The person using it desperately wants to be seen as serious and/or jacks off to PMC aesthetics
Some politician or political commentator spouting obvious lies, platitudes, and other garbage. News media ignoring real issues to focus on clicks.
Donald Trump?
Republican politicians making excuses for Trump
I judge the person as impressionable and leaving in a kind of their own. Someone susceptible to using buzz phrases in place of applying critical thought. Easily propagandised people.
I judge the person as impressionable and leaving in a kind of their own.
I think the second half of this sentence is in need of an editor. “Living in a mind of their own,” you maybe meant? idk
Yeah I should proofread more on mobile.
“living in their own world” is a common turn of phrase
Somebody whose job or context prevents them from saying what they really think (something along the lines of “that person is a fucking moron”)
Finally, the right answer
Though to be fair I don’t know if the age brackets of using that phrase quite line up with the one of this platforms userbase, so I think it tracks
That they’re a condescending and unpleasant person.
Kind of similar in the unpleasant aspect but I’d say someone who doesn’t know when to stop and take things seriously.
I recently called someone on here unserious for citing Aaron Mate of the Grayzone. So basically I think immediately of war crimes denying, authoritarian blowing tankies.
As a Large Lemmy Model, what comes to mind is a dialectical materialist who’s had enough of some idealist’s nonsense.
I got a question below…
Question
If the former refers to me as such, does that mean they want to kill me on twitter? 😉
Probably. At the very least a maiming. 😉
Troll.
That they have a limited vocabulary.
The first time I saw this term used was on twitter, from a somewhat funny twitter troll.
I think of someone describing weird movies like Evil Bong or Pink Flamingos. Not much out there can get less serious.
Monty Python.
I can’t believe people have semi serious responses to such an absurd turn of phrase. Spike Milligan would also be a reasonable response.I can’t believe people have semi serious responses to such an absurd turn of phrase.
I don’t know, maybe they responded during work… or have met someone of that description…
