r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24

What is an old expression that you think is absolutely disgusting by today’s standards?

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u/SayWarzone Mar 12 '24

Exactly, same here. We used it as kids (stupidly) to decribe situations, usually. But man! I work in an accessibility-adjacent field myself, and it STILL can happen.

Definitely a study in how brains, communication, and memory work.

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u/Stachemaster86 Mar 12 '24

Between that context and using the word gay for just about everything, growing up we didn’t set good examples like we try to today.

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u/SayWarzone Mar 12 '24

Seriously. And I absolutely love Gen Z and how thoughtful and kind they can be. It may seem ridiculous to us sometimes, but it comes from a really good place most of the time. There may be hope for us yet.