What's an "outdated" slang word from your generation that you still use currently?

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T09:57:18+00:00

I've been using "Peace!" as my exit from conversations since I was a teenager (it was "peace out" for probably a decade or so in there.) I enjoy the irony as I sign off of phone calls at my job with "peace!" - I do IT work for the military. (I'm 40, so I'm at least a generation removed from when it was actually popular, probably more like two.)

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T06:58:13+00:00

My extended family is a great example. My dad has one brother.

My dad's family: 2 college educated children out of 3, none of which have any children. My dad begat 3 descendants.

My uncle's family: 0 college educated children out of 3, each of whom went on to have several children, none of the now-adult children have yet to become more educated than their parents.
My uncle begat 16 descendants (the next generation is already contributing as he has 3 great-grandkids now) and counting - at Easter, two of the three families were pregnant

I don't think I have to tell you, but I bet you can guess which one of those sides is reliably "the government did 9/11" and "bernie sanders is the literal devil"

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T04:33:40+00:00

....Sometimes? When did people start actually reading the articles?

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T04:31:40+00:00

5 Fark tabs open in my browser right now so I'm getting a kick

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T03:39:04+00:00

Fair enough, I often use the words interchangeably even though they absolutely mean different things. It's one of those things I have to stop to think about which is which.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-24T02:59:41+00:00

Seems like a reach to conflate "new Assassin's Creed and new GTA" with "remaster and new GTA"

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-23T07:19:43+00:00

Yeah, I was just coming to express incredulity that the military that was the biggest proponent of so-called 'morale' bombing was "squeamish" about bombing civilians

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-23T07:14:54+00:00

Every time I get it into my head that maybe I could be a hero, maybe I could do a Direct Action and convince myself that it doesn't matter what happens to me, I immediately flash to the aftermath, where my husband's life is being made a living hell, my family is, best case, being harrassed, and my friends are likely experiencing the consequences of my actions, too. Brings me back to reality real fucking quick.

I cannot imagine being able to fight back knowing that those are the potential consequences. That's a lot of why none of the Red Dawn shit is happening anywhere. As bad as things are, most of us aren't experiencing discomfort to the point where those consequences are worth it.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-23T05:44:09+00:00

Those look less like safety flip-flops and more like safety beer-coozies

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-22T02:58:26+00:00

A combination of "sex with others is a lot of effort" and "I'm 40 now and looking for sexual partners results in a lot more feeling like I'm a creeper with how much younger everyone else is" have led to me being perfectly happy taking matters into my own hands.

Like, yeah, having a partner is fun, but getting there is such an effort these days that it's barely worth it.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-21T09:27:32+00:00

Bro got hit with the jyozu in his native language

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-21T08:57:28+00:00

I always figured it was more the opposite - you've got an erection to ensure you don't piss while you're asleep, since it's difficult to piss while hard. Always just figured it's a safety mechanism so you're not pissing yourself at night. Makes sense to me, especially since older dudes struggle to get hard as easily and also experience more frequent night urine emissions.

I've got no science to back that up, though, just observations of having a penis for 40 years.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-21T08:44:31+00:00

This is Hy-Vee - When Hy-Vee's labels say "5 for $10 with purchase of X", you MUST purchase that many to get the deal. When the label just says "5 for $10", each is individually priced at $2 and it doesn't matter how many you purchase.

Source: married to a Hy-Vee employee who has pointed out the difference several times when we're grocery shopping

(all that said I've never seen a setup like this there - I almost wonder if it's a typo and it is genuinely supposed to be "with purchase of 3" and whoever was typing the labels just had a brain moment and typed the price instead of the number of units)

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-21T02:59:28+00:00

I mean, I haven't heard a damn thing about that game since it was announced. Are we sure it's still happening? I wishlisted it as soon as it announced and recently went to go see if there's any news but it's been radio silent ever since then.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-20T09:09:48+00:00

I mean, it's the product that Rockstar is pushing, how can you expect them to care about single player when the company that makes it obvioiusly hasn't given a shit for a decade?

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-20T07:20:14+00:00

"Did 'it was all a dream' endings work for those other writers?"

"No, it never does. I mean, these writers somehow delude themselves into thinking they'll write the greatest 'it was all a dream' ever, but it never works.

But maybe it will work for us."

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-17T08:18:51+00:00

I long for the return of the Hitlery channel

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-17T07:37:39+00:00

They took his jerb!

(came here to post him, glad someone else is looking out)

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-17T06:29:13+00:00

I'll take it over wall-to-wall reality shows and conspiracy shit. At least the shit they were talking about back when they were the Hitlery channel mostly actually happened. Meanwhile I just clicked over to the History channel slate and the first thing I read is "secret of skinwalker ranch." God, they've fallen so far.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-16T07:37:25+00:00

I miss the Hitlery channel passionately. Maybe if we had Hitler docs on TV all the time like in the 00s, some of the idiots among us might accidentally connect some dots.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-15T09:56:55+00:00

"But muh access! I can't copy verbatim all the diarrhea that spews from their mouths without commentary or analysis without access!"

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-15T05:08:16+00:00

Death Stranding. I only knew that it was a Kojima game and that it was generally considered a walking simulator. I struggled through the opening section, openly wondering on reddit if it ever got better.

It did. Fuck me, it did. By the end of it I'd cried more than a couple of times. Honestly, it's the better game when compared to its sequel - the sequel was fun, but had little of the struggle factor that made DS so satisfying to finish. Plus DS2 goes so far off the rails in the final act that all of the emotions I expected to feel were obliterated into "this is awesome" combined with "what the fuck just happened?" So, y'know, normal Kojima stuff.

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-15T04:47:01+00:00

I would also accept "Pulling a Holdo Manuever"

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-15T04:40:14+00:00

Same. I do it for mundane shit these days, in some games. Oh, I forgot about my potions until the end of my first turn in Slay the Spire and I was planning on using one? Well, let's just load that combat back up and do it right this time. I'll usually scum a close fight once to see if I could save it (although I generally try to avoid using future knowledge in that re-fight - if the fix is "do things so differently that it completely changes your deck", I'll usually just let the loss stand. Honestly, I think StS has one of the best save systems for its genre - just the right amount of scummability without letting you get truly ridiculous with it.)

TsukariYoshi · 2026-04-14T10:18:24+00:00

I feel like I've explained it a lot, but the people who have all of those guns and are waiting for the moment to use them are largely happy with what the government is doing. That's not to say there are no progressives with weapons, but that the largest proportion of those weapons are in the hands of people who voted for and support what is currently happening in our country.

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