Low key and other interesting phrases

The Mongoose said

Yeah, I'm with Anita. Brah and Bruh are completed different than Bro. The people who say them are as different. I see a clear distinction here.

First, I am at peace with you being on my lawn. I notice you there, guidoing, but that's all right by me. It's not you, it's me.

Second, the for a minute thing is quite old, I agree. I've noticed it for quite some time/for a while now/since way back/ a long time ago / for ages now / been noticing this for months (see all those options?) I think it's finally wearing off, thank goodness. So, you don't need to hurl "catching up" insults at me that aren't accurate.

I'm nothing if not a super in tune mongoose.

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I think what Guido was saying was that Black people have been using the phrase for a minute now and it's not going anywhere. Old black people say it, young black people say it. Like the phrase "where you been?", it's more so a part of the vernacular rather than some type of slang fad. If, in your opinion, the use of it is beginning to ebb, it's because the people in your circles that have appropriated the use of it are moving away from using it.

Oh, and I don't like when I get asked "where you been?" because I'm not up to date on the latest trivial occurrence in pop culture. For example, Brad Pitt and Angelina have been divorced, where you been?

Makes me a little angry every time. As if, Im some vacant moron because I don't keep up with the same things as the person uttering this phrase. There's millions of things I cold be doing with my time. At any rate, the phrase isn't going anywhere, but it annoys me nonetheless. Just because I'm not a social media patsy or in tune with the latest sports happening, it doesn't mean I'm out to lunch. I have varied and more profound interest than you. That doesnt make me a pariah. Indeed, where have YOU been? (Not directed at any of you kind ladies and gents).