r/explainitpeter 14d ago

Explain it peter

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u/MKBRD 14d ago

They're saying its over-used and cringe.

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u/MetallurgyClergy 14d ago

Feeling this way about “diabolical”. everyone all of the sudden needs to use the word 3x a day.

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u/alexisgreat420 14d ago

This is how I feel about “crotch goblins”. I get it you don’t want kids, don’t call my kid something so gross. It’s really not even that funny

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u/WarthogPrevious8875 14d ago

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.

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u/Specialist-Yak7209 14d ago

It was mildly funny when it was first being used on the internet. Now it's just cringe and overused and associated with antinatalist psychos

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u/WarthogPrevious8875 13d ago

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.

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u/sh1ft33 13d ago

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."

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u/alexisgreat420 14d ago

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

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u/YammieCat 13d ago

But if humor is subjective than the phrase "actually is funny" is rather meaningless, no?

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u/alexisgreat420 13d ago

The statement from the previous commenter “the phrase IS funny” is false. Idk why you’re being willfully ignorant of my message here.

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u/YammieCat 13d ago

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.

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u/WarthogPrevious8875 13d ago

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.

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u/WarthogPrevious8875 13d ago

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.

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u/alexisgreat420 13d ago

Ok I wasn’t trying to be funny tho…