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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2019-07-22 02:39 pm

Regarding "Netflix and Chill"

Recent discussions have turned up two opposed meanings of the phrase "Netflix and chill."

* Watch television due to feeling too tired or unfocused for anything else.

* Have sex.

I believe that this is an iteration of a much older conflict in which some people use euphemisms such as "Would you like to see my card collection?" to mean "Let's go have sex," whereas other people with special interests like to show off their hoards and view those belonging to others so they use those phrases in the direct meaning.  Such misunderstandings are extremely frustrating to both parties, and in some cases, contribute to sexual assault.

Therefore, if you are using this phrase or hear others using it, and the context involves a choice of action rather than idle conversation, it would be prudent to confirm which definition is meant before deciding.
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[personal profile] alexseanchai 2019-07-22 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking yesterday of putting a couple lines in a fic to the tune of:

"So. Hulu and froyo?"

"…do you mean Netflix and chill?"

"No, I mean movies and ice cream, unless I can say I mean the other thing without you punching me. —uh, can I…?"

"Come over here and find out."
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[personal profile] technoshaman 2019-07-22 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Reminds me of an encounter I witnessed between two bears (the human kind) many moons ago.

"Men, are scum. Boys, are toys."
"Which am I?"
I forget exactly what was said next, but basically they left together to find out.. ;)

And then there's the German for it: "Haben Sie Feuer?" (Lit. "Do you have fire?" idiomatically: Are you hot (for me)? (Interestingly, that's the _formal_ sense... which, I suppose, is correct if you're asking such a thing, to be polite... :D (which then ping-pongs into the song "Du hast mich" by Rammstein... which is the _intimate_ sense... given that that song is popular in certain kinds of clubs, you can figure the rest out...

"Innuendo" is, if you say it slowly, so meta ;)
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[personal profile] alexseanchai 2019-07-22 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
pfft

my favorite such lines I've written are actually these:
Marinette: "Since you planned our first date, Adrien, I'm gonna plan our second. You, me, and Ultimate Mecha Strike III." [She waves the game box.] "But you know how competitive I get. You're only going to win if I'm…distracted." [She slowly slides one sleeve and bra strap off her shoulder.] "You know you can't win this game with simple button mashing. You need technique."

[In this next clip, the camera angle is slightly different, to catch Marinette hyperventilating all over a sympathetic Rose and Juleka in the background of one side of the frame.]
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[personal profile] technoshaman 2019-07-22 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
*GRINS*