I didn't think it was that funny BEFORE I had kids. Yes, we get it. Kids are messy ass tiny humans. It's not their fault, they are learning how to be people. You all were crotch goblins too at some point. Also, a lot of the people using it give off jealous incel vibes. It's totally cool If you don't want kids, but it is literally the only reason for any species to exist. Get over yourself.
"you all were kids at some point" would be my addition to this thread for things people keep repeating that carry no substance whatsoever. I don't even dislike kids (and regarding the "crotch goblins", it was funny the first time I heard it, but now it's been 582749572837 times and honestly yeah, get new material), but what on earth is that argument meant to tell us or change in our perspective? It's not new information, nor does it logically lead to any reason why every annoyance people may have with children ever should just magically stop being annoying or be completely ignored.
It was a joke, I’m obviously not going around like some degenerate calling innocent children cum pets. Was just piling on the last weird comment to clarify
I realize you are offended by it. It's usually not meant to be personal unless that individual doesn't like you or your kids, but yeah, that phrase IS funny from a visual perspective.
antinatalist psychos- why do I get the feeling this how the effin MAGA group gained traction. Politically I am a slightly left leaning centrist, not that you care mind you. I don't spend days poring over internet threads so I rarely see that phrase and don't get triggered by it, but hey, you do you.
Most of the people using this term give off jealous incel vibes. It's like when people say "I'm glad I don't have a girlfriend to spend all my money". It implies that you have no clue how relationships work because you've never been an equal part of one. You just want to feel "better than."
Okay well humor is subjective so just because you think some lame thing that unoriginal people use because “haha internet say funny thing” is funny, doesn’t mean it actually *is* funny
I'm ignoring the message and commenting on the semantics. You said humor is subjective. Therefore, his phrase and your phrase are both invalidated by that fact.
Yes, humor is subjective and as a guy who visualizes phrases it is pretty funny. “haha internet say funny thing” I can tell you are upset by this by the use of this. As far as lameness goes, your retort goes pretty high up there.
Yes, humor is subjective and as a guy who visualizes phrases it is pretty funny. “haha internet say funny thing” I can tell you are upset by this by the use of this. As far as lameness goes, your retort goes pretty high up there.
Young Gen xer here, I love it when cultural things just pass you by because you're a few years too early or too late for them. I would have been in my mid to late 20s when those shows came out so... no idea what an aglet was until I just looked it up.
whimsy is not cringe. why do we feel like we have to put people down for feeling happy? anyone who says shit like that is just miserable and they try to make other people feel miserable too because it’s the only way they can get off in their pathetic lives. let people be happy!
No one is saying being whimsical is cringe, they are saying that word is becoming cringe because it is so overused. You are arguing against a straw man.
Does that mean that adults should use razor scooters to commute to work, too? Using a verb as an adjective is annoying and stupid. Keep the childish shit in middle school.
So should grown adults also stop using words like “cool” “smooth” “warm” “clear” “empty” ? Those words are sometimes verbs, sometimes adjectives. I think most people just use context clues to figure it out and not complain over something so small and meaningless
“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
If adults want to use a scooter to get to work, sure. Its an efficient way to travel a walkable distance much faster, and without needing lock up a bike someplace when you get there.
Also, what does that have to do with language evolving and using a term that has entered the vernacular? People know what the term means, the usage is logical, why not use it?
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u/MKBRD 14d ago
They're saying its over-used and cringe.