• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    Ok, let me clarify then: I’m black. It comes from American black culture.

    Anyone who watches a Kai Cenat stream would immediately clock it just by his and his friend’s speech patterns. This is why reading a Wikipedia line isn’t really enough to understand the breadth of culture. See: everyone in this thread who is making fun of Gen Z/ Gen Aloha/“young people” slang while simultaneously not understanding it actually developed a lot from black and gay culture of Millennials and Gen X globally, and has become mainstream due to these communities becoming more prominent in the media landscape.

    Sorry to write a mini-sociological essay, but I don’t care for the “it’s not that deep” aspect of Lemmy when it comes to non-STEM popular culture stuff. It’s pretty deep (and interesting) actually.

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      19 hours ago

      Do you have a source for it being AAVE? Your identity isn’t a source for this even if it happens to be true.

      I can’t find anything that claims an origin for it beyond Cenat using it starting a few years back.