LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square401linkfedilinkarrow-up11.35Karrow-down197file-text
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1image"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldLesserAbe@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square401linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebullshitter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoOff topic but I read it as handicap emoji . I’m a boomer and use emoji and acronyms infrequently.
minus-squareseang96@spgrn.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI read it that way too. Our brains tend to guess the word and fill in the blanks based off of the first and last character of a word. I’m sure the length helped in this case too lol
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSame. Handicap is a far more common word than handclap, so it was a good guess!
minus-squareClanket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·2 years agoThe word boomer should be cancelled
minus-squareClanket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDon’t think I am one. Born very early 80s.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s been around since 1963, good luck with that. It will fade into obscurity once the last of the boomers are gone.
Off topic but I read it as handicap emoji . I’m a boomer and use emoji and acronyms infrequently.
I read it that way too. Our brains tend to guess the word and fill in the blanks based off of the first and last character of a word. I’m sure the length helped in this case too lol
Same. Handicap is a far more common word than handclap, so it was a good guess!
The word boomer should be cancelled
OK, boomer
Don’t think I am one. Born very early 80s.
OK, millennial
Think I’m GenX
It’s been around since 1963, good luck with that. It will fade into obscurity once the last of the boomers are gone.