What comes to mind if someone uses the term "deeply unserious"? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Somebody whose job or context prevents them from saying what they really think (something along the lines of "that person is a fucking moron")

[-] esty@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

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

[-] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Republican politicians making excuses for Trump

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

As a Large Lemmy Model, what comes to mind is a dialectical materialist who’s had enough of some idealist’s nonsense.

[-] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I got a question below...

Question

If the former refers to me as such, does that mean they want to kill me on twitter? 😉

[-] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Probably. At the very least a maiming. 😉

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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...

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago

That they're a condescending and unpleasant person.

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 4 months ago

Kind of similar in the unpleasant aspect but I'd say someone who doesn't know when to stop and take things seriously.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 3 points 4 months ago

Some politician or political commentator spouting obvious lies, platitudes, and other garbage. News media ignoring real issues to focus on clicks.

[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 4 months ago

I think of someone describing weird movies like Evil Bong or Pink Flamingos. Not much out there can get less serious.

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I judge the person as impressionable and living in a world of their own. Someone susceptible to using buzz phrases in place of applying critical thought. Easily propagandised people.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah I should proofread more on mobile.

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

"living in their own world" is a common turn of phrase

[-] drd@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

The first time I saw this term used was on twitter, from a somewhat funny twitter troll.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Donald Trump?

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 0 points 4 months ago

Troll.

[-] HumongousChungus@hexbear.net -1 points 4 months ago

The person using it desperately wants to be seen as serious and/or jacks off to PMC aesthetics

[-] Thavron@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago

That they have a limited vocabulary.

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