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		JohnFen on Dec 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody knows what's happening online anymore > they're using "elite" to signal a mentality Given the nonsensical things I've seen declared "elite" and "nonelite", I'm certain that "elite" is just used as a synonym for "whoever I currently hate".

woooooo on Dec 20, 2023 [–]

There's that too, plus the fact that using the word "elite" is itself something that mostly the elite do.

staunton on Dec 20, 2023 | [–]

In my experience that's false.

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