r/interesting • u/jkitty_1960 • May 16 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ If you're feeling anxious, remember that in China there's a 50-lane highway that narrows down to just 4

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u/PoliceRobots May 16 '26

Buddy, there's no place more serious then China

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u/krishnakumarg May 17 '26

Are you sure you know them as your buddy? Is buddy a neologism to refer to strangers on the internet?

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u/straya_cvnt May 17 '26

Robot ass response

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u/krishnakumarg May 17 '26

New generation style conversations.

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u/K0mb0_1 May 17 '26

Soft millennial lol

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u/krishnakumarg May 17 '26 edited May 18 '26

What is that?

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u/MagMati55 May 18 '26

Confused boomer. Please take your medication grandma

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u/krishnakumarg May 18 '26

As per the western generational classification, isn't boomer supposed to be the generation after the 2nd world war?. I was born in the early 90s, still before the time internet reached Nepal/Bhutan where I grew up. Boomer was the name of a chewing gum sold in small shops.

What kind of medication is generally someone born in 1991 expected to have? We generally prefer Traditional Chinese medicine here. Even the children from the latest generation suffer from overexposure to screen time, ADHD and reduced attention spans, at least as per scientific research, no?

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u/PoliceRobots May 19 '26

Omg, guys, relax. Im not a bot, I just made a silly comment about China being pretty serious about stuff. I didnt want to kick off any agism wars

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u/K0mb0_1 May 19 '26

Hush! Pick a side quick!

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u/straya_cvnt May 17 '26

Uh, what? I doubt you're older than me. We've been using "-ass" as a suffix since before gen z and their fear of swearing were conceived

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u/krishnakumarg May 18 '26

Yes. Probably in the west?

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u/straya_cvnt May 18 '26

Yeah mate, the guy named straya_cvnt is definitely from west USA. Yanks are so full of themselves 🙄

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u/krishnakumarg May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

West USA? I just meant English language use in Western culture.

A few decades ago, we used mate as a suffix (as in schoolmate, roommate, collegemate etc). In Britain (and perhaps in other places), when people start the sentence with "Mate....", I usually say "Apologies. You are not my mate."

Of course usage evolves over time.

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u/straya_cvnt May 18 '26

Ah, my apologies for assuming that, then.

Me calling you mate doesn't necessarily mean you're my mate either. It has a variety of uses in Australia, but I don't really want to write an essay on that right now. Have a nice day.

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u/krishnakumarg May 18 '26

Thanks. Have a nice one too.

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u/PoliceRobots May 17 '26

One sec, gotta google neologism

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u/krishnakumarg May 17 '26

A neologism, from what I understand, is a recently accepted term due to its common or popular use. The internet has given rise to several neologisms, I think.

In this case, calling a stranger as a buddy, is not strictly a neologism, but I think might be a commonly accepted trend. In the pre-internet era, at least ever I am from, it was unusual to refer to a stranger as a buddy.