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Today's experience with two Millenials & Poll
Oh brother! This is what I deal with and one of these girls is our HR Manager.
Today I used the word "clout". I don't remember exactly what I said but basically I mentioned that an investor who was visiting had a lot of clout. Instantly, these two girls freaked out and wanted to know if I listened to a certain rapper. I had no idea what they were talking about and they said that I just used a lyric from a famous rapper that they listen to. I was confused and said "what lyric?". They informed me that I had just said "clout" and that it was a word invented by some rapper. I told them that this was a common word but they refused to believe me. They insist that clout is never used and if it did exist, I only know this word because I am old. Is it just me or are these two......dumb as hell? Last edited by Tidybuoy; 07-30-2019 at 09:13 PM.. |
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Alex I'LL take dumb a$$ millennials for a thousand please .
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Pics not loading. They be dumb. Both my kids know the definition of clout, the older one is 26 the younger 15.
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Dumb as hell. No curiosity. A smart person would have said, "Clout? I've never heard the word. Let me look it up."
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Not a new phenomenon, although I’m surprised that the HR manager’s ignorance. I started college in 1989, around the time of Vanilla Ice. We were in a college bar when Under Pressure came on the jukebox and a girl behind me couldn’t believe that someone had already ripped off Vanilla Ice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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OR - people of a certain age would say.................."Let me go to my Encyclopedia Britannica and look it up"
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They sound like the type that would be totally lost trying to figure out how to use a rotary dial phone.
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The truly dim usually end up in HR.
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Since I have absolutely no knowledge of rap or rappers, I googled "clout" in rap lyrics. Turns out there are many, many instances of the word used by many different rappers, and all using the word in its conventional meaning.
I vote for dumba$$e$, not for them not knowing the word before, but for doubting your explanation without hesitation.
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BS story. Everyone knows millennials don't work....
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I don't get it. Is the rapper Polish? If not, who is the Pole?
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There's a difference between being dumb and being ignorant. Confuse the two at your own peril.
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If rap lyrics were intelligible, it might help. As it stands, you're in a world feces with someone like that working as your HR manager.
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IIRC, back before VISA became VISA they wanted their card to be called CLOUT.
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