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[–] beanson@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Maybe whelmed is just the regular state of being: when expectations are lived up to, but not exceeded?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's such a whelming answer.

[–] beanson@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

I aim to whelm.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

I too feel whelmed

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, “whelm” actually means the same thing as “overwhelmed,” they both mean to be covered over (as in by the sea.)

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

And I just learned that "underwhelm" first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm

Gosh I love etymology <3

[–] z500@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

Because that state of affairs is so whelming as to not be worth mentioning.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I am, also, whelmed.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

I feel perfectly whelmed when I'm gruntled.

[–] LEONHART@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago

This feels like a Mitch Hedberg joke. You can easily read it in his voice.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

gotta love the teen titans.

[–] HypnoticSheep@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Young Justice? Or was it also a thing in TT?

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

yeah. I was mixing it up but it was robin in any case......i think. it has been some years.

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

You're correct, it's Young Justice, the TV show, 1st and 2nd season.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because it's default. It's like telling people you're right handed.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

It's more like telling people you're handed

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When everything's going just right, it's literally unremarkable, so we don't have a word for that.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

If someone isn't overwhelmed or underwhelmed, they're whelmed by default.