• Semperverus@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’m sorry but “lol” is a totem of the fact that our generation was the first that grew up with the internet. Instant messengers were a cornerstone of our youth, and it’s been embedded into our language. There is no changing this.

    It would be like us asking you to stop using “it’s giving” or similar.

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        6 hours ago

        It started out as being “it’s giving X vibes” to describe things being similar (as the person who replied before me said). As slang is wont to do, it got shortened to “it’s giving”.

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        19 hours ago

        “it’s similar too” or “it reminds me” I think? That’s how I’d describe it from my understanding

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          6 hours ago

          That’s correct! It started out as “it’s giving X vibes” to state the similarity, then just naturally shortened to “it’s giving”.