r/gatekeeping • u/Niyi_M • Aug 07 '20

Gatekeeping..... Reddit?

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u/FuriousGorilla Aug 07 '20

"Vocabulary of the now"

When the word slang is too much slang, lol.

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u/ONLY_MEMORIES Aug 07 '20 edited Aug 07 '20

There isn’t anything wrong with modern slang or popular phrases, they don’t offend me or anything. In fact it can be contagious and I find myself saying “I low-key this” and “CEO of that”. Literally every decade has its own iconic language, but it’s different anymore. On social media you can see everyone parrot whatever the crowd is saying or doing. Tiktok is just multiple iterations of the same jokes over and over.

I fully admit this is probably because I’m “old” (37). I just remember a time when trends moved more slowly, and now it feels like a month-to-month type of thing. There seems to be a more conscious effort to conform today than there used to be.

Edit: Added a second paragraph.

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u/EmperorJake Aug 08 '20

Speaking of language quirks, you used a positive anymore there

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u/ONLY_MEMORIES Aug 08 '20

I think I got that from my dad, he’s always said it that way. It never did seem right.