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0 pointsArkhaine_kupo3y ago0 comments

> Your choice of wording suggests that you find the phrase or concept offensive

dont try and be sherlock holmes...

also please do not concern yourself with my feelings. We do not know each other.

> But attacking the phrase as a talking point is shallow.

The performative language of culture war vocabularies is interesting to point out, specially when talking points get virality quicker and quicker.

> the orthodoxy of the week.

funny wordchoice when being questioned about using the phrase du jour.

If you don't mind me asking what are this parallels between children care and big tech companies that have appeared over the years?

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cal853y ago

On the Internet, a new or rare term can suddenly start spreading like wildfire if it (a) is applicable to the topic everyone is suddenly talking about, and (b) perfectly captures something that people already recognise. It’s just life. It doesn’t mean everyone is an idiot or wrong or whatever. It’s just a word that works in the situation.

Arkhaine_kupoOP3y ago

Yep, I understand how virality works. But virality works through networks. So when a word starts you can understand stuff about it through which network it originates from.

This can be something as silly as fan groups of a certain tv show, or as dangerous as propaganda from a foreign nation.

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