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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real

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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

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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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Aging Facebook users are drooling over AI-generated thirst traps, clearly with no idea that they aren't real.
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    “thirst traps” “simps”? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!

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      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.

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

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

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

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            It does.

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

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        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.

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          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thirst trap

          https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/thirst-trap

          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simp

          You’re old, dude. Sorry.

          https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/603093415/thrist-trap-enters-the-lexicon (2018!)

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            I mean, 2018 was only like a couple of years ago… right? Right!!

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          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.

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