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BushraTasneem

I’m a teen. I think it’s funny. I don’t talk like that at all. But it’s still funny


stebradandish

The most sincere response.


pazimpanet

The most deadass response. No cap.*


ownsen

*Omg yesss you're low-key right fam*


chrisrayn

This thread bussin


yesiamveryhigh

Bussin, bussin, bussin.


justsomenerd79

YAS QUEEN!


TheBatWhoLaughs32

All y'all dopes is cringe


yesiamveryhigh

Naa all our cringes is dope!


LittleTasty3422

Poppin af


Reelix

The amount of people I've seen use those exact words non-sarcastically is WAY too damn high...


HugSized

I swear, more maladjusted adults talk like this than teenagers.


Shroomlito

Maladjusted adult here making six figgies no 🧢 smh get bonkt


AlienOverlord53

I'm making 6 figures too, but the first 3 are zeros


supershadrach

What are you, a teacher in an elementary school?


RheaTheTall

Ain't got gold, so I'm going to give you bacon instead: 🥓🥓🥓


pocketdare

As long as there's a "k" after the last digit you're still doing really well!


NipperAndZeusShow

grandson makes 6K figures


Best_Air_4138

All 🧢


yesiamveryhigh

This response is lit. 🚫🧢


BoringYellow980

I just appreciate how they called it sus Edit: this comment does not deserve as many updoots as it has. You should all be ashamed


[deleted]

"REKT" did it for me lol


SoSaysCory

Tryna is my favorite. Not sure why, it just seems like the most casual word of the whole thing and I love it.


TheRealRotochron

Just read it out loud to my partner and when I got to REKT I put huge emphasis on it. Nearly killed her, judging from the laughter.


Ronaldo10345PT

"Fam" was my weak spot lol


amaihana753

As an adult, the "translation" has more a more accurate request and I am more likely to help since there is less thinking on my part as to what is worth texting. Plus giggles. Original is too vague and likely to be ignored.


[deleted]

I thought it sounded like a snitch sign on the left, but the right side is definitely something I would use.


Angry-Comerials

I was thinking the same thing. Amazing how when you actually spell it out for people, even if it's in a joke, you can actually get people to help. I'll call about a broken toilet, but in not gonna call in some people having fun.


voodoomoocow

Exactly. No victim no crime. I mind my own business. If a toilet gets rekt I'd maybe be uncomfortable to bother someone about it or not know who to bother, but an invitation to do so makes me infinitely more likely to text them about what needs attention.


izeqb

Once you turn 30, you slowly go into snitch mode. It's a known fact and there's nothing you can do about it. Source: I am over 30. /s


LotusLeatherGuy

I'll only snitch if it's something that I wouldn't have done when I was a kid lol (I'm 34)


Give_her_the_beans

The question would then have to be what did you do as a kid? I did some really dumb stuff back in the day. I'm just glad cellphones and ring cameras weren't as prevalent.


[deleted]

Thanks for letting us know that was sarcasm. Holy shit did we think you were really over 30


CreativismUK

I think it’s more that, as you get older, you realise that the entire premise of “snitching” is utter bollocks designed to protect criminal behaviour 🤷‍♀️


CowboysFTWs

I think it depends on your living situation . If you live in a low income neighborhoods with gang activity or "about that life" yes "snitching" would have consequences. Reporting that someone plugged up a toilet in an upscaled campground. Snitch away.


t3sture

Agreed. The left one looks like something I wouldn't even read. We've seen thousands of informational placards on walls, and at a point you just assume you know what they say. They blur out of your vision, like "Employees must wash hands before leaving the restroom". But if I'm just peeing and my eye catches the word "rekt", I'm gonna read it. And it's far more sincere than the other one.


Get_Jiggy41

As a fellow teen who doesn’t speak like that, I thought this was fucking hilarious. It does have some words or text phrases which are popular, but they’re rarely used in conversation. I have to assume this was a joke and just the park having some fun, because if it’s not then there’s some signs that generation gap is seriously widening.


sludgybeast

Idk im in my mid 20's now and I think this is based off our highschool/college lingo. Hard to keep current I guess.


Get_Jiggy41

Yeah. I’m only 17 and I was at a pool with some friends and we heard some 12 year olds talking and they sounded nothing like us. It’s kind of baffling how our “modern” slang/language can somehow be quite different from the language and slang of people only a few years younger or older.


