• DrCrustacean [any]
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    9 months ago

    Teenagers actually control the English language, so any way they use a word is correct by definition. I don't like it either, but those are the rules

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      9 months ago

      Teenagers actually control the English language

      In the era of mass media, algorithmic censorship, and modern modes of manufacturing consent, that's simply not true.

      I don't like it either, but those are the rules

      A handful of senior script writers at Nickelodeon have more influence over teenage nomenclature than a thousand prom queens.