experbia, I have reached the age where I find gags like this - and the massive cringe effect they inflict on young folks - fucking hilarious.
i’m comfortable with my fate. who ever really needed hair on their head anyway?
FlyingSquid, I admit, the idea of a teenager being highly annoyed by that sign amuses me greatly.
tkk13909, The thing is, all of the grammar is correct so it’s not actually that cringe. They definitely did their research!
aidan, “can’t stop won’t stop” is definitely the most out of place.
And “campground” is too many syllables. If someone actually said that they’d replace it with something else
spizzat2,
MacNCheezus, I wonder what they’ll do if someone actually texts them using that language. Do they have a teenager on staff for the express purpose of translating it?
some_guy, You and me both. They went a little too hard in the middle, but the beginning and end were decent.
sin_free_for_00_days, A principal I worked for one time asked me to write up a student survey. It annoyed me, so I wrote up the entire thing in that type of cringy try hard lingo. It backfired as she loved it and the students took it. The students in my class looked at me when they gave it to the school and said,“WTF sin_free?” I said sorry, they asked why, I explained the situation, they laughed and we moved on.
Maalus, Sure, moved on. An entire school has a memory of you being cringe. Every drinking party with new friends will start with “lmao remember when sin_free tried to be funny”
Etterra, That second sign has big “hello fellow children” vibes.
Korne127, Accurate, but cringe
Fyurion, frfr
UnaSolaEstrellaLibre, So, accurate.
activ8r, It would have to be cringe to be accurate
andrew, No cap
wjrii, What’s up? Hit me up at -number- if you see anything that is suspect or distinctly uncomfortable or unimpressive, like (I don’t know…) a toilet that got badly messed up or something. To be honest, we are openly and boldly trying to improve the attractiveness of this campground. We are determined to keep at it until this place is obviously desirable and impressive. We need your help, friends. Thank you.
Y’all, I’m an Xennial nerd who likes listening to academic podcasts, NPR, and (as frequently featured on NPR) liberal middle-aged white men singing country-blues-rock. I collect fountain pens and watch college football. I am deeply, deeply uncool. I understood every single word of the teen sign. (though, okay, I learned a couple of them several months ago listening to NPR, LOL).
Does that mean I’m cooler than I think, or the sign is less cool than it thinks?
xorollo, You’re lit fam.
– an old
Nikls94, Same here. 30s around the corner, but to my knowledge of passed youth I might have had considered a sign using my people’s lingo quite… Disdain.
Cryophilia, Is…this what Zoomers think millenials are like?
alekwithak, (edited ) That NPR piece was cringe AF with words from when I was teenager, and I’m in my 30’s.
wjrii, You’re gonna have to be more specific, hepcat.
alekwithak, Well it’s been a few months but off the top of my head, on fleek. I haven’t heard that one in years.
wjrii, I just meant about which NPR piece was cringe, LOL. That’s half the brand at this point, at least on weekends.
FlyingSquid, It means you’re cooler than me.
Toes, I’d much rather people text than phone me, it’s like a primative ticketing system
Naja_Kaouthia, Exactly. I can triage everything.
altima_neo, When the campground texts you back with a green bubble
whostosay, When your opinions are based on bullshit brand loyalty free marketing
Same.gif
Eheran, What is a green bubble?
Ultraviolet, Apple, in an attempt to leverage social pressure to drive sales instead of actually providing a quality product, displays texts from Android devices in a deliberately unpleasant to look at shade of green, and cripples features of the group chat if even one member of it is using a non-Apple device, incentivizing groups of friends and even families to ostracize people for using a different phone.
mossy_, mossy liked “Apple, in an attempt to leverage social pressure to drive sales instead of actually providing…”
aidan, Wat
mossy_, Apple users get the option to “react” to messages, adding things like 💜 or 👍 to the message. Since it’s not natively supported by other messaging apps, those users get a message that looks like mine instead of an emoji.
aidan, Ohh, but why in this context then still
mossy_, because… the person I was replying to was talking about it? The intent was to be funny, I suppose.
aidan, Ohhh, I get I wasn’t thinking about it that way lol, my bad
garbagebagel, It also fucks with the quality of videos to the point where they are unwatchable if you have an android
KnightontheSun, (edited ) [deleted]
Gork, Does it work?
