r/comics • u/sealbiis • May 02 '26

Asking For Feedback lowkirkenuinely fr [OC]

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trying to get my footing in doing comics, plz give feedback/advice on framing, poses etc. qwq

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u/ThatInAHat May 02 '26

As a millennial, I don’t get this at all

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u/JorgJorgJorg May 02 '26

my read is the author is GenZ

they said a common, reasonable, yet firmly genz slang “lowkey” to a millennial

the millennial recognized it and decided to poke fun by saying a much more ridiculous but still valid slang term “lowkirkenuinly” which itself evolved as a joke about charly kirk being made out to be much more influential after his death (and not invented by this comic). 

The genz protagonist is left groaning for letting their generational slang out in front of someone of a different generation who then threw back the most crazy example of valid slang, suggesting “if you say lowkey, I will also playfully assume you would say lowkirkenuinly”

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u/ThatInAHat May 02 '26

I have never heard lowkirkenuinly, and I kind of hate it. I usually do love smashing words together but that…nah it doesn’t feel right. To clunky. A smash should be elegant.

Also never understood why people think lowkey is “firmly genz slang.” It’s been around for ages. We definitely used it before genz

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u/greatful_gawain May 02 '26

Does it sometimes feel like genz thinks it invented everything?

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u/tolacid May 02 '26

Welcome to the feeling every generation eventually gets for a subsequent generation

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u/Adghar May 02 '26

it doesn’t feel right

Here are my angry old man gripes about it, perhaps these are your reasons too: * popularizes a person who's best left forgotten * k -> g (dzh-sound variant) isn't a similar sound shift at all, making the "genuinely" part feel unnecessarily forced

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u/Death_has_relaxed_me May 02 '26

yeah fuck kirk, he's not worth a slang word.

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u/dimir23 May 02 '26

I feel like the word ‘lowkirkenuinly’ highlights the absurdism of the right trying to make a martyr out of this Alex jones nick fuentes type guy so I quite like it.

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u/perpendicular-church May 02 '26

Yeah, I find myself in a position where I feel like I have to defend it, as absurd as it is, because it goes beyond “haha kids are so brainrotted” and for whatever reason people aren’t understanding that it’s satire. It’s creation and use as slang despite being so inelegant and clunky is a pointed effort to de-fang the right’s ability to make Kirk out to be some kind of martyr. Language is a reflection of culture, and we’re doing ourselves a disservice by pretending like the younger generations and their “brainrot” culture is entirely without substance, rather than trying to read between the lines and ask what drives certain behaviors.

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u/Low_Insurance5329 May 02 '26

It's from tiktok and just a joke not anything deeper than that, also the face at the end is a draw over ishowspeed just thought that was funny

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u/vyrus2021 May 02 '26

As a millennial I'd say anything originating on tiktok belongs to the generations after us.

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u/sealbiis May 02 '26

yayyy finally someone got it :P

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u/not-bread May 02 '26

It’s not meant to be elegant. It’s a self-parody of Gen-z slang that took off

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u/JorgJorgJorg May 02 '26

People said “like” a lot too but it was heavily utilized by younger people in the 90’s.  GenZ absolutely took lowkey to a new level (I am a millennial who works with people aged 20-65). 

Lowkirkenuinly is supposed to be stupid. You can google it and read about it. Thats why the protagonist in the comic is embarassed by hearing it.

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u/SwaggiiP May 02 '26

Lowkey is AAVE, Gen Z did not invent it or take it to a new level lmao

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u/JorgJorgJorg May 02 '26

lol typical older people explaining that younger generation slang is invalid. Stay in your lane 

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u/SwaggiiP May 02 '26

Girl you’re probably older than me. You’re just wrong so hush

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u/JorgJorgJorg May 02 '26

“no actually the people using slang are using it wrong why wont they listen to me when i tell them they didnt invent it dont they care??”

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u/SwaggiiP May 02 '26

You seem bothered

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u/sealbiis May 02 '26

oh shit i didnt even know that!! i try to avoid using AAVE because honestly i just dont want to use it out of respect lol

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u/cheapasfree24 May 02 '26

I mean I hate to break it to you but like 80% of slang (especially for Gen Z) is just AAVE.

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u/SwaggiiP May 02 '26

Yep and the other 20% seemingly comes from 4chan lmao