The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 months agoI wince every time I hear a younger person refer to it as "the late 1900s"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1876arrow-down114
arrow-up1862arrow-down1imageI wince every time I hear a younger person refer to it as "the late 1900s"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squaremryessir@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoAmericans talking about getting ID’ed: We use a formal form of speech when talking to people above our age. This shit reminds you fucking daily. When some fucking 20-ish person starts honoring your age and you thought you are on the same level. Argh
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agowhen you graduate from being called “student” or “older brother” and become an “uncle”
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI am so glad we stopped doing that here a couple of generations ago.
Americans talking about getting ID’ed:
We use a formal form of speech when talking to people above our age. This shit reminds you fucking daily. When some fucking 20-ish person starts honoring your age and you thought you are on the same level.
Argh
when you graduate from being called “student” or “older brother” and become an “uncle”
I am so glad we stopped doing that here a couple of generations ago.