FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBoomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Realfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkBoomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Realfuturism.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWhy? I don’t understand this comment. Are you unfamiliar with these terms?
minus-squareToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoParticularly 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.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agohttps://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!)
minus-squarejoelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI mean, 2018 was only like a couple of years ago… right? Right!!
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days 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.
Why? I don’t understand this comment. Are you unfamiliar with these terms?
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.
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!)
I mean, 2018 was only like a couple of years ago… right? Right!!
I imagine the article isn’t written for the average person, but instead a specific demographic that you find yourself not a part of.