Why do so many people act like this?

It seems to me that the strategy there is to make fun of yourself before anyone else can. You add another layer to the defense by explaining, in detail, why you made the mistake to display that you're actually a very smart person. But you gotta wrap the whole thing in a funny voice so that it seems like one big joke that you're not taking very seriously because you're not actually insecure at all.

Our parents really fucked us up when we forgot a word. We just make fun of ourselves before their ghosts can now…

✨😭ETA😭✨: all of the “used to?!” comments/sentiments are making me laugh so hard my eyes are wet

This might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen get a generational label

Not a generational thing.

People just get embarrassed when they publicly make mistakes and then make a bigger deal out of it because they're embarrassed. I guess I don't understand ridiculing that.

what does gen-z do?

Bullying to some extent was normal for millenials. So we have that instinct about things that might get made fun of. One way to steal the thunder from a bully is to embrace and acknowledge the thing they are going to make fun of. I think this is where it comes from.

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I am in this and I didnt give permission

i think the traditional phrasing would be "i can't english today".

What would you like for us to be doing instead, sweetie?