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Syed117 · 3 August 2018, 01:10 AM

I have two interns working with me these days. Both are girls in their early twenties. Fairly normal for the most part.

With that said, half the time I have no idea what the hell they are saying. Full disclosure, I am 36. So about a 15 year age difference.

We usually talk about random things during down time and work attire came up recently. I'm dressed casual for the most part, usually chinos and a polo when it's hot. One of them commented that my attire looked like a "fit". She said this multiple times and eventually I stopped her and asked what she was saying. She said "you know, like outfit".

Then one day we were casually talking about relationships and how different it is when you're in your twenties compared to when you're in your thirties. This time she kept saying "ships", as in "I don't usually like being in ships".

I'm scratching my head wondering when the hell we started talking about boats.

This time is was "relationships". Then they both acted like what they were saying was perfectly normal and I was the crazy one because I didn't understand.

Seems like a trend and now I've officially become a man who doesn't understand the kids

tudorbaja27 · 3 August 2018, 01:14 AM

TBH, I'm 26 and would have been confused by "ships" and "fit" as well....

ashbaug2 · 3 August 2018, 01:32 AM

Sounds like my mid-twenties sister-in-law...

I'm 34. I realized I was old when I had to ask "what the heck is 'insta'?" Oh, Instagram. I guess they are just too lazy to completely form full words...

El-Duderino · 3 August 2018, 01:35 AM

Yeah, welcome to the wonderful, weird world of your late 30s. Too old to understand people in their 20s, too young to really understand people in their 40s/50s.

I can usually pick up on the new lingo based on context, but then there are things I will never understand. Like vocal frying:

https://youtu.be/R8mcBdBL-t0

Why talk like this? You sound like goddamn E.T.

Moggo · 3 August 2018, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by El-Duderino

Yeah, welcome to the wonderful, weird world of your late 30s. Too old to understand people in their 20s, too young to really understand people in their 40s/50s.

I can usually pick up on the new lingo based on context, but then there are things I will never understand. Like vocal frying:

https://youtu.be/R8mcBdBL-t0

Why talk like this? You sound like goddamn E.T.

Don’t taint E.Ts name by linking him with a Kardashian!

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CoveWatch · 3 August 2018, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by El-Duderino

Yeah, welcome to the wonderful, weird world of your late 30s. Too old to understand people in their 20s, too young to really understand people in their 40s/50s.

I can usually pick up on the new lingo based on context, but then there are things I will never understand. Like vocal frying:

https://youtu.be/R8mcBdBL-t0

Why talk like this? You sound like goddamn E.T.

Hey! As a fellow 36 year old, I think we still prefer to be considered in our MID 30's

And I agree.. I do feel old at times

SG56 · 3 August 2018, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Colin G

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

I'm with you!

like, for real

don't even get me started on the upcoming generation in the us of a. i gotta keep an eye on my blood pressure at my old age.

Rockrolex · 3 August 2018, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Syed117

Full disclosure, I am 36. So about a 15 year age difference.

I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.

Dan Pierce · 3 August 2018, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockrolex

I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.

^God speaks.
dP

gmh1013 · 3 August 2018, 08:50 PM

[QUOTE=Rockrolex;8817207]I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.[/QUO

I have clothes older than that .....to me 36 is a kid. Try 61.

jpsmoove · 4 August 2018, 12:42 AM

[QUOTE=gmh1013;8819536]

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Originally Posted by Rockrolex

I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.[/QUO

I have clothes older than that .....to me 36 is a kid. Try 61.

haha, good one

Syed117 · 5 August 2018, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockrolex

I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.

Do I get bonus old points for having a ton of gray hair? I think half my hair is gray at 36. Especially on the right side.

I do think the disconnected from the youth feeling is happening at a younger age though. Texting and internet language destroying the way people speak.

DARK_KNIGHT · 5 August 2018, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Syed117

Seems like a trend and now I've officially become a man who doesn't understand the kids

I am a high school football coach. I coach both girls and boys teams. Since this is an international forum, I am talking about "american football", not soccer. For each team I coach, we have whatsapp chat groups. The boys and girls teams are private school teams. I have never and I mean never seen such a massacre of the language. Abbreviations for everything. Emoticons (emojis) for everything. Sometimes, I lose my cool, and tell them to cut it out. It works for about 1-3 days and they are back to doing it again. So, I can understand what Syed is saying.

