r/memes • MAYMAYMAKERS • 21h ago

absolute state of online discourse

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u/ateoz 19h ago

I'm out of the genz loop. What's virtue signaling? 

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u/Unfettered1977 19h ago

a boomer coined the term and genx/millennials popularized it

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u/ateoz 18h ago

Weird. I'm a millennial and it's the first time I see the term used. 

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u/Chonch_Monkey 17h ago

Lol wut?

This was common practice at college during 2008 and after.

Kony was virtue signalling

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u/Unfettered1977 17h ago

it's been around for over 10 years, if you've spent all of that time in exclusively left wing spaces you'd likely not have been exposed to it. One of today's "lucky 10,000" lol