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[SDcomics]

Yes, yes. I know what google is. I was merely being facetious.

And I agree that there is something really pathetic and sad about a middle aged man using terms a 20 something would simply for the "clicks". Come on, man. Where's your dignity?

 

[mrboshek]

...And I agree that there is something really pathetic and sad about a middle aged man using terms a 20 something would simply for the "clicks". Come on, man. Where's your dignity?

Some people are super delulu, smh.

 

[hmmberto]

I don’t mind new vernacular. I’m *almost* still young enough to know what most of it is. But certain terms seem to be almost exclusively the province of the online d-bag crowd, and their lingo should be resisted and mocked.

Im mostly talking about the language of “maxxing”. I hate that shit, it’s the language of alt right d-bag fascists, and shame on any professional media that normalizes using it.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

I don’t mind new vernacular. I’m *almost* still young enough to know what most of it is.

That had just enough qualifiers on it to be sad.

Im mostly talking about the language of “maxxing”. I hate that shit, it’s the language of alt right d-bag fascists, and shame on any professional media that normalizes using it.

Yeah, there's a key difference between chud language and modern slang. Young people are always using and creating new slang. It's not a bad thing.

 

[AceofKnaves]

Slang is cool and fun. But I tend to get mired in *retro* slang: like I read The Outsiders when I was 11 and latched on to that vernacular. My problem with “current” slang is that even being adjacent to following a “current trend” makes me feel like I am painfully dying.

 

[hmmberto]

That had just enough qualifiers on it to be sad.

 

[Chooch555]

It could just be my age talking, but the speed of slang also seems to come and go at a much more rapid pace. Words can last days now.

 

[Enforcer]

I am so wildly torn on whether or not I want you to explain why you assumed they were autistic. I imagine it's probably not a great idea for you to explain, though.

A highly organized and lengthy diatribe that is hyperfocused on small or often inconsequential details to the point of pretty extended logic or reasoning delivered with seemingly irrational levels of outrage. The impetus for the entire thing is also clearly to use a cool new term they heard on a Twitch stream (like mogging, or glaze, or clear) - hence the 14 year old assumption.

I work in IT, man - so... I see it a bit.

It could just be my age talking, but the speed of slang also seems to come and go at a much more rapid pace. Words can last days now.

Social media. Anyone can make something up that reaches an irrationally large audience with attention spans that replace the fun new term with something else almost as quickly as it gained popularity.

 

[Damien]

A highly organized and lengthy diatribe that is hyperfocused on small or often inconsequential details to the point of pretty extended logic or reasoning delivered with seemingly irrational levels of outrage. The impetus for the entire thing is also clearly to use a cool new term they heard on a Twitch stream (like mogging, or glaze, or clear) - hence the 14 year old assumption.

I work in IT, man - so... I see it a bit.

Interesting.
Fair enough. I don't think that's a bad faith assumption. Although, I'd argue that you're kind of describing the entirety of ragebait grift culture online these days, and I definitely don't think they're all autistic so much as just.... you know.. ragebait cunts. I suppose some could be both, for sure. No cap.

 

[Enforcer]

Interesting.
Fair enough. I don't think that's a bad faith assumption. Although, I'd argue that you're kind of describing the entirety of ragebait grift culture online these days, and I definitely don't think they're all autistic so much as just.... you know.. ragebait cunts. I suppose some could be both, for sure. No cap.

I'm also not trying to disparage people with autism either, just to be clear. Some of the most talented people I've worked with have been on the spectrum. But there are clear tells sometimes.

I can't pretend to know what's causing the rampant culture you just described. But I do think it has a lot or everything to do with social media and a constant need to consume fresh content or post things aimed at garnering the most attention. The mentality has snowballed into some of the most questionable yet for some reason socially accepted behavior ever.

Also, I can't believe that we as a society have seemingly normalized walking up to a person like a celebrity with your phone out recording the interaction without any sort of consent to the act. Totally unrelated I know... but I just saw a video where someone did this and all the responses are "you're so funny man" and "Wow you really got him with that impression" instead of "its really fucked that you did that like it wasn't totally psycho behavior". I know I'm showing my newfound middle age. But what is totally acceptable these days is actually so fucked.

 

[Damien]

But what is totally acceptable these days is actually so fucked.

Not to derail this entire thread but, I don't think this is new. I don't think it's really 'these days.' I think what we're seeing (just in general - this includes entertainment as well as politics) is that the fast and easy-to-access Internet has incentivized, for the first time in our history, -regular- people (and therefore many more people) doing what we've always allowed smaller groups of specialized individuals to get away with.

Princess Di was killed in a car accident trying to escape some psycho loser chasing her down while pointing a camera at her. And while everyone said 'oh wow, how terrible - paparazzi are scum' - we (as a society) also kept buying the magazines and papers that those paparazzi worked for or contributed to.

I'd say the people against the type of video you described, and many of us are, are the exact same type of people that were against it when it led to Di's death. And the people in the comments going 'lol, bro, you da best' are the same type of people that woke up the morning after Di's death and bought a copy of The National Enquirer.

I don't think the Internet has really brought us any new social diseases. It's just made the ones we already had far, far more apparent, accessible, and easy to engage with either as a spectator or as a perpetrator.

 

[Enforcer]

Yep. Pretty well said - I agree.

And to rerail - this Daredevil is the first Marvel figure my cousin has bought in at least 16 years. I dont think he made it into the Hasbro era long. He's a massive Daredevil guy, but I think thats really saying something.

He... promptly removed the black lines and painted the belt red.... also.