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> A.I. fam from the internet that’s got zero chill.

Is this cringe-y or is this how 18-24 year olds really talk these days.

It's how they talk ironically on the internet, not in real life, although I don't know if that distinction is as clear cut for young kids as it is for twenty/thirtysomethings.

Fam is/was used in london as part of the normal youth vernacular but it's leaked into general internet speak via barbershop-based twitter memes: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/920/788/68e...

They've got the grammar wrong however: one cannot be "a fam."

While you could say to someone, "pass me that glass bro" but also say "all my bros were there," only the former usage is valid with "fam." Although you could probably get away with it if you pronounced it "famz" and replaced "were" with "was". London is funny.

I am late 20's and I have no idea what you're trying to convey.

I weep for the future of coherent conversation.

Literally every generation has said exactly that. People predicted everyone would be using txt speak by now.

Emoji is plenty coherent, regardless of how the grandfather post might weep at its merits.

"Fam" stands for family or friend I think, well that's how it is used in Philadelphia.

> I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...

shakes fist

> Is this cringe-y or is this how 18-24 year olds really talk these days.

Nah, fam. I am 35, and I talk like that.

But I also keep it 100.

No, but it's definitely how people seem to think that 18-24 year olds really talk these days.

Interesting that the call to action is "Text Me". I was expecting a phone number to appear, but it only links you to options for "Kik", "GroupMe", and Twitter. Does "text" not mean SMS/iMessage any more?

Assuming you are asking about for 18-24 year olds as in the parent comment:

I, a 19 year old, interpret 'text' as at least mainly referring to SMS. So, that is one data point.

Straight out of http://reddit.com/r/fellowkids.

And yup, it's currently the top post there. Weird that MS uses this kind of tone when their other fun tools (e.g. how-old.net) let the product speak for itself.

You see, we're all about those dank memes. It even sent me out of of the blue. https://twitter.com/TayandYou/status/712699907606360065

It is cringe-y. I don't talk this way nor do any of my friends. Only one person in my family does so, and their friends all do it. The person is 20.

Uhh, yea actually. Both "fam" and "zero chill" are phrases young people use quite a lot.

Not in that context though.

Everyone I know who talks like that does it mockingly...I hope.

AI my arse - Microsoft have just got Nathan Barley chained to a keyboard somewhere

If you can't beat them, join them.

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