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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 152 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I had a friend who thought "Netflix & chill" just meant watch movies and relax, so she had it on her dating app profile and couldn't understand why she only got hookups.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So ugh where’d she post it again?

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

The internet is so tame now. Are there any websites left or is it largely just professional stuff left?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought that's what it meant, too.

I'm old.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a double entendre. It means both, but much more the "hook up" subtext.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I can find online, it originally meant what I thought it did, but quickly morphed into mainly being a hookup afterward.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like the older "come inside for coffee" thing. It could be just that but much more common to use it as pretense for initiating some coitus.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I thought that's what it meant, too.

I'm young.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

If you're old enough, she's correct.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

My daughter, still in elementary school a few years ago, asked if we can Netflix and Chill after a long day.

I had trouble explaining to her what it meant.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Or ignorance made a convenient fig leaf.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it can mean a both - that's the great thing about a noncommittal word like chill. I think the key part is that whatever happens is casual.

But yeah would probably get a lot of hookup attention on a dating website

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know, I don't think of sex as chilling. Just like I don't see sport as chilling. Chilling should be more calm and less purpose-driven.