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[–] 57 points 2 years ago (19 children)

What am I missing here? Why "not my family?" Did they mean like "oh no, not my family! How embarrassing for them to see!" It just reads really strange.

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  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    It's a newer type of phrase/way to start a sentence. It's kind of like a way to call attention to or put extra emphasis on the action taking place.

    For example, say I got to an ice cream store and try 10 flavors. I could say "not me trying every flavor before getting a single scoop."

    It kinda adds a sarcastic or lightheated feel to the sentence.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Ahhhh thanks for the explanation!

    I like your ice cream example, but I'm going to be an old man and say I hate this new phrase lol it reads terribly how they used it.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I'm a young man and I have to agree with your old man take on this. I hate this trend also. A few of my friends have been using it irl conversations.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Not you not groking Gen Z 😩

    The keeds, they are thee fuutureee

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Goddamn it I'm "only" 37 and I don't understand English anymore lmao

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Don't worry. I'm 25 and neither do I.

    I'm convinced we've hit a point thanks to the internet where language just evolves so fast that by the time I'm elderly kids will literally be speaking a different language.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    It's a variant of the sarcastic "that couldn't be me"

    e.g.: "Goofing off for a week and then cramming the night before the final exam? That couldn't be me /s." -> "Not me goofing off for a week and then cramming the night before"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Tell me you're old and out of touch without telling me you're old and out of touch.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Im like 20 and didnt get it too

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