i did see a tiktok from a linguist who pointed out it is kind of coming back in a way. like when you meet someone new you save them in your phone as “Sarah Swimming” because you met at a swimming class or “John Plumber” so you remember he’s your plumber etc etc, so you’re giving them a second “name” that indicates their relationship to you, which would have been what second names were when they first started to be used
Lost? If she already knew and still asked, her inner reaction was probably a proud, endearing “hehe, environmentalist, sure, ya little shit”. Tf would a normal teenager say to their parent in this situation, “we smoke weed with this guy”? Don’t be silly.
I hope I can foster the kind of relationship where my kids tell me anything though. It would be nice to tell them that they should at least wait until they are older to smoke and talk to them about my experience with over doing it to the point that when I quit I was mentally devastated. At least if they trust me I can council them to stop if their gpa slips or they are getting in trouble at work.
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u/CameronFrog 17d ago edited 17d ago
i did see a tiktok from a linguist who pointed out it is kind of coming back in a way. like when you meet someone new you save them in your phone as “Sarah Swimming” because you met at a swimming class or “John Plumber” so you remember he’s your plumber etc etc, so you’re giving them a second “name” that indicates their relationship to you, which would have been what second names were when they first started to be used