one of the most notable internet lingo/phenomenon shifts ive gotten to experience has to be the usage of the word 'kinning'. because most of the time i don't really think about it, but then every now and again i'm just suddenly struck by what a WILDLY different thing it was some years back (pre-2019 maybe?). i remember the intense discourse around the concept (both from non-kinners, about the validity of the concept itself, and among kinners about double-kinning and 'kinnie' being a slur and whatever the hell else it was)
and then suddenly everyone on tiktok was just using it to say 'hey these are characters i relate to a lot!'. and that shift just kinda snuck up, at least on me, and now no one bats an eye if someone says they kin someone. wild
anyways! i love curating my kin list and will be posting it in a while :)))
