Cool cool. LMK

Yes, the socialists have definitely been winning this epic fight.

All this talk about food desserts is making me hungry.

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God damned gen z ruining another industry.

Kids in college found a novel problem and then developed a novel solution for fun.

Made old man make old-man grumpy comment. Indeed, burritos were wrapped so tight in foil, they would walk themselves both ways uphill to burrito school in the snow without boots.

I declare the Johns Hopkins students victorious!

I hear what you’re saying, but my original point was that even in 80 years, accepted syntax, vernacular usage, and general language construction can change quite a bit, so the OP post isn’t that odd. It’s still “intelligible,” and, indeed, language does change. Quite often, in fact.

When I said “nearly unintelligible,” I meant it hyperbolicly to accentuate the fact that the modern language being highlighted by the OP is, similarly, not unintelligible. They are just examples of relatively new language use.

I was highlighting the second sentence due to its modern syntax and the ways many of the words have grown to encompass broader meanings.

Believe it or not, it didn’t even occur to me that “cool” was a slang word that might have shifted in the last 80 years, it’s so deeply embedded in my own idiomatic language that I was using it in that sentence as the word with historical stability in the sentence.

Though, now that I’ve looked into the etymology, the usage in that sentence would also be a bit odd 80 years ago.

“Cool” was hardly the only thing modern vernacular about that sentence. It’s use 80 years ago would not have the same meaning now, and in the syntax of the sentence would seem odd, much like the OP’s usage of contemporary slang.

Believe it or not, just because a word has previously been used as slang doesn’t mean the meaning hasn’t shifted through time. See: “low-key.”

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Oh no worries! I’m not downvoting you at all! I really appreciate you! Thank you so much!

No, I’m in a very long and stable relationship, and I have many very wonderful friends. I do enjoy meeting new people, though. You seem super nice, but I’m all set, but thank you so much for asking! You’re so sweet! 🥰

Yeah that’s fair. “No” in this case is just if you try to see if someone wants to do more than just occasionally and/or randomly see each other. That happens when you’re trying to make new friends, etc.

There’s a lot of ways to say no. I just meant it generally. But I feel you.

The overwhelming majority of men aren’t rapists. But the overwhelming majority of rapists are men.

You’re smart and insightful, and even though maybe sometimes people don’t see it, I see it. And this was an important comment to make. Thank you for your bravery. Truly.

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Things get ironed out very quickly.

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