I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.

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    10 months ago

    2033: “Why would you say any of that corny old shit? You sloopy old frond!”

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        10 months ago

        I think it’s a pretty good example of something that totally lost all meaning and got beat into the ground, rather than getting worked into some individual lexicon or accent, and having a specific kind of role.

        Totally passing observation on top of that, but I think, it’s probably much easier for that to happen to specific references, than for that to happen to actual novel uses of language.

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      10 months ago

      Do we have a RemindMe bot for Lemmy yet? I want to re-read this prophecy in 10 years