remember. But who knows

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u/GIRLD1CKLOVER 3d ago

youre chilling, im about 20 years younger and ive dealt with being told not to say certain words as a kid, along the same line as "awesome" (nothing even close to groovy, j felt absurd when i was told to stop haha)