QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 months agoyaoi rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down112
arrow-up1286arrow-down1imageyaoi rulesh.itjust.worksQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoDid I fucking miss something‽ Why is everyone just casually using this and other words I have never heard before? I feel like I’m having a stroke or developed a strange, new, and exotic aphasia!
minus-squareBaggie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoYaoi has been in semi common use for about 20 years I want to say, mostly in japan enthusiast circles. You noticing it everywhere is pretty common for words you only just learned, it’s called the frequency illusion.
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoFuck you’re right! I actually just heard it yesterday watching the agdq stream.
Did I fucking miss something‽
Why is everyone just casually using this and other words I have never heard before? I feel like I’m having a stroke or developed a strange, new, and exotic aphasia!
Yaoi has been in semi common use for about 20 years I want to say, mostly in japan enthusiast circles.
You noticing it everywhere is pretty common for words you only just learned, it’s called the frequency illusion.
Fuck you’re right! I actually just heard it yesterday watching the agdq stream.