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I think it's a youth thing from 10-15 years ago, i.e. people who are ~30 now (e.g. me :) )

I guess we were optimistic in thinking you all would've grown up by now.

Such a gratuitously pretentious take.

I'm 29 and have never even heard of anyone doing this, but I grew in rural Texas so maybe we were just behind the times.