Watching tiktok at 3am and seeing the most deppresing most post that hits close to home.
Video: "I hate myself"
Veiwer:"Real."
A term used for agreement, specifically to state that one’s negative emotions match another’s feelings perfectly
“I genuinely cannot take this anymore. My life is in ruins. I have suicidal thoughts every second of the day. Everybody hates me and I hate myself just as much”
“Real”
Popularized by depressing TikTok slideshows, 'real' is used to express how something shown (from the slideshow, for example) is very present in their life, and has a personal effect on them.
Due to a large proportion of such slideshows to be about heartbreak, people commonly mention how real may be used as an acronym for 'Realise Everybody Always Leaves' despite not always being the case.
A: Hey, Look at this video
B: real
Real. Typically used on the internet, Real is used in agreeance to something someone says or a statement made.
Bro I can't carry on anymore, I want to end it.
Real.
real
Person 1: “I wanna kill myself”
Me: “real” (I hate myself)