Another great example of this is when companies advertise they are hiring "Rockstars". Name your fav examples of words that have lost their meaning.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I'd wager a guess it's like presenting yourself as openly cringe and it's successful because you more quickly find somebody you get along with. It sounds like bullshit clickbait and I'd never bother to confirm if it's anything else. I recommend you take my interpretation of the headline and join me in not bothering to check

          • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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            2 years ago

            My ex had a suspicion that Winston Rowntree is a pseudonym used by a woman.

            She said that Winston's observations about sexual/romantic relationships between women are too on-point for them to be a man.

            • Dolores [love/loves]
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              2 years ago

              you've made me want to rewatch it maybe i'll take this theory into account :comfy-cool:

              also fuck Cracked for being a place that used to produce shit like that. fuck that buy-out killing all the cool it had

              • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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                2 years ago

                I mean they're sorta trying to rebuild that, but everyone who used to work there is in a far better position now.

                And while they have a crew, they don't interact with each other the way old Cracked staff did.