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In the doghouse [Clearly Confused](lemmy.world)

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Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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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.

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dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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So ugh where’d she post it again?

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Wanderer@lemm.ee
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The internet is so tame now. Are there any websites left or is it largely just professional stuff left?

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samus12345@lemmy.world
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I thought that’s what it meant, too.

I’m old.

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mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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It’s a double entendre. It means both, but much more the “hook up” subtext.

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samus12345@lemmy.world
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From what I can find online, it originally meant what I thought it did, but quickly morphed into mainly being a hookup afterward.

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TriflingToad@lemmy.world
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I thought that’s what it meant, too.

I’m young.

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dudinax@programming.dev
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If you’re old enough, she’s correct.

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
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Or ignorance made a convenient fig leaf.

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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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.

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grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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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

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Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
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I don’t know, I don’t think of sex as chilling. Just like I don’t see sport as chilling. Chilling should be more calm and less purpose-driven.

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