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Originally Posted by ashbaug2

Sounds like my mid-twenties sister-in-law...

I'm 34. I realized I was old when I had to ask "what the heck is 'insta'?" Oh, Instagram. I guess they are just too lazy to completely form full words...

My boys and girls team have simplified the "Insta" , down to "IG". Hey, Johnny, "IG" me later on.

Wesley Crusher · 5 August 2018, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Syed117

Texting and internet language destroying the way people speak.

This is something that I think about a lot. I was born in 1990 and I think the late 80s through early 90s was one of the most interesting times to be born because that was the transition period from the non-digital to digital era. When I was growing up, we didn't have cell phones and the internet was still in its infancy. I think people were more social then. We spoke face to face and when we did write to each other, we did not abbreviate all of our words.

I am the first to admit that my grammar isn't perfect (Hey, I am in banking guy so numbers is the language I speak

), but I try. I remember when texting became a thing and people started abbreviating words like crazy because clicking the numbers on the keypad multiple times just to get the letter you wanted was a royal pain in the ass (kids these days will never know that struggle LOL!!), but I still tried. I never wrote something like "c u l8r" and instead "see you later". Now, it's just normal for people to do that. Honestly, it doesn't really bother me. Language (written and spoken form) is always changing. If somebody from the 1800s heard how we speak and write today (even how we spoke and wrote 30 years ago), they'd be ashamed. It is what it is.

mjclark32 · 3 August 2018, 01:58 AM

I'm 32, when I'm around them young whipper snappers I just talk like I'm texting on a Motorola Razr... abbreviate everything

Moggo · 3 August 2018, 02:03 AM

Just baffle them with Rolex speak, Batman, Hulk, Bluesy........turn the tables! (Only do it if you are not trying to be cool around them!)

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PerioBear · 3 August 2018, 02:28 AM

Out here in the Bay Area, “ships” are NBA Championships! Go Dubs!

TheRolexKingofLV · 3 August 2018, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by PerioBear

Out here in the Bay Area, “ships” are NBA Championships! Go Dubs!

That's "Hella" true!

Colin G · 3 August 2018, 02:39 AM

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

tudorbaja27 · 3 August 2018, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Colin G

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

I agree with that! Drives me nuts. I make an effort not to say "like". I feel it "dumbens" whoever it is that is using the word.

Colin G · 4 August 2018, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tudorbaja27

I agree with that! Drives me nuts. I make an effort not to say "like". I feel it "dumbens" whoever it is that is using the word.

Unfortunately I even catch myself saying it sometimes now, which really annoys me.

Dan Pierce · 3 August 2018, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Colin G

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

Not to mention EVERY sentence starting with "so" and ending in "right?"

Who knew Valley Girls would rule the world.

dP

christianj · 3 August 2018, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Colin G

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

"Like" drives me nuts too...along with dude and bro that seems to be every guys favorite word.

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Originally Posted by mjclark32

Should make for an interesting letter of recommendation

Syed117 why did you pick them as interns if they talked like this during the interview? Or was there a change in vocabulary since they came to work with you?

CRM114 · 3 August 2018, 04:58 AM

I was trying to figure out what the defining threshold of becoming "old" is and the best I could come up with is when in a fair fight you can kick the a$$ of a healthy, male adult who's exactly half your age and people are surprised enough to congratulate you no matter who's side they were on.

CRM114 · 3 August 2018, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colin G

As soon as I hear the word like being thrown out every 5 seconds I stop listening. Older people do it now also.

"I was like yes and then she said like no way."

Quote:

Originally Posted by tudorbaja27

I agree with that! Drives me nuts. I make an effort not to say "like". I feel it "dumbens" whoever it is that is using the word.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SG56

I'm with you!

like, for real

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Pierce

Not to mention EVERY sentence starting with "so" and ending in "right?"

Who knew Valley Girls would rule the world.

dP

Quote:

Originally Posted by christianj

"Like" drives me nuts too...along with dude and bro that seems to be every guys favorite word.

Don't forget "Definitely". Definitely this. Definitely that. "This kitchen definitely needs a renovation". "I'm definitely going shopping". "That pass into coverage definitely sucked". "We definitely need a new car". "It's definitely hot outside. Yeah, definitely". Definitely, definitely, blah blah blah.

