"Current year" terms that piss you off

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Flaming Insignias powiedział(a):
I'm mostly indifferent to it, simply because I consider it a question of proper titles when dealing with long-term relationships. Can't call someone your fiancé or spouse without a ring attached to it, saying someone is your boyfriend/girlfriend sounds awkward if you have been with them for a very long time where it becomes de-facto marriage, and calling somebody your lover is completely unacceptable as it implies an illicit and shallow relationship based mostly on sexual encounters. I guess live-in boyfriend/girlfriend could work in a lot of circumstances, but it still sounds too casual compared to the more catch-all phrase of partner.
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"My husband" in the context of a gay relationship kind of irks me out, I'm not exactly sure why. There's something performative about it.
 
I didn't know where else to bring this up and this seems a good a thread as any to ask, but what the fuck is with this "diggin in your butt, twin" shit?
I've been seeing it more and more, I imagine it's probably from a tiktok or streamer or some zoomer shit.

Thread tax, I'm getting real sick of seeing "iykyk".
It makes me immediately uninterested in whatever you're talking about and I see it all the fucking time on facebook.
I wouldn't even mind it as much if they actually typed out "if you know, you know". It's the abbreviation that annoys me. It's like boomers trying to sound hip.
 
Using the term "kiddos" to refer to kids. It's not particularly offensive but it just bothers the shit out of me. I know someone who is a teacher, and he and his coworkers say it all the time. Same with "doggo" for dog--it reeks of Redditors trying to be cute.
 
Council of Clermont powiedział(a):
Using the term "kiddos" to refer to kids. It's not particularly offensive but it just bothers the shit out of me. I know someone who is a teacher, and he and his coworkers say it all the time.
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It bothers me as well because it sounds disrespectful to me. Sure they are kids, but the only way they are going to learn appropriate behavior is if the adults around them practice it.
 
Kofi Drinka powiedział(a):
I hate with a capital H when streamers refer to Chat like it's a person. I hated the parasocial "we" they use all the time but this is worse. "We're doing it chat!" It's fucking weird.
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Same, but it's done to feed the flame of parasocial relationship. I always thought I didn't understand people who watched streamers, why passively watch someone else play a game or do whatever, when you could be doing it yourself? And then I realized that they are lonely and this is probably the closest to social interaction that they're getting (maybe not the case for everyone, but it's true for a lot of people).
When streamers talk in first person plural it creates the illusion of something being done together, and it makes viewers feel like they somehow contributed something and are part of something larger. It is very predatory.
Lian Xing powiedział(a):
It bothers me as well because it sounds disrespectful to me. Sure they are kids, but the only way they are going to learn appropriate behavior is if the adults around them practice it.
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It's a way of pegging them down a notch, it infantilizes them, it's a way of treating them like they're not full human beings. I've seen this being done by the most smug-looking people, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing it because it's a way of exerting power and feeling better about themselves ("these dumb kids, haha, but I on the other hand I'm a smart adult")

tax:
"Be so fucking for real". It sounds so bad.
 
Vitrealis powiedział(a):
Same, but it's done to feed the flame of parasocial relationship. I always thought I didn't understand people who watched streamers, why passively watch someone else play a game or do whatever, when you could be doing it yourself? And then I realized that they are lonely and this is probably the closest to social interaction that they're getting (maybe not the case for everyone, but it's true for a lot of people).
When streamers talk in first person plural it creates the illusion of something being done together, and it makes viewers feel like they somehow contributed something and are part of something larger. It is very predatory.
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There are games you're interested in but don't gel with so you want to see it played through. Lots of JRPGs have that issue for me.

Wanting to see how someone else approaches a problem. Watching people play Souls games is fun because they do things totally different to you or know a secret you don't.
 
Vitrealis powiedział(a):
I always thought I didn't understand people who watched streamers, why passively watch someone else play a game or do whatever, when you could be doing it yourself?
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A lot of people use streams as background noise in the same way people used to turn on the radio or TV while working. Streaming has the same low information density as daytime TV, so it is easy to work for a bit, look at your second screen, and not be confused what is going on. (I personally cannot do that at all, any TV/radio/people chatting will distract me from work).
Vitrealis powiedział(a):
It's a way of pegging them down a notch, it infantilizes them
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I thought kiddo was a "totally not hip but older people think it's hip" thing. Like a word an uncle would use.
 
Waffle Iron powiedział(a):
A lot of people use streams as background noise in the same way people used to turn on the radio or TV while working. Streaming has the same low information density as daytime TV, so it is easy to work for a bit, look at your second screen, and not be confused what is going on. (I personally cannot do that at all, any TV/radio/people chatting will distract me from work).
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That makes sense, although I think that's also a sign that our society creates a lot of loneliness. This is just my interpretation, but it seems like there is a seeking of the human element in that, having someone there, even if it's on the background. We're not meant to be alone all the time.
Waffle Iron powiedział(a):
I thought kiddo was a "totally not hip but older people think it's hip" thing. Like a word an uncle would use.
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That's a way I've heard it used, but lately I've been hearing it a lot from people who are definitely using it in a kind of smug way with a veneer of "I worry about you because you're young and inexperienced" but actually coming across as very condescending despite that.
 
Not specifically a term, but people who try to change someone's views by labeling them as "outdated" piss me the fuck off. For example: Just because everyone is forced at gunpoint to love troons now, it doesn't suddenly mean any negative opinion someone may have about them in both 2025 and 2015 can just be hand waved away as dated thinking. It's a pathetic attempt to control people, and anyone that falls for it should be ashamed of themselves.
 
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ToroidalBoat powiedział(a):
The argument "not everything newer is better" debunks that SJW BS.
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Rokto powiedział(a):
Not specifically a term, but people who try to change someone's views by labeling them as "outdated" piss me the fuck off. For example: Just because everyone is forced at gunpoint to love troons now, it doesn't suddenly mean any negative opinion someone may have about them in both 2025 and 2015 can just be hand waved away as dated thinking. It's a pathetic attempt to control people, and anyone that falls for it should be ashamed of themselves.
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C.S. Lewis called this "Chronological snobbery", and it strikes at the heart of any argument grounded in "it's the current year".
 
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