Kolanaki, It’s weird seeing English become unreadable from the other side. It’s like going back to ye olde Englishe but forward in time.
Maalus, The Simpsons “it will happen to youuuuu” gag still holds true. You’ll never be cool forever. What’s cool will change.
sharkfucker420, Its definitely fellow kids material but its not far off as of a few years ago. I’d say that hit the mark hard enough that its actually funny
femboy_bird, The translation is accurate and commendable
akakunai, If someone blew up the toilet or smtg sus, hmu. tbh we high-key tryna glow-up this campground frfr. can’t stop won’t stop til this place straight up slays ong. need ur help fam. thx
garbagebagel, That was my first thought but then I realized that if I, a 30-something year old old person, understand every word of it, it’s gotta be a lil sus.
FlyingSquid, I wouldn’t know. Because I am old and I feel it right now.
Shady_Shiroe, What is HMU? The only thing that sounds right if I rack my brain, is “holler me up”, but idk I’m mentally old and can’t keep up with “hip” culture.
Pandantic, “holler me up”
Almost got it! HMU stands for “hit me up”, as in contact me.
Shady_Shiroe, What a violent generation, jk jk
garbagebagel, I mean, holler also means contact me so it could be that, it would just sound a little silly. Not like holla at ya boi
Pandantic, Absolutely, I’m just relaying what I’ve heard in case the commenter wants to talk with some youths in their vernacular. I don’t want them to be all “holler me up my fellow kids!”
breakcore, Hit me up. Ie. contact me.
Empricorn, I think it’s warning us about snakes that can kill? I don’t know…
dadGPT, i dont get it either, no cap
altima_neo, Fr fr ong
humorlessrepost, Your slang is bussing, fellow skibidi!
Empricorn, Str8 rizz.
ivanafterall, A time-proven antidote to aging is incorporating more youthful slang into your vocabulary. And before you clapback at me, I've been trying it myself and it's pretty bussin' bruh. I'm dripping all over the place now!
steeznson, Was watching Point Break again the other day and the desire to speak like a 90s surfer dude is kinda overwhelming, compadre.
jballs, And just to clarify, it is my understanding that “pretty bussin’ bruh” is quite different than “pretty bussy, bruh”. Correct?
khannie, No. They’re the same. I think the second one has become more popular. You should probably just use that. No cap.
(cap)
jballs, On God that bruh’s bussy’s straight bussin’ fr fr.
steeznson, I believe you could buss’ in a bussy if you were so inclined
naevaTheRat, You’re a radical cat daddyo
humorlessrepost, I have, on occasion, stuck out my gyat for the daddyo
Gabu, You’ve just ruined the Irish classic “whiskey in the jar” for me, thanks.
Gaspar, Well, that’s stuck in my head now. Time to go find the Metallica cover, if they haven’t scrubbed it from the Internet.
gimpchrist, AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHH OHHH NOOOOOOOOOO
naevaTheRat, Untubular dude. Untubular.
AFKBRBChocolate, I’m an older guy - over 60 - and I absolutely love using slang that was popular before I was born. At work, I liberally say things like “swell,” “keen,” and “golly.” I’ve been doing it for years; when I started, everyone knew what I was doing (most laughed), but now there are a lot of folks who are young enough that they just assume it’s slang I grew up with, which makes me laugh.
ieatpwns, Look at this fuckin drip god over here
Gork, Drip god sounds like a brand of a mop or household cleaning supplies.
gimpchrist, Man if I had more fucking ambition or energy, you’re absolutely right and I could be so rich right now but again, I’m lazy and full of depression… but if somebody runs with this idea, can I be on the team? I need a win in my life.
MossyFeathers, Ew, don’t drip on me.
Sombyr, If that’s accurate then I got old way faster than I thought I would. At least I can take solace in the fact that I’m probably on the younger end of Lemmy users.
db2, It’s got too much punctuation though. That’s not a dig either, it really does have too much for what they’re trying for.
can, I would expect at least some of those acronyms to be all lowercase too tbh
Mr_Blott, And missing “u” and “ur”
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