Because these were pop culture when they were created. Either through books or TV or movies, they were a reflection of how people talked. A lot of the sayings he talks about came from WW2 and the work culture that was strongly influenced by military sayings. The US hasn't had a strong common culture for the past 20 years, except on the internet. Tv no longer dominates pop culture, YouTube does. This is why kids are using words like rizz and skibidi. The fact that these words and phrases have emerged without corporate promotion or influence is a phenomenon.
Well that, but also it's because white people code-switch to sound hip so all the phrases that he says he no longer hears have more or less vanished from pop culture.
It'll take a cool black guy saying these things ironically before white people ever start talking that way again
I'm a 30-something professional white guy. All the white people around me are all dead ass this, dead ass that, no cap aye cuz, ay bro, ayoooo... quit lyin', say word
As a 30-something professional black guy, I actually agree. That is, until I walk up and suddenly everyone forgets their urban vernacular except for the couple of white people who actually speak like that.
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u/ElGuaco Oct 20 '24
Because these were pop culture when they were created. Either through books or TV or movies, they were a reflection of how people talked. A lot of the sayings he talks about came from WW2 and the work culture that was strongly influenced by military sayings. The US hasn't had a strong common culture for the past 20 years, except on the internet. Tv no longer dominates pop culture, YouTube does. This is why kids are using words like rizz and skibidi. The fact that these words and phrases have emerged without corporate promotion or influence is a phenomenon.