• jana@leminal.space
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      1 year ago

      Newspeak is intended to make more complex thoughts impossible. This isn’t newspeak; they’re still talking about the topics, they’re just using dumb filter workarounds.

      Though I do feel it’d be obnoxious to actually talk like this when not needed

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        Though I do feel it’d be obnoxious to actually talk like this when not needed

        on the one hand, yes. on the other hand, my generation piloted the spoken use of “lol”, “lmao”, and their myriad variations in pronunciation. this strikes me as merely upholding that proud tradition.

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          I suppose eventually I’ll come around to accepting it, if it persists. But these are not the same; the intent behind them is different. “LOL” is an acronym, not a censorship workaround. Saying it out loud is purely ironic. Maybe the zoomers saying Tiktokisms out loud is also ironic (I’ve personally never heard it directly), but the reason it exists in the first place is stupid

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            At first it was ironic, then it just became a muscle memory response.

            Plenty of people thought text acronyms were dumb and people were even dumber for saying them, even ironically. This is just you being one of those people for the new generation of “kids these days”

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              There is no purpose for using the word ‘grape’ as a substitute for ‘rape’ other than to avoid tiktok moderation. It contains the full original word, therefore doesn’t serve any censorship purpose. Using it this way can even recontextualise the word in a way that trivialises SA. It’s harmful, unlike lol or lmao.

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          Every generation comes up with new terms that the older generations don’t get. The proud tradition has been going strong since language began.