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What's with the fascination with "yikes?"
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They are descriptive words that kind of say a lot, in only one word. Basically a hot take but are sometimes appropriate.
It's always been a thing on forums and YouTube and whatnot. People latch onto buzz words and repeat them blindly.
Hyperbole
Arguing in bad faith
Toxic
The list goes on.
Hyperbole
Arguing in bad faith
Toxic
The list goes on.
Low effort response that allows someone to contribute a sense of outrage at the topic, without saying anything of interest or value.
It's pretty much the same level as "first" imo.
It's pretty much the same level as "first" imo.
Wait, do you not think people argue in bad faith or that saying they do is a hot take?
It's just a word of exclamation, that can be used instead of "Wow" or something like that. You're reading too deeply into it.
Add abhorrent on there as well. While it's not necessarily a bad thing, but it gets kind of grating when people can't think for themselves and start to parrot words they don't ever use because they saw someone on the internet say it.
These are words that have been in the English lexicon for decades.
I used yikes earlier when someone said something so blatantly racist it was clear to everyone except the poster he'd be banned shortly. Yikes summed it up because there was no need to explain why the post was racist.
Toxic just means poisonous and harmful, often used metaphorically. "This is a toxic mindset." Example if someone were to say "girls like dating assholes instead of nice guys like me", that's a toxic mindset that will cause further harm down the line.
As for gross, have we not always used that word to describe things that we found unpleasant? For decades.
I don't think you're using that word right.
I bet you do, Admiral Woofington. I bet you do.
I like a good 'woof' myself as well
For the longest time I thought YIKES was a just a twitch chat thing until I actually heard one of my coworkers use it in a presentation.
Y'all discovered the word "toxic" and just went to fuckin town with that
As for "yikes", it's just another easy dismissal of a point of view you don't like. You don't have to respond to them; the "yikes" makes it seem like the post in question is obviously self evidently bad. So you get the moral high ground, last word, and no real effort on your part.
As for "yikes", it's just another easy dismissal of a point of view you don't like. You don't have to respond to them; the "yikes" makes it seem like the post in question is obviously self evidently bad. So you get the moral high ground, last word, and no real effort on your part.
I find that it's usually used by people concern trolling, rather than a genuine exclamation about something.
Showing emotion is often a way to +1. Also you have to do it least you be mistaken for the enemy. Same reason bringing up valid counter points to bad events involves hedging one's speech.
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