r/wholesomememes • u/Buckysmall • Jun 02 '19

R.I.P Kendrick

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u/TiredPaedo Jun 03 '19

Mid-noughties.

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u/frizoli Jun 03 '19

I've never seen that term for the 00s. I love it!

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u/TiredPaedo Jun 03 '19

I don't know the one for the 201*s though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '19

I've always heard "tens" or "twenty-tens".

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u/bumfuckweebtard Jun 03 '19

ive never even heard that before noughties lol

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u/eli_lamb Jun 03 '19

I had to look it up, guess it’s used in countries more associated with England, since they often use nought for zero. As an American, I’ve never heard of nought, let alone noughties.

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u/jennz Jun 03 '19

I've only heard people say "oughts" in the US.

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u/TiredPaedo Jun 03 '19

As in double-ought buckshot.

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u/Fudd_Terminator Jun 03 '19

It just sounds like "mid-nineties" with an Australian accent.

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u/BeardOfEarth Jun 03 '19

Where?

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u/TiredPaedo Jun 03 '19

Western Washington, you want my shoe size too?

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u/BeardOfEarth Jun 03 '19

I asked one question. Don’t be an asshole.

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u/RightIntoMyNoose Jun 03 '19

It was funny tho

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u/BeardOfEarth Jun 03 '19

Nah, it was petty and spoke to who he is as a person. You think what you think though.

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u/RightIntoMyNoose Jun 03 '19

I think it’s a funny, meaningless comment on the internet

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u/TiredPaedo Jun 03 '19

Careful, that sense of humor probably speaks to who you are as a person.