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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] skyspydude1 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm approaching 30 and will gladly use all of those both ironically and unironically.

[โ€“] linearchaos 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Approaching 50, use SUS regularly, skibidi usage is dropping off, I'm aware of rizz but don't really use it.

[โ€“] CaptPretentious 5 points 4 months ago

Sus is actually a really old word.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I've just been hanging out in the wrong places but I have never heard any of these terms used except by previous generations mocking what they think gen alpha is like

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The other day I heard a random (young) girl say "what the sigma" and I had trouble keeping it together

[โ€“] MentorKitten 6 points 4 months ago

Sus isn't even that new. Been using that since gmod ttt

[โ€“] linearchaos 5 points 4 months ago

That may be a better way to weed boomers from Gen X. Especially SUS, among us had a very wide appeal to multiple age ranges.