• reattach@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    To be fair, I’m much close to the age of the manager in the story than the young person, so I probably don’t have the best grasp on the modern meaning of “cooking.” I just associated it with the phase I already knew.

    TIL

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      1 month ago

      Honestly I’m absolutely no expert either. It’s just slowly been seeping into the vocabulary of a few gamers I watch on YouTube.

      I’m open to be corrected if anyone has a clearer definition.

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        “Let Russ Cook” was a catchphrase in the NFL a few years ago, talking about Russell Wilson. There’s even a Know Your Meme entry on it which says:

        essentially meaning let Russell Wilson be himself and do his thing,

        This apparently originated from a 2019 tweet but can be traced back to:

        a YouTube fan video set to a Lil B song uploaded on July 14th, 2010. The video is titled, “LIL B BASED COOKING (LET THAT BOY COOK),” and features YouTuber Jordan Collier doing a stirring motion with his hand as he dances to Lil B’s track “Suck My Dick Hoe.”

        https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/let-russ-cook

        https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/let-him-cook-let-that-boy-cook