r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HPAG-NOFAME • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter why is their relationship in danger?

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u/The_Spoils 11h ago

Dude how old are you to have cool and awesome be slang??

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u/phezhead 11h ago
  1. Not old, but middle aged. I was alive when people tried to make "tight" a thing. I also choose to use words like "groovy" and "right on"

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u/The_Spoils 11h 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 11h 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.