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[-] beanson@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 months ago

Maybe whelmed is just the regular state of being: when expectations are lived up to, but not exceeded?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

That's such a whelming answer.

[-] beanson@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

I aim to whelm.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

I too feel whelmed

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 months ago

Fun fact, “whelm” actually means the same thing as “overwhelmed,” they both mean to be covered over (as in by the sea.)

[-] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

And I just learned that "underwhelm" first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm

Gosh I love etymology <3

[-] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago
[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Explain this please. I'm too dumb...

[-] oolio@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

There's something rotten in the state of Denmark

[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Why in the world is the first woman's name "Chastity"?

Edit: Is it really a name, or does it have a hidden meaning?

[-] Knusper@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

It really is a female given name, yes.

[-] aaaa@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

My cousin named her daughter Chastity.

Chastity attended her parents' wedding.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This meme is very whelming.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Clearly they have never been to Europe.

[-] z500@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

Because that state of affairs is so whelming as to not be worth mentioning.

[-] Seraph@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

Because it's default. It's like telling people you're right handed.

[-] Kraiden@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

It's more like telling people you're handed

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

I feel perfectly whelmed when I'm gruntled.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago
[-] LucidLethargy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I am, also, whelmed.

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

If someone isn't overwhelmed or underwhelmed, they're whelmed by default.

[-] nicoweio@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

It's called flow

[-] LEONHART@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

This feels like a Mitch Hedberg joke. You can easily read it in his voice.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

When everything's going just right, it's literally unremarkable, so we don't have a word for that.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

gotta love the teen titans.

[-] HypnoticSheep@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Young Justice? Or was it also a thing in TT?

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

yeah. I was mixing it up but it was robin in any case......i think. it has been some years.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago

You're correct, it's Young Justice, the TV show, 1st and 2nd season.

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