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This shit drives me up the wall even more than "unalive"

You can't stop people saying slurs but an entire generation will subconsciously alter their entire vocabulary because they grew up on corporate platforms with very heavily moderated text chats and comment sections and they ended up internalising the filters matt-joker

Edit: I was not aware of the AAVE origins of "ahh" which pushes it more towards the territory of legit slang. Still, I stand by my general point about automated moderation influencing language being bad

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It always has been "aah"?

I've always said "weird aah moment".

For example:

"Boomer aah moment"

[-] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

nah the “ahh” is internet blaccent for “ass” Truly sorry for what I’m about to do but: relevant xkcd

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Lol I never noticed how much the 'style' has changed since back then, guess it was gradually when I was reading them frequently

Been a while since he made one as funny as

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

How old are you to have that bookmarked?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Not bookmarked (at least) but old enough to have weirdly encyclopedic knowledge of 2010s xkcd

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Woah, how was it being born in the 1900s?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

the tvs used to be full of static and Joe Rogan and Trump we’re relegated to reality tv. Oh and Ketchup was purple, which was the style at time.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah! The fear factor guy!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the information elder

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

anytime my child of indeterminate gender

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Not great, wouldn't recommend it I-was-saying

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