"Sweet summer child" comes from game of thrones and I am sick of hearing it said unironically in public. It makes no sense outside of game of thrones. It is such a Reddit phrase. "Oh but banme actually it shows up-" it has been used in literature about 2 times before game of thrones and neither of those times with the meaning it has in public use and of course not! Because it doesn't make sense outside of game of thrones.
Might as well be out here exclaiming Excelsior or Bazinga

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

on one hand yeah but on the other it's one of the most basic 'human consuming art' things in the world, to take a phrase or an idea from the art and bring it with you into your day-to-day. 'sweet summer child' presumably took off because it's immediately digestible even without the context of game of thrones, despite the literal meaning depending on that worlds fantasy elements

doesn't mean it can't be annoying or cringe to you but it should be expected

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah it is very normal for people to do it and it makes sense and all that. I find it annoying still, mainly because

Redditism
People insist it's not from GoT
It would be like if "may the odds be ever in your favor" became a thing people just said

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