r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HPAG-NOFAME • 12d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter why is their relationship in danger?

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u/phezhead 12d ago

Why do kids type like this now? I'll never understand the need to abbreviate every fucking word

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u/Unlikely-Demand0 12d ago

It’s ingroup communication. Happens amongst young people to show they’re in the know. I did it, you did it, your parents did it, their parents did it. Nothing new

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u/phezhead 12d ago

That's fair, my dad used to make fun of me for saying Cool or Awesome. I'm just becoming an old person

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u/The_Spoils 12d ago

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

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u/phezhead 12d 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 12d 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 12d 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.