5 ms·

> A.I. fam from the internet that’s got zero chill. Is this cringe-y or is this how 18-24 year olds really talk these days.

debacle 11y ago
Everyone I know who talks like that does it mockingly...I hope.
eckza 11y ago
No, but it's definitely how people seem to think that 18-24 year olds really talk these days.
chm 11y ago
It is cringe-y. I don't talk this way nor do any of my friends. Only one person in my family does so, and their friends all do it. The person is 20.
balls187 11y ago
> Is this cringe-y or is this how 18-24 year olds really talk these days. Nah, fam. I am 35, and I talk like that. But I also keep it 100.
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
fgandiya 11y ago
You see, we're all about those dank memes. It even sent me out of of the blue. https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712699907606360065 https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712699907606360065
rgawdzik 11y ago
If you can't beat them, join them.
skc 11y ago
Uhh, yea actually. Both "fam" and "zero chill" are phrases young people use quite a lot.
- milesokeefe 11y ago
  Not in that context though.
JonnieCache 11y ago
It's how they talk ironically on the internet, not in real life, although I don't know if that distinction is as clear cut for young kids as it is for twenty/thirtysomethings. Fam is/was used in london as part of the normal youth vernacular but it's leaked into general internet speak via barbershop-based twitter memes: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/920/788/68e.jpg http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/920/788/68e... They've got the grammar wrong however: one cannot be "a fam." While you could say to someone, "pass me that glass bro" but also say "all my bros were there," only the former usage is valid with "fam." Although you could probably get away with it if you pronounced it "famz" and replaced "were" with "was". London is funny.
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- meddlepal 11y ago
  I am late 20's and I have no idea what you're trying to convey. I weep for the future of coherent conversation.
  - Houshalter 11y ago
    Literally every generation has said exactly that. People predicted everyone would be using txt speak by now.
    - Apocryphon 11y ago
      Emoji is plenty coherent, regardless of how the grandfather post might weep at its merits.
- jimkri 11y ago
  "Fam" stands for family or friend I think, well that's how it is used in Philadelphia.
pkamb 11y ago
Interesting that the call to action is "Text Me". I was expecting a phone number to appear, but it only links you to options for "Kik", "GroupMe", and Twitter. Does "text" not mean SMS/iMessage any more?
- drdeca 11y ago
  Assuming you are asking about for 18-24 year olds as in the parent comment: I, a 19 year old, interpret 'text' as at least mainly referring to SMS. So, that is one data point.
Splines 11y ago
Straight out of http://reddit.com/r/fellowkids http://reddit.com/r/fellowkids. And yup, it's currently the top post there. Weird that MS uses this kind of tone when their other fun tools (e.g. how-old.net) let the product speak for itself.
rodgerd 11y ago
> I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...
- asavadatti 11y ago
  shakes fist
tragomaskhalos 11y ago
AI my arse - Microsoft have just got Nathan Barley chained to a keyboard somewhere

debacle 11y ago

Everyone I know who talks like that does it mockingly...I hope.

eckza 11y ago

No, but it's definitely how people seem to think that 18-24 year olds really talk these days.

chm 11y ago

It is cringe-y. I don't talk this way nor do any of my friends. Only one person in my family does so, and their friends all do it. The person is 20.

balls187 11y ago

> Is this cringe-y or is this how 18-24 year olds really talk these days. Nah, fam. I am 35, and I talk like that. But I also keep it 100.

deleted 11y ago
[deleted]

fgandiya 11y ago

You see, we're all about those dank memes. It even sent me out of of the blue. https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712699907606360065 https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712699907606360065

rgawdzik 11y ago

If you can't beat them, join them.

skc 11y ago

Uhh, yea actually. Both "fam" and "zero chill" are phrases young people use quite a lot.

milesokeefe 11y ago
Not in that context though.

JonnieCache 11y ago

It's how they talk ironically on the internet, not in real life, although I don't know if that distinction is as clear cut for young kids as it is for twenty/thirtysomethings. Fam is/was used in london as part of the normal youth vernacular but it's leaked into general internet speak via barbershop-based twitter memes: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/920/788/68e.jpg http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/920/788/68e... They've got the grammar wrong however: one cannot be "a fam." While you could say to someone, "pass me that glass bro" but also say "all my bros were there," only the former usage is valid with "fam." Although you could probably get away with it if you pronounced it "famz" and replaced "were" with "was". London is funny.

deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
meddlepal 11y ago
I am late 20's and I have no idea what you're trying to convey. I weep for the future of coherent conversation.
- Houshalter 11y ago
  Literally every generation has said exactly that. People predicted everyone would be using txt speak by now.
  - Apocryphon 11y ago
    Emoji is plenty coherent, regardless of how the grandfather post might weep at its merits.
jimkri 11y ago
"Fam" stands for family or friend I think, well that's how it is used in Philadelphia.

pkamb 11y ago

Interesting that the call to action is "Text Me". I was expecting a phone number to appear, but it only links you to options for "Kik", "GroupMe", and Twitter. Does "text" not mean SMS/iMessage any more?

drdeca 11y ago
Assuming you are asking about for 18-24 year olds as in the parent comment: I, a 19 year old, interpret 'text' as at least mainly referring to SMS. So, that is one data point.

Splines 11y ago

Straight out of http://reddit.com/r/fellowkids http://reddit.com/r/fellowkids. And yup, it's currently the top post there. Weird that MS uses this kind of tone when their other fun tools (e.g. how-old.net) let the product speak for itself.

rodgerd 11y ago

> I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...

asavadatti 11y ago
shakes fist

tragomaskhalos 11y ago

AI my arse - Microsoft have just got Nathan Barley chained to a keyboard somewhere