Anyone using it in that manner absolutely means it that way in context. It’s a gag that’s decades old, a staple of Gen X culture, which is squarely Tim Sweeney.
Except I didn’t assert that non-American GenX wasn’t ‘true’ gen-x, just that it might be a facet particular to Gen-X in America, and perhaps a non-American could be excused for not being in on it.
On top of everything else, it was the core of 7-up’s marketing in the early 2000s.
Can you cite the “lashing out” and “insulting”? It seems to be missing from the screenshot.
Do you not understand that „up yours“ is an insult or are you purposefully trolling?
Yeah I don’t think that’s what “up yours” means in that context.
Anyone using it in that manner absolutely means it that way in context. It’s a gag that’s decades old, a staple of Gen X culture, which is squarely Tim Sweeney.
How great of you to know everything about what everyone else thinks and does.
/GenX
American GenX? It feels impossible that an American GenX wouldn’t get the blatant reference Tim is making…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Except I didn’t assert that non-American GenX wasn’t ‘true’ gen-x, just that it might be a facet particular to Gen-X in America, and perhaps a non-American could be excused for not being in on it.
On top of everything else, it was the core of 7-up’s marketing in the early 2000s.
It’s wild watching people admit they don’t have reading comprehension anymore.
Not getting the double meaning of the “up yours” is also wild.
Literacy is dead.