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It's a newer type of phrase/way to start a sentence. It's kind of like a way to call attention to or put extra emphasis on the action taking place.
For example, say I got to an ice cream store and try 10 flavors. I could say "not me trying every flavor before getting a single scoop."
It kinda adds a sarcastic or lightheated feel to the sentence.
Ahhhh thanks for the explanation!
I like your ice cream example, but I'm going to be an old man and say I hate this new phrase lol it reads terribly how they used it.
Not you not groking Gen Z 😩
The keeds, they are thee fuutureee
Goddamn it I'm "only" 37 and I don't understand English anymore lmao
It was a good run!
At least grok has been around since ‘61.
Don't worry. I'm 25 and neither do I.
I'm convinced we've hit a point thanks to the internet where language just evolves so fast that by the time I'm elderly kids will literally be speaking a different language.
I'm a young man and I have to agree with your old man take on this. I hate this trend also. A few of my friends have been using it irl conversations.
Tell them that the old men on Lemmy say stop it.
Seconded
So it goes with language, always evolving. It can be hard to keep up, but the kids are just having fun.