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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Mate, the thing about gen x is that they dont care. This is boomer energy being projected.

Which is cool, I guess, whatever.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck it dude, let’s go bowling.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

The rug I had it really tied the room together.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

My first thought when I saw this was that this looked like some Facebook boomer shitposting from like 10-15 years ago, but with kinda recent slang and image subbed in. I'm sure some gen x would unironically be all in on this, but it's the small percentage of them that are basically just boomers who time traveled. They're the same people who still like old westerns and rant about how nobody has common sense anymore, which if you think about for more than 5 seconds reveals that whatever they think is common sense must not be "common" sense at all, actually, and perhaps the current "common sense" is stuff that they never learned, like how to clear the cache for a phone app that's acting up.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The "Gen X Rise Up" filter on TikTok showed that a few definitely cared. It died pretty quickly, though.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah? Cool.

[–] classic@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Technus@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm a Millennial and I'm happy to report I've appropriated "skibidi". I really, really enjoy watching younger people die a little inside every time I use it.

Does that make me a dad even if I don't have any kids?

[–] majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Every generation had slang, I see no issues with this

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree. I did see an article talking about how it’s changing a lot more rapidly than other generations, so I think we’ll see a lot more variation in the slang.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't think that's true. There's a great video here that highlights the fact that even a lot of modern slang is far older than you think.

https://youtu.be/BFgg-Gy0E2g?si=4qXv92KZaMN0odKO

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like rizz. I think it will stick.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] classic@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

Gen X is least likely to do this, if you buy into the idea of generations.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 25 points 1 month ago

This is literally the "Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong." Meme

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 month ago

Old man yells at cloud.jpeg

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The kids are fine. Settle down

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Rule number one: the kids are alright.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

they aren't though. -me, an inside agent.

[–] moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As a millennial I just want the next generations to think I'm nice and cool.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Same. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't take much more than trying to stop the broken world we inherited from breaking further and encouraging them to explore passions even when we don't understand them. That's the level of respect we yearned for and never got, so let's just try to be who we wanted boomers and gen x to be and I think we'll all be okay. Ideally we could fix what's broken, but it always takes longer to clean up a mess than to make one. We just need to be willing to plant trees whose shades we'll never enjoy.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I like the youth and their curious ways

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

c/im64andthisisdeep?

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I believe that is the desired effect

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

I never expected to see 100% brainrot, but here we are.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I swear, i had to do a Livestream on tiktok to show off my clothes, show off my style, and increase my charisma while listening to "skibidi" when my stunning girlfriend came by and we were ...! Im not lying!" (actually that "gyatt" doesn't really make sense in this context so i don't know how to translate, mybe they were getting down? Idk.)

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the translation.

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indeed, I'm feeling lazy and need a non-ai translator please... ?

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well lucky for you that i just postet a translation in this thread

[–] Manzas@lemdro.id 1 points 1 month ago

I am in school and this shit is why we hate younger children.