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As a dad, I got Gen Z folks telling me about YouTube drama and seriously I really don't GAF about some mukbang guy (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

“So then li’l blorko was like I’ll totally glomp that and he was ratioed by woffle’s stans when they…”

I have to know: are these words made-up or is the influence of vapid youtube whores ruinin--uh, I mean "evolving English the way linguists think is cool and proper"?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Ic hæfde to witan: sind þas word gemæne oððe is þæs unþeawfulle YouTube wifru forþfæreð, ic mean "eorðan Englisc swylce þa leornere witaþ is fægere and riht"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's not made up. I sadly understand that sentence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

We can tell see you fail to understand the linguists take on prescriptivism vs descriptivism because your strawman quote uses the word "proper."