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minus-squareSpendrill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoWhat does ‘lock in’ mean in this situation? Yours faithfully, a confused Brit.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoCowboy up. Get your boot straps out the dirt. Cryers don’t get healthcare. (Okay I’m running out of Americanisms) It’s telling someone to stop being emotional.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoGen Z slang for saying “get it together and focus”
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoOk… So maybe this is a dumb question, but is it helpful to hear that when you’re having a hard time?
minus-squarebraxy29@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoi think it could be, depending upon circumstances. likewise, i think it could also be actively harmful (depending upon circumstances).
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoGod you guys sure like to make assumptions. This place is already shaping up to be like Reddit🤣🤣🤣🤣
minus-squaredumblederp@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIs that not how discussions work?
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoDiscuss discussions, not straight up speculation
minus-squareSpendrill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoAh ok, thanks. Where I’m from a lock in is a pub illegally serving drinkers after time by locking the doors.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoLock ins were all night parties for kids when I was growing up. Parents in 80s USA, wow.
minus-squarenanoswarm9k@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agolibraries sometimes too. basically an overnight in a non-residential space?
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMy parents went to them at skating rinks where they would take their skates off and dance on the rink. They called them sock hops.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoUndoubtedly, apologies if it was understood that I spoke as the sole arbiter of lock ins.
What does ‘lock in’ mean in this situation?
Yours faithfully,
a confused Brit.
Cowboy up.
Get your boot straps out the dirt.
Cryers don’t get healthcare.
(Okay I’m running out of Americanisms)
It’s telling someone to stop being emotional.
Gen Z slang for saying “get it together and focus”
Ok… So maybe this is a dumb question, but is it helpful to hear that when you’re having a hard time?
i think it could be, depending upon circumstances. likewise, i think it could also be actively harmful (depending upon circumstances).
God you guys sure like to make assumptions. This place is already shaping up to be like Reddit🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is that not how discussions work?
Discuss discussions, not straight up speculation
Ah ok, thanks.
Where I’m from a lock in is a pub illegally serving drinkers after time by locking the doors.
Lock ins were all night parties for kids when I was growing up. Parents in 80s USA, wow.
Usually in churches right?
libraries sometimes too. basically an overnight in a non-residential space?
My parents went to them at skating rinks where they would take their skates off and dance on the rink. They called them sock hops.
Could be both…?
Undoubtedly, apologies if it was understood that I spoke as the sole arbiter of lock ins.