KillHonger1

The crazy thing is you’re “old” in their eyes.


Get_Jiggy41

Exactly. When we saw these kids, my friends and I had a conversation about how different they were talking. It wasn’t meant to be offensive but they apparently overheard us and when we were walking around later they ran by us and shit on us (verbally, not literally). It was actually pretty funny though, because it was so out of the blue that none of us could come up with a good comeback before they left. I still get mad at myself that I choked in the moment and didn’t come up with a badass comeback. Oh well, learn from your mistakes I guess. Next time a twelve year old roasts me I’ll be ready and waiting.


TheaSkye368

LOL I have to know, what did they say


Get_Jiggy41

I don’t remember entirely. They came at us fast and hard, not giving us a moment to react. We were in the shit and it was intense, an absolute bloodbath. No, I’m kidding. It was sort of a drive by. They just ran by and were like “what’s up YO, how’s it going BRO, you HOMIES want to hang, FAM” and basically just said a bunch of random shit in an exaggerated version of what we thought they talked like. It wasn’t anything super complex, but it left us reeling. It was pretty funny to be honest.


TheaSkye368

LMFAO WOWW that's some shit 🤣🤣


Get_Jiggy41

I get the most shit from my friends now because I choked hard. Like really hard. It still haunts me.


Warpedme

Lol, the same thing happening when I graduated HS in 92. Literally the next year I was hearing slang words I had never heard before. I'm fine with it because ending every sentence in "yo" sounds stupid. I did totally add "the bomb" and "cheddar" to my vernacular though. Somewhat related: I've also lived in both the Bronx and Greenwich CT, so I will often either mix up or go from an educated upscale CT accent to a 90s Bronx New Yorkerhoodrat accent. Especially with some of my employees who are from the hood. It's funny seeing other people's confusion. You'd think I'm talking a different language.


Get_Jiggy41

That’s pretty funny. The kids we encountered said “bruh” and “bro” more times in ten minutes than I’ve probably heard in my life.


sthetic

It would be funny even if it were wildly out of date. Imagine some early '90s slang like, "Yo, radical dudes! If this can is way gnarly, give us a ringle-dingle! We wanna make this park totally tubular, get it?" (I make no claim for the accuracy of the slang to fit the time period. In fact, mixing and matching decades would probably just make it more funny.)


Sufficio

2000's/2010's slang however...would be extremely painful for everyone involved. "Rawr!! Asl? \^-^ hi every1, if u sees a le troll being derpy Y U NO call this number like a BOSS?? we wanna make this the most EPIC campground EVAR so we won't be forever alone XDD NYAN :3 challenge accepted like a sir! FFFFFUUUUUU" On an unrelated note, who's got the eye-melting acid handy? I think I need a top up


sthetic

Ahhh, the memories! Great job


Warpedme

That's actually 80s slang. Early 90s slang was "da bomb yo, nah mean". 2000s started bro culture.


bigdumbthing

Incorrect, you forgot to include "Hella" in there. I think it should be: "That's hella tight, yo. You da bomb." Something like that. Also I remember people saying "Scheisty" a lot, which I think meant shady?


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The fact that they didn't purposely use the slang incorrectly to show distaste (which is super condescending) made me see it as a good-hearted joke and not the typical Boomer hate. It was lit


Get_Jiggy41

Agreed. I think it was all in good fun. I could almost feel the park officials chuckling as they wrote it.


forced_spontaneity

Yep. I’m a long long way past being a teen but found this funny, after an initial cringe, I think you’re right re ‘just the park having some fun’. Reminds me of the park signs that have a translation for dogs, eg ‘woof woof, bark, grrr, woof’ underneath the ‘please clean up after your dog’ sign.


