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Post by Ancapistani »

overfeed wrote: post #67
Ancapistani wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to pry, but how old is “old”? I’m 42, and definitely don’t feel old yet - at least, my mind doesn’t feel old. My body is beginning to show me what’s it going to be like. I don’t think my generation is nearly as out of touch with youth and niche culture as our parents were. While there are definitely examples of slang that surprise me and for which I’ve not quite nailed down the colloquial usage, it’s extremely ra…

> The only slang I can think of that I’ve not fully understood is “type shit” It is mostly equivalent to "That's what's up."

Right - usually. But I’ve heard people use it in a questioning or disapproving way. Tone conveys a lot.

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by morkalork »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #37
kryogen1c wrote: post #2

Maybe im not in the target audience, but i had to look up what mogging is because its not explained anywhere

What I gathered is that "mog" is from "amog" which means "alpha male of the group", which makes "mogging" being "out-alpha'd". Which isn't new, it goes back years if not decades to the "alpha male" trends through "pick-up artists" to modern-day incel/bro/manosphere/etc subcultures. I know the author from about ten years ago and I'm not surprised he's into it. But also he's Dutch so it's probably used very much ironic…

So, classic dick-waving or pissing contest behaviour?

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by Millennium »

TrackerFF wrote: post #15
kryogen1c wrote: post #2

Maybe im not in the target audience, but i had to look up what mogging is because its not explained anywhere

It's incel-speak for dominating someone. "IQ-mogged" would mean that person A was dominated/overshadowed/etc. by person B because person B is very smart. "Height-mogged" would mean the same, but due to height.

This is true, but there's an extra nuance: mogging isn't just dominance, but effortless dominance (or at least seemingly effortless). Incels use this to justify their aversion to putting effort of any sort into anything: if other people don't have to try, why should they?

Re: Show HN: Site Mogging

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Post by nerdsniper »

Ancapistani wrote: post #71
overfeed wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The only slang I can think of that I’ve not fully understood is “type shit” It is mostly equivalent to "That's what's up."

Right - usually. But I’ve heard people use it in a questioning or disapproving way. Tone conveys a lot.

Yeah it’s a full generalization of “$NOUN-type shit” being a declaration that something that gives an impression of being characteristic of $NOUN in some way.

The gen z ascendant version is “what does it mean to omit the $NOUN entirely?” and makes it a bit more of an existential exclamation, like “that’s some real shit” or just “real shit”.

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Post by [deleted] »

TrackerFF wrote: post #15
kryogen1c wrote: post #2

Maybe im not in the target audience, but i had to look up what mogging is because its not explained anywhere

It's incel-speak for dominating someone. "IQ-mogged" would mean that person A was dominated/overshadowed/etc. by person B because person B is very smart. "Height-mogged" would mean the same, but due to height.

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Post by nagaiaida »

embedding-shape wrote: post #49
phrotoma wrote: post #45

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For completeness, x-maxxing morphed out of "minmaxing" in gaming culture. https://old.reddit.com/r/rpg_gamers/comments/kew14o/ok_what_... It was fine before they got hold of it.

> x-maxxing morphed out of "minmaxing" in gaming culture. Which comes from RPGs, the old school tabletop ones. Then I don't know if the ML/DS term "Minmax" predates the RPGs or if it's the other way around, neither would surprise me.

von neumann's minimax theorem dates back to 1928
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