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angrily shakes walking stick (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yesterday I heard a kid use "trending" to mean popular. This was at a carnival, referring to a ride "trending" in the sense of having a long line. Feel like this is the modern version of LOL and OMG escaping into conversation.

by Zach Weinersmith at https://bsky.app/profile/zachweinersmith.bsky.social/post/3lsr2cs55jc2h

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lots of people did exactly that. It was obnoxious, and everyone hated them for it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lot's of people still do and I think it's completely fine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

They don't use the same words I use, burn them at the stake!!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Yeah I don’t get why people die on this weird hill all the time. It feels wildly and unnecessarily judgmental