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I'm getting better at understanding them

But damn sometimes I spend more time searching for definitions to understand it than it actually takes to read it

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'll add the opposite of cheugy is basic and still negative. Basic people conform too much to the current trends, are trying too hard to be in the groove, and are hence seen as shallow and artificial.

So you can't win either way, but it was this way in the 1980s too.