I do agree with you, but I also realize that maybe the vernacular is fluid and I’m getting left behind. I’m also okay with it. I’m a millennial, all my peers have used “lol” and the like for the past quarter century, so who am I to judge.
But I do judge. I also think the Internet has given people phrases (“my brother in Christ” comes to mind first) that people glom onto, and those drive me nuts too. Social Media seems to have become a dialect of the spoken language, and so you can tell who’s constantly connected and maybe who isn’t.
A stolen license plate isn’t super serious though. Definitely annoying, but I’d expect my group chat to have some jokes sprinkled it. Shit, I’d probably joke myself, but I joke about anything, because if you’re not laughing you’re dying.
Did people genuinely began using these out of casual conversation and will use it even on serious topics?
I do agree with you, but I also realize that maybe the vernacular is fluid and I’m getting left behind. I’m also okay with it. I’m a millennial, all my peers have used “lol” and the like for the past quarter century, so who am I to judge.
But I do judge. I also think the Internet has given people phrases (“my brother in Christ” comes to mind first) that people glom onto, and those drive me nuts too. Social Media seems to have become a dialect of the spoken language, and so you can tell who’s constantly connected and maybe who isn’t.
A stolen license plate isn’t super serious though. Definitely annoying, but I’d expect my group chat to have some jokes sprinkled it. Shit, I’d probably joke myself, but I joke about anything, because if you’re not laughing you’re dying.