As a native English speaker, keen feels like a very 1950s TV word. Don't know if that's actually true but feels like that way. I expect you're more likely to hear like cool today are some more contemporary word.

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mixmastamyk 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Brits still use the word somewhat frequently, though I haven’t bumped into many of them in the last ten years.

	▲	ifwinterco 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Keen is definitely a word but when used to describe a person it’s often a bit of a backhanded compliment… you don’t really want to be keen. Saying "I'm keen to do x" or "he's keen to do y" is a fairly common normal usage but having said that, wouldn't normally be my first choice of language as a millennial, maybe does sound a bit old fashioned
	▲	saltcured 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Right, as far as live exposure, I associate its usage with UK/AU/NZ expats in my western US, academic R&D microcosm.
	▲	ghaff 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, I guess I can also see it as more of a Britishism (etc.) currently.

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OJFord 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm also a native English speaker, sounds perfectly normal & commonplace to me.

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ndsipa_pomu an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Still in common use in Britain as far as I know. A more local (Bristolian) word would be "keener" used to describe someone who puts lots of effort into a task to win praise.

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bethekidyouwant 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“It offers fewer words for the people directly around you, but more for belonging at a distance” - the further I get into this article the more it just seems like sampling bias as a narrative.

	▲	OJFord 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a wordy (/AI?) way to say it, but I took it to be commenting on our lives being more 'abstract'/digital than they were, so naturally a lot of our language is less physical. Oughtn't really affect emotive language like 'keen', though.