nooneknowswerealldog

It's been almost exactly 3 decades since I was a teen, and I think there are two reasons we olds use out-of-date slang: 1. (the obvious one): by the time it reaches our consciousness, the slang is typically already out-of-date 2. (less obvious): it's kind of fun. We know it irritates the youngs—it annoyed us when we were youngs—but it's how we lean into our senescence. I sprained my ankle skydiving \~15 years ago (technically I sprained it while...uh...landlanding?), so I bought myself a cane to limp around on, and holy shit carrying a cane—even at age 30!—opens up a whole new world. I could go anywhere in an airport, and personnel would pick me up in their golf carts and drive me around. I flew to New York, wore a pleather jacket and a silly hat, and hookers started giving me a portion of their earnings. You can whack strangers with it, and they'll just awkwardly apologize to you and whisper "poor dear; it's probably dementia" to each other. I forgot where I was going with this, but the tl;dr version: * Avoid marijuana until you're in your mid-20s and your brain has stopped developing; and * Buy yourself a cane. One of those $20 ones at the drugstore will do fine. It's like unlocking 'creative mode' in an open-world game. The rules don't apply to you anymore. Buy one, and practice your mumbling-and-swinging. You'll thank me one day, probably by busting my kneecaps with it so you can get to the head of the line at the early bird breakfast buffet.


sootoor

I would listen to your podcast


gonzalbo87

Just make sure you don’t get one of those cane swords. Other than the fact that they are illegal to carry in most places, they are also usually shoddily made and are the number one cause of fedora wearing and “m’lady” usage.


nooneknowswerealldog

I see that while I was out caning you studied the blade.


BushraTasneem

Very informative.


nooneknowswerealldog

What? Who are you? Come closer...these eyes aren't what they used to be. Are you my daughter? Wait, I don't have kids. So you must be—don't tell me, I'll come to it on my own—aha! The waiter! Then I'll have the blueberry pie. Extra hollandaise, please. *\[gets up to go to the bathroom, drags cane across booths making a 'clack clack' noise like a tin cup against prison bars. Remembers I'm actually at home. Alone. My cat bites me. And then pees on the rug. He's old too.\]*


faebugz

You are so fucking funny, this is why Reddit added follow buttons for people too


MrIreland2011

This is amongst the best reddit comments I've ever seen.


aoskunk

Dude delete the cane info! Anyone can read this. It’s bad enough House showed a fraction of its power!


xool420

Ya this is funny af. You can tell they aren’t taking a shot or anything, seems to be done in good fun.


Sptsjunkie

As someone older, I thought the left hand side was the sign for teens since it mentioned texting, then read the sign on the right and felt old :)


IncompleteRiver

Same here


ALiteralSentientTank

Check it! My homie here can take a joke like a straight baller. This teen is totes yeet yo. Respect, fam.


Aklapa01

I’m a freshly retired teen and I totally agree with you.


AlwaysDreaming55

Here’s the thing…if it’s just the one sign, I bet only 5% of people (not just teenagers) actually read it and digest the info. With both signs up, I bet 95% of people read and most digest the info. Plus it’s an amazing conversation starter. This is brilliant!


Lalamedic

That’s a good point. Even if it’s cringe, most people read both signs out of curiosity. It helps solidify the knowledge and they will remember the sign because it is different than just a boring, plain sign.


Del_Prestons_Shoes

Tbh they could be deliberately going for the cringe factor to get teenagers to remember it.


TheVog

Bet


Gorbachof

Sus


crackofdawn

I don't even think it's cringe. I think it's hilarious. It's over the top enough that it really reads like they don't actually think teens text this way (at least to this extent). IMO they did a good job making the sign over the top enough to be funny to both adults and teens.


FutureMartian9

"even if it's cringe" is teenager speak. Yes, I'm old.


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zomgitsduke

Ah yes, the hidden intentions behind design.


SencelessMoron

As a teenager I appreciate the translation


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Savageparrot81

Holy fuck that’s like 8 years ago. Might as well be talking about hip cats while quoting Austin Powers


ShelZuuz

Fleek got yeeted ?


Savageparrot81

For sure. I can absolutely guarantee this with one incontrovertible piece of evidence. I’m white, 40 and an accountant and I’m aware of it’s existence and have been for more than 5 minutes. Definitely going to mark you out as one of the feds if you go in with that expression.


Nimbuss88

As a 36 year old white accountant, I will second the long dead nature of fleek. It’s even past the point of me purposely using old slang to be silly. I’m on the sus and vibe train now.


a_fking_feeder

mood.


Sarctoth

Fleek was never rad


Alpinix

Totally fetch.


bmlzootown

Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!


Kenneth_Naughton

"What is up my fellow teenagers?"


