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Is "freaks out" really appropriate for a news piece title? Did a seventeen year old girl write this? Yikes.
by virtuexru 10y ago
Is "freaks out" really appropriate for a news piece title? Did a seventeen year old girl write this? Yikes.
- shankun 10y agoThis is the new CNN. On the positive side, at least they didn't use "has a cow".
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoIt is in the tech section. Tech writers tend to be younger and less traditional.
- dukeluke 10y agoNo, it's not appropriate, but it's what happens when an organization caters to the lowest common denominator for too long.
- w00tw00tw00t 10y agoa bit sexist/condescending here? you're implying s 17 year old boy wouldn't say that? why refer to gender?
- diN0bot 10y agoI don't mind critiques of language formality or effectiveness, etc, but no need to police or denigrate young women. Keep misogyny out of it.
- libria 10y agoAre you not the one dragging mysogyny into the conversation? There's nothing wrong with a 17 year old speaking in this fashion and GP didn't say there was. They only said journalists shouldn't. They also implied it's more commonly found among females. Again, only a comment on what they perceive; there's nothing illegal or unexpected with a 17 year old saying "like, omg, freaks out".