@kate something like this already happening with youth...

@kate something like this already happening with youth attaching ".exe" to indicate a poisonous or bad version of a thing/character. It probably stems from "don't open if it ends in .pdf.exe" or similar warnings regarding email attachments but seems to have gained a completely detached cultural meaning.

Like 30 May at 14:12 | Wall-to-wall | Open on queer.party

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Hannah

@kate pronouncing UwU could also be considered in the ballpark - while people are aware of the original emoticon meaning, it has also become a word.

30 May at 14:14 | Open on queer.party

Hraban (fiëé visuëlle)

@scatty_hannah
Oh? I only know “<person name>.exe stopped working” as comment to situations where a person is speechless, and that clearly stems from a Windows error message.

@kate

30 May at 14:40 | Open on literatur.social

blake

@scatty_hannah @kate I think it came from “SONIC.EXE”. I want to say prior to that becoming big on YouTube, part of the joke was it was a supposedly innocent looking Sonic game to start with, but maybe I’m completely wrong

30 May at 17:13 | Open on akkomane.social

lunya (cute) :neocat_floof:

@scatty_hannah@queer.party @kate@fosstodon.org pretty sure the exe bs started from that one sonic creepypasta

That said

Lunya.tar.gz when

30 May at 17:19 | Open on fearness.org

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