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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Zip2 21 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in”

— someone called Greek Proverb.

It’s the exact opposite of these fuckers.

Also:

Ffs Guardian. It’s cringeworthy, or at a push cringey, or embarrassing, or awkward.

I fucking hate “cringe” used as an adjective (or whatever it is).

/rant

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

bro literally cambridge dictionary has added cringe as an adjective, language changes over time get over it.

cringe

adjective

  informaluk/krɪndʒ/ us/krɪndʒ/

very embarrassing, because of being so bad or silly: Everything he posts on social media seems so cringe.

When you're watching the show you constantly think "this is cringe", but it's completely addictive!

[–] Zip2 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A dictionary represents modern usage, it doesn’t make it less ignominious to use it 8 times in one article.

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

yes it is soo ignominious to use common turns of phrase to convey meaning, they must be so embarassed

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