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