On: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

[romwell]

What does age have to do with it?

"Turn that frown upside down" isn't a phrase that would make much sense to people who didn't hear it before. More so if English isn't their first language or they are neurodivergent.

I don't believe I have ever heard this phrase used IRL. It's not a very nice thing to say in most contexts (saying this to another adult is outright bad - which is what makes the IRC joke funny in the first place).

[overgard → romwell]

He probably just meant that younger people grew up with emoji so they might not be aware of the vast array of text smileys we used to do

[ddingus → romwell]

I have heard it a few times. This really depends on what local lexicons you are exposed to.