Mid Saved Straight Slang

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to talk like a straight guy, especially surfers and skaters. People awkwardly tried to say things were rad. Sometimes, they tried to talk like a wealthy Californian girl, probably because of Clueless and Sweet Valley High. In the long run, the valley girls were more influential because of the resilience of like.

But then it seemed like straight people, or at least straight white people, threw in the towel. Black culture remained a viable source of slang, and would eventually be rivaled by gay culture, especially drag queens.

Everyone was trying to either slay, stay, or sashay away. Sometimes, this got real embarrassing when politicians or at least their social media interns tried to get in on the fun.

In the meantime, straight people had devolved from slang to jargon. Were you an alpha male or a sigma male? Would women consider you a high-value male? Were you a foid?

Depressing graphs about hypergamy and body count started circulating.

There was still video game slang that felt kind of straight. You could get pwned or whatever, and if you were on the right you could be based, but that was a little too political to really be fun.

Then mid came out. It was inherently straight. Imagine calling a twink mid. Absurd.

Why is mid both so straight and so fun? It’s not quite negging- you’re not actually trying to lower anyone’s self-esteem.

It’s like a playful backhanded compliment right off the playground. And you could say it without implying you hated the opposite sex. If I hear someone rambling about foids or high-value men, I worry about their love life. But if they say mid, I feel perfectly fine for them.

It gives me hope for straight America.