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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Yep, I get the “Language is constantly evolving” argument, but if I have to read your sentence three times just to parse it because you were too lazy to press a few keys, I’d consider that disrespectful to whomever is reading your comments

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The people who insist on communicating incorrectly are intentionally choosing either to be stupid or to fuck with people.

Either way, I’m still not interested in interacting with them.

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Frfr no cap

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Aye awa shite n yer haunds n’ clap bawbag eh

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Fr fr that hot take be so skibidi you real g are goated with the sauce no cap

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This but unironically /s

No seriously, I have no clue what you were talking about but it’s very normal for any social group to develop a unique way of language that you have to learn when you want to engage. It’s not as if farmers wouldn’t use terms lay people don’t understand

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Everything I said is actually kinda sensible and as a sentence made sense. Obviously it uses too much slang at once and no one would make a sentence purely made of slang like that, but theoretically it’s a valid sentence with modern slang.

I’m old as hell. I solely learned this just to mess with the young ones lmao.

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Language is evolving, and part of evolution is killing off unfit new phrases

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But you make that decision based on social status not based on what the person is saying. If your manager wrote emails badly you would put in the effort to understand them. Not trying to pick on you, we all do this. My point it isn’t really about correct vs incorrect it is our tolerance for the how much effort we are willing to put in to understand.

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That is only because they pay me to read their shit emails.

If it is after hours, I treat them exactly the same as I would every other badly written thing.

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Sorry, I missed your comment. I would beg to differ, I would certainly correct my boss if his emails were incomprehensible, absolutely.

Maybe it’s living in a more equal society, I dunno. I wouldn’t be hauled up on it; he might be a bit pissed off, but couldn’t do anything about it

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