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minus-squareTylerdurdon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down1·1 day agoI had a friend who thought “Netflix & chill” just meant watch movies and relax, so she had it on her dating app profile and couldn’t understand why she only got hookups.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoMy daughter, still in elementary school a few years ago, asked if we can Netflix and Chill after a long day. I had trouble explaining to her what it meant.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI think it can mean a both - that’s the great thing about a noncommittal word like chill. I think the key part is that whatever happens is casual. But yeah would probably get a lot of hookup attention on a dating website
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoOr ignorance made a convenient fig leaf.
minus-squaredudinax@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoIf you’re old enough, she’s correct.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down1·1 day ago So ugh where’d she post it again?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 day agoI thought that’s what it meant, too. I’m old.
minus-squareTriflingToad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoI thought that’s what it meant, too. I’m young.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·24 hours agoIt’s a double entendre. It means both, but much more the “hook up” subtext.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·24 hours agoFrom what I can find online, it originally meant what I thought it did, but quickly morphed into mainly being a hookup afterward.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·23 hours agoIt’s like the older “come inside for coffee” thing. It could be just that but much more common to use it as pretense for initiating some coitus.
I had a friend who thought “Netflix & chill” just meant watch movies and relax, so she had it on her dating app profile and couldn’t understand why she only got hookups.
My daughter, still in elementary school a few years ago, asked if we can Netflix and Chill after a long day.
I had trouble explaining to her what it meant.
I think it can mean a both - that’s the great thing about a noncommittal word like chill. I think the key part is that whatever happens is casual.
But yeah would probably get a lot of hookup attention on a dating website
Or ignorance made a convenient fig leaf.
If you’re old enough, she’s correct.
So ugh where’d she post it again?
I thought that’s what it meant, too.
I’m old.
I thought that’s what it meant, too.
I’m young.
It’s a double entendre. It means both, but much more the “hook up” subtext.
From what I can find online, it originally meant what I thought it did, but quickly morphed into mainly being a hookup afterward.
It’s like the older “come inside for coffee” thing. It could be just that but much more common to use it as pretense for initiating some coitus.