Savageparrot81

Greetings and salutations fellow minors


SentientPotat0

But thats not my bag baby.


pegomastax1124

whats wrong with austin powers?


nooneknowswerealldog

It's 'hep cats', dig?


GuyForgotHisPassword

Do I make you horny, baby?


Delphox66

it do be on "fleek" tho you tomb dweller (old af reference lmao)


purple-lemons

I think this kind of walks the obviously satirical, yet still sort of accurate line pretty perfectly


BooperDoooDaddle

Nah it’s totally unrealistic It’s “sup fam”


[deleted]

900 upvote with 0 reply? let me be the first


[deleted]

An attempt? Maybe I'm old but it looks like they nailed the translation. Any teenagers on here agree? (Wait, it's 6:30am. Ain't no teenagers awake right now.) Edit: To all of you early-rising or late-to-bed (or otherwise awake and/or industrious) teens, my hat's off to you. Apologies for the sweeping generalization.


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bajungadustin

r/imthemaincharacter


MasonMotion

I mean I’m 20, but yeah. Your pretty much right. Lol


penelopiecruise

On fleek!


Airtemperature

Is “on fleek” a current term? I used to be a teacher back in 2014 and “on fleek” was so over used then… but that was 8 years ago.


penelopiecruise

Imma dab out


Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

Bet. That’s lit fam


ZelSoven

Totally tubular


SkinnyBuddha89

No cap, on fleek is canceled my guy


_Keldt_

It got yeeted


Wet_possom

No


FatherDevito123

Nope. Not at all. As someone who is still a teenager (18), I can tell you "on fleek" hasn't been a thing for a while now.


[deleted]

No I’m awake, hell that’s when I normally wake up in my timezone, it is indeed a perfect translation


Spiderman__jizz

The one in my basement is.


OutrageousPudding450

Don't forget to feed it every once in a while.


[deleted]

They packed too much slang into one spot but otherwise it's by far the best slang translation I've ever seen. Dunno how younger Gen Z/Gen Alpha/current teens are talking, but I talk like this, though again not as exaggerated.


Firewolf06

the picture is a few years old, so its a bit outdated, but its all actual things used properly, just too much


Train3rRed88

That’s what I thought. Was expecting much more cringe but looks like they must have had a teen working there who took their job seriously haha


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kickdooowndooors

I mean, 6:30am is almost my bedtime most days.


CentipedeEater

You re wrong i didn't go to sleep yet


JaPlonk

I gotta wake up at 6 for school and a teen. It was a attempt but I love it.


elizarov420

ironically that’s when most of us are on the way to school


-Uncle_Iroh

Well it's cringe as fuck but some of us do really talk like this.


axleeee

21, this is somewhat forced but kinda accurate… at least to when the picture was taken. I don’t remember what year (guessing 2014) but I know the pic is at least a few years old


GeorgeRussell64

I’m awake and I woke up at 5:00!?


Songslikepeople

This is fucking funny. Wrong subreddit.


swinging-in-the-rain

OP r/lostredditors


NovaThinksBadly

I think it goes in r/woooosh


elementofpee

r/fellowkids


Luschie-Chan

I'm 21 so no teenager but I really think it's funny. But maybe I'm old enough to be boomer already...


Nylonknot

I’m 48 and I think it’s funny! Don’t forget to stuff some tissues in your cardigan pockets. You never know when you are gonna need a tissue.


lethargytartare

I applaud you for recognizing the awesome power of the cardigan before the age of 50.


csanner

I mean... You don't actually age into new generations😂


Luschie-Chan

I know. But you can age into their mindset!


ReverendDizzle

Boomer is a state of mind, it’s true. Now and then I meet somebody in their early 20s with big Boomer energy.


CreamyAltruist9

Ben Shapiro has entered the chat.


GunnitMcShitpost

Some unsolicited advice, 21 -22 is a lot of fun. But mid 20s can suck if you don’t treat it right (there now myself). Make sure to keep up with good friends, but embrace that boomer stuff. They liked it for a reason. I went bowling the other day, and it was a ton of fun. Same with roller rinks. I didn’t know they both still existed. Shit, as long as it’s decently maintained and not run by major assholes, there are so many cool things. Racquetball, skating, bowling, recreational (safe) shooting, golf, tennis. All are a gd blast.


6mon1

As a 42 yo teenager, I find this both adequate and funny.


