• oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    1984. Every time people on youtube says words like “unalive” I cannot stop thinking about newspeak.

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        6 months ago

        What is your solution? Because this was clearly borne from a place - not of being quirky - but of corporations actively censoring people who speak freely about whatever they decide.

        Start at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, and TikTok if you want to throw deserving slaps

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          6 months ago

          Sometimes I’ll follow a clear joke using some element of the discussion topic (e.g. “not un-slap” as a way to poke fun at the moronic euphemisms) with some serious talk about the real underlying problems but not always. This just wasn’t one of those times.

          My default goal is to add a little levity. The soapbox doesn’t have to come out every time.