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Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real (futurism.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

"thirst traps" "simps"? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

yea, they got no chill for yassified NPCs, YKWIM, tots delulu. I guess some sigmas simp 4 sludge, rather be mewing all day, no cap.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

As the father of a tween, I am disgusted that I understood this.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

Hahah, same here. Now you are cursed and so am I, fr fr.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 8 points 2 weeks ago

I understood without being a father and I'm slowly edging towards my fifties. I am devastated.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I only had to look up mewing, there is no way it means the tongue thing

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

It does.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why? I don't understand this comment. Are you unfamiliar with these terms?

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Particularly that they've made their way into a general media article and title without any effort to define them, as if they are now a common part of the average persons lexicon, and not just cringy internet slang.

[–] joe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

as if they are now a common part of the average persons lexicon

I imagine the article isn't written for the average person, but instead a specific demographic that you find yourself not a part of.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is not a general media article. It's Futurism.com.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the rest of your life

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

But I know I'm not, because I ran out. I need to get more.