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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I would think it's extremely unusual if he used a more modern tone and vocabulary.

I don’t know that I’d find that unusual, either, honestly. Judging by the bullet memes, he was clearly very “online.”

People are complicated. It’s convenient and very tempting to put everyone into neat boxes, but individuals often don’t fit into those boxes. Not completely.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I've been very online since the most common connection speed was 9.6 kbps. Terminally online in both the pun and colloquial sense since 20 years before the term was coined.

    Memes are memes. Not a language to themselves. You still generally reflect the larger community around you. While I largely choose to speak with a more neutral to even mid Atlantic accent. When I'm around it I easily fall back into rural southern/midwestern accents. Because that's what I grew up around.

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