Is it because we have an entire generation whose conception of sex and sexuality have been solely informed by badly translated Japanese hentai?

Whenever I hear "lewd" I imagine crusty old ladies at a parish bridge club voicing their disapproval of poodle skirts or something

  • Koi [any]
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    3 years ago

    I have no idea what circles you are in or what, but there has not been any sort of sudden increase in usage, people have been saying lewd forever. That was a thing back on /b/ and shit like a decade and a half ago

    • foldingchable [any]
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      3 years ago

      Yes, but now it seems to have broken out of containment from basements worldwide and into the wider world, ie everyone sounds like a horny socially maladjusted weaboo from 4chan

      • Koi [any]
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        3 years ago

        has it though? where are you seeing this increased usage? I checked google analytics and it does show a steady increase <see here> so maybe you're right, but it's still pretty subtle. I think this might be endemic to whatever content you're looking at tbh

        edit: localizing the data to canada or the usa flattens the graph even more, look at the past 5 years or past year for the usa in trends and it's very stable