this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 30 points 8 months ago (6 children)

This is nothing. Wait until you hear high schoolers addressing "chat" irl while not connected to any kind of chat.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 23 points 7 months ago

Chat is this real?

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago
[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Mods crush his skull

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I saw people talking about that as being perhaps the first fourth-person pronoun. Pretty interesting idea.

[–] PatMustard@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Still third-person though really

[–] odium@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nah, they were just talking to their friend, Chad.

Right, chat?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

But "chatting" also refers to talking, no?
Unless I misunderstood your comment. I tend to do that.

Edit:

talk in a friendly and informal way.

Very much so. Not sure why I needed to verify it, but I would probably verify it's indeed 2024 if you told me that it's actually 1786, just to make sure it's not me thinking that.

[–] odium@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

Twitch streamers usually address their live chat as "chat". The person you are replying to heard high schoolers addressing chat, talking like they were streaming, even when they clearly weren't.