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minus-squareNosavingthrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoWe should probably resist hyper simplifying language, but whatever, I guess.
minus-squareTriangleSpecialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoI can’t help but think about 1984’s newspeak whenever I see something like the abominable “unalive”. I know the reasons are different for this particular one, but I agree that we seem to be moving into that kind of direction.
minus-squareNosavingthrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months ago“We need a new, more powerful, word for things that are bad and wrong. Badong.”
We should probably resist hyper simplifying language, but whatever, I guess.
I can’t help but think about 1984’s newspeak whenever I see something like the abominable “unalive”. I know the reasons are different for this particular one, but I agree that we seem to be moving into that kind of direction.
“We need a new, more powerful, word for things that are bad and wrong. Badong.”
Agree++