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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

But “okay boomer” has just become a bland, flavorless retort that gets said by anyone to anyone for any reason.

It isn’t an expression of frustration at an audience that rejects facts and reason, it is a pithy retort that gets thrown out to say “STFU” to someone in slightly more polite terms.

Like, the root of this isn’t unfair. But as with so much internet lingo, the initial intent has been polluted by online gooners who latch on to a phrase and use it as a barb rather than to convey any particular kind of coherent message.

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Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Okay boomer

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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  - Nutteman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You walked right into that one ;)
    
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meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I mean, not always. It’s still used appropriately. It’s just also used inappropriately as well.

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RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Like many meaningful pieces of language, its meaning has been diluted by those who increasingly do not understand it.

See also: Gaslighting, OCD, Anxiety, etc.

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applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Hey you leave gooners alone. They aren’t hurting anyone. They’re just jerking off.

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They are Marxists, they are anarchists, they are agitators, they are looters, and they are people who, in many instances, have absolutely no clue what they are doing.
  
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