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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 12 hours ago (9 children)

References not everyone gets are a form of gatekeeping too just saying.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is true. As an old non-techie woman on Lemmy, I miss a lot of them.

However, "Who gon check me, boo?" was comprehensible (and funny) to me even though I have no reference for it. Combined with the rest of the title, especially adding the profile images, her point is abundantly clear. I don't need to know where it came from to chuckle at it.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Her reference here is certainly more of a turn of phrase but the fact that shes defending pop culture references as communication while accusing of gatekeeping is what's more hypocritical. Especially since her reply isn't the title of an actual article.

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