I like the general category of energy/mood/vibes. I find such terms helpful for making associations with something without having to specific technical aspects of one thing to another. :cat-vibing:

I'm very fond of the concept of screm. The last few years have had plenty of opportunity to invoke screms. :screm-pretty: :bird-screm1: :bird-screm-2: :kitty-cri-screm: :screm-a: :screm: :screm3: :shinji-screm:

I despise the entire :reddit-logo: popularized "who hurt you?" catalogue. Things are already callous and coarse enough without random internet strangers scoring cheap and petty points by glibly implying someone that they don't like must be emotionally traumatized and that emotional trauma is worthy of mockery.

"Get help / you are mentally ill" is an older but still commonly used part of the :reddit-logo: arsenal too, which makes it very hard to convey helpful and sincere intent because the putdown category weaponizes the concept of mental illness for the sake of cheap shots. A good proper normal person is implied to never need help. If someone needs help, someone must have hurt them and/or they are mentally ill, which implies that they are bad and weak. :galaxy-brain:

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Most memes and internet neologisms fill me with anger and shame eventually. I think I just hate being online, and anything used a lot ends up overused. But. I love lol. Lol is so amazingly versatile and full of meaning. A simple lol can bring down the walls of an ancient city

    I do hate that I can't just Let People Enjoy Things here. This is a good website. But besides the emotes (screm never gets old for example even if reading that word is skin-crawling for me because in usage its just little pictures), anything people say too much for too long just ends up needling me. Every time I see someone mention 'the lathe' here it makes me feel awful. Which is unfair, its probably everyone's first time saying it when I see it; but for me its the 100th time seeing it and its worse every time.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      A simple lol can bring down the walls of an ancient city

      That is such beautiful imagery. I could see it in a Bible movie, where the wicked wail with despair as the celestial choir chants "LOOOOOOOOOOOL."