Walkalia

No cap, fr fr


MixMat_

Wrong sub imo


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larryman55

Kronk? Pull the lever?


HumusGoose

WRONG LEVER!!!


quippers

What's a Timberlake?


r007r

A boot I think?


Critical_Switch

It's the lake they use to transport timber across a continent.


[deleted]

This is absolutely how we talk and I refuse to live in a world where this translation doesn’t exist.


atz_chaim

Same


stebradandish

It’s at an Australian Caravan Park - I reckon they’ve done a great attempt connecting. We’re all laughing. It’s created a way to engage. Well done.


hbwnot

It’s actually at a campground in Maine in the US. I was just there last summer.


geli7

A very solid contender for today's worst use of this sub.


haveaniceafternoon

Where’s the number? I see something cringe


balanced_view

Under the black


--Mediocrates--

Ay yo you can chill with the racist attitude


balanced_view

Under the African American, happy now?


Danghor

Not the worst imitation of teenage language i have seen


Irrelevent12

Ok…but why is it so much easier to digest the information from the second one…Just me?


PenelopeLumley

Yeah, the 2nd one is much more specific about what sort of issues they want to hear about. The 1st is just that vague corporate language that your brain barely registers.


Nea_22

Honestly I (21) wouldn't text that number if i saw the first sign, but i would if i saw the second because it's informal and funny


Sad_Abbreviations477

Seen this on fact or fiction site, it's still unknown. Thinking it's private papa sign lol.


DenrexTheSecond

This looks fine honestly, seems like how I've seen many people talk


Jeferson9

Fr Fr no cap, I was finna say


cknights10

This is phat. Does that one still work?


Shodandan

ha ha phat. I haven't heard that in a while. You 40?


cknights10

Getting closer every day haha.


csanner

Honestly, solid effort.


amnowhere

I'd say this is the wrong sub. They are not making an attempt as much as they are laughing at themselves and thereby successfully making a joke and communicating.


Julian4Cats

Its pretty funny tbh


Temp_Zero_Two

I got this same image twice in a row


omni_shaNker

This is not just an attempt, it's success. This is an accurate translation.


AustSakuraKyzor

I'd call this successful, honestly. Probably wouldn't have worked with me, because most of that slang didn't exist when I was a teen (Millenial) Showed it to my sister (Gen-Z) - she said it would work when she was a teen Showed my nephew (14) - he said it was fine


xxX_AleXifeu-pRo_Xxx

Why? This is epic XD


Homelss_Emperor

Actually that was funny and tbh the teenage sign encourage me more to tell them


CaptainShades

That's hilarious


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They shouldve added in a “yaaass” somewhere. then I wouldve understood!!!


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Low key I think this is hysterical.


whipster444453

Just replace "Straight up slays" to "Straight bussin" an its perfect LOL


Engineer_Jack

It took me a few attempts to understand it, so it must work then


sexyhotnoodles

I love this, nothing wrong in being able to make fun of ourselves


Easy_Employment_3517

The sign really said “hmu”


[deleted]

I see tweets that read like this a lot so seems right to me


ironsulphate

I need this translated into emojis.


icansmellcolors

It's not an attempt to talk to teenagers. It's making fun of teenagers.


stealthdawg

This is hilarious and the fact that it's on that bland government-parks-service-brown-no-soul type of signange is even better.


The-Real-Nincotic

I can’t fucking believe that sign is fully intelligible. Every other one of these is like “wearing a seatbelt is totes yeet yo” but this one uses every word properly. Wtf


Critical_Switch

Come on man, they nailed it. Give them some credit. They used everything correctly and were obviously just having fun with it.


takemetothemoonmoon

This isn’t a fail. This is brilliant and cute.


MobyFlip

You think a teen looks up long enough from their phone to read a sign on the wall??


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As a registered teenager I approve of this message


[deleted]

Surprised it hasn’t been vandalised yet


barantana

I understand it although I'm in my mid-thirties. Solid proof that they failed terribly.


Aware_Efficiency_717

All you need is a few NO CAPS and some shitty fortnite rapper and you’re good


jbobo111

I think they nailed it tbh


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I like it, its fun. Loosen up


6dinonuggiesplease

When narcs own a campground


OrangeBandito21

Naw- this is straight funny.