• Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 hours ago

    And best way to make them stop being used, is using them completely wrong and with the “i am hip with the teens” attitude

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      18 minutes ago

      It’s a slippery slope between saying something ironically and having it become part of your lexicon.

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      3 hours ago

      This works so very well. Turn them from fun to cringe with one irritating parent move.

      I threatened to get a Sigma Dad tshirt and wear it to my son’s school. He’s since stopped with all the sigma stuff.

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        30 minutes ago

        This reminds me of how John Oliver kept finding a way to work “on fleek” into his segments until it was declared no longer cool.

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        2 hours ago

        I do this as well. Killed “bruh” in a weekend. The t-shirt idea is next level, though. Kudos.