Cromalin [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agosaying "because of class consciousness" like "because of woke"hexbear.netimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down10
arrow-up1130arrow-down1imagesaying "because of class consciousness" like "because of woke"hexbear.netCromalin [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareElGosso [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-27 months agoI feel like “based” is also being phased out, though “cringe” seems to have more staying power. TBF I feel like we didn’t quite have something that really evoked the same emotion that “cringe” does before it came into the lexicon.
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-27 months agoPeople used to use “gay” for that before cringe became a thing
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoIt was nice to get a non slur replacement. It took a while
minus-squareAlicePraxis [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months ago “based” is also being phased out please let it be true
I feel like “based” is also being phased out, though “cringe” seems to have more staying power. TBF I feel like we didn’t quite have something that really evoked the same emotion that “cringe” does before it came into the lexicon.
People used to use “gay” for that before cringe became a thing
It was nice to get a non slur replacement. It took a while
please let it be true
🙏TYBG