What began as light joking imitating Rain Man has now spread to become ingrained in the larger population's vocabulary of anyone who was school age or younger when the movie come out. People don't even know they're doing it as adults, and now their kids do it too. It's like "like". I'd rather they brought back "totally" than live in a world with everyone conversing in Rain Manspeak.

Syed117 · 3 August 2018, 04:17 AM

Well, one of them is here today and I told her I would have some documents for her next time and her response was "bet"

I didn't even follow up.

You bet? Doesn't seem likely.

Wesley Crusher · 3 August 2018, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Syed117

Well, one of them is here today and I told her I would have some documents for her next time and her response was "bet"

I didn't even follow up.

You bet? Doesn't seem likely.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urb...m=Bet&amp=true

mjclark32 · 3 August 2018, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Syed117

Well, one of them is here today and I told her I would have some documents for her next time and her response was "bet"

I didn't even follow up.

You bet? Doesn't seem likely.

Should make for an interesting letter of recommendation

derekhayden · 3 August 2018, 04:47 AM

The shocking thing is these girls actually made it to college.

ashbaug2 · 4 August 2018, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by derekhayden

The shocking thing is these girls actually made it to college.

I never realized how dumb I was until I had graduated college and went into the Army... College, like high school, taught me nothing about how to survive in this world. It's simply a bubble to live in and isolate oneself from what is actually happening in the real world, all while drinking copious amounts of booze and coffee in between random "interactions" with the opposite sex.

God, putting it that way makes me want to go back and do it all over again!

3 August 2018, 01:10 AM	#1
Syed117 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Real Name: Syed Location: The Ether Posts: 3,388	It's official, I am old I have two interns working with me these days. Both are girls in their early twenties. Fairly normal for the most part. With that said, half the time I have no idea what the hell they are saying. Full disclosure, I am 36. So about a 15 year age difference. We usually talk about random things during down time and work attire came up recently. I'm dressed casual for the most part, usually chinos and a polo when it's hot. One of them commented that my attire looked like a "fit". She said this multiple times and eventually I stopped her and asked what she was saying. She said "you know, like outfit". Then one day we were casually talking about relationships and how different it is when you're in your twenties compared to when you're in your thirties. This time she kept saying "ships", as in "I don't usually like being in ships". I'm scratching my head wondering when the hell we started talking about boats. This time is was "relationships". Then they both acted like what they were saying was perfectly normal and I was the crazy one because I didn't understand. Seems like a trend and now I've officially become a man who doesn't understand the kids

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tudorbaja27 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Miami, FL Watch: Tudor & Cartier Posts: 2,499	TBH, I'm 26 and would have been confused by "ships" and "fit" as well.... __________________ "Chi ha paura muore ogni giorno, chi non ha paura muore una volta sola" - Paolo Borsellino

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ashbaug2 Banned Join Date: Mar 2018 Real Name: Jon Location: Reno, NV Watch: 126710 BLRO Posts: 1,027	Sounds like my mid-twenties sister-in-law... I'm 34. I realized I was old when I had to ask "what the heck is 'insta'?" Oh, Instagram. I guess they are just too lazy to completely form full words...

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El-Duderino "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 610	Yeah, welcome to the wonderful, weird world of your late 30s. Too old to understand people in their 20s, too young to really understand people in their 40s/50s. I can usually pick up on the new lingo based on context, but then there are things I will never understand. Like vocal frying: https://youtu.be/R8mcBdBL-t0 Why talk like this? You sound like goddamn E.T.

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gmh1013 Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: greg Location: Tempe AZ Watch: GMT Posts: 5,703	[QUOTE=Rockrolex;8817207]I hate to tell you this, but my kids are older than you. You ain't so old.[/QUO I have clothes older than that .....to me 36 is a kid. Try 61.

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CRM114 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: HK & USA Watch: GMTs,1803, 16610LV Posts: 2,001	I was trying to figure out what the defining threshold of becoming "old" is and the best I could come up with is when in a fair fight you can kick the a$$ of a healthy, male adult who's exactly half your age and people are surprised enough to congratulate you no matter who's side they were on.

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Syed117 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Real Name: Syed Location: The Ether Posts: 3,388	Well, one of them is here today and I told her I would have some documents for her next time and her response was "bet" I didn't even follow up. You bet? Doesn't seem likely.

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