Leone@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · edit-22 years agoI'm gonna be honest with you chief, I can't take seriously a "protest" that keeps paying the same people it's protesting againstmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down11
arrow-up1103arrow-down1imageI'm gonna be honest with you chief, I can't take seriously a "protest" that keeps paying the same people it's protesting againstmedia.kbin.socialLeone@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social · edit-22 years agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarehuskola@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWho is “chief”? Is it a colloquialism or an actual person?
minus-squaretheDLCguy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years ago@huskola “Chief” is just the hypothetical person the title is being said to. It’s kind of a meme-y way of talking. Here’s a page with more info: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ima-keep-it-real-with-u-chief
minus-squarehuskola@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThanks for the answer! As I age I try to keep up with things but may have to relent to just maintaining status quo.
minus-squareCosmicat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoUsing the term “chief” to refer to someone is not new. My uncle used to call my dad that probably 30 years ago when they worked together.
Who is “chief”? Is it a colloquialism or an actual person?
@huskola “Chief” is just the hypothetical person the title is being said to. It’s kind of a meme-y way of talking. Here’s a page with more info: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ima-keep-it-real-with-u-chief
Thanks for the answer! As I age I try to keep up with things but may have to relent to just maintaining status quo.
Using the term “chief” to refer to someone is not new. My uncle used to call my dad that probably 30 years ago when they worked together.