I’ve heard a lot of Gen Z people confuse dystopian and utopian. Usually I don’t care about “correct” language at all, I’d even argue languages that change are alive and changes are often invisible to those with rigid or discriminatory thinking. In this case the confusion seems almost deliberate or directional as in having an origin in some media where it is confused heavily though.
I never would “correct” a person IRL about this, but I am really confused how it is possible that several people can make the exact same error. Are the assigned meanings to those words changing?
If it really is evolving usage, I’ll pay attention once it seeps into more permanent media like music lyrics. Or when Fox News starts reporting on it as evidence of the downfall of our education system, (also kids are making toilet wine again and ingesting it through all the wrong body orifices, more at 11).
I’m too old and not cool to worry about rapid lifecycle language trends. If I pay too much attention, I might become one of those adults repeating “6-7” to show they’re hip with it.