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And now the rest of the world will be very happy learn that they will once more have to silently deal with the aftermath of America’s latest political trend.
by ElFitz 5y ago
And now the rest of the world will be very happy learn that they will once more have to silently deal with the aftermath
of America’s latest political trend.
After banning world-famous paintings from Facebook because they dared show a breast, a few well-off engineers and product managers will now pick which English words should remain, and which should be let go.
How nice of them. Don’t know what we’d do without them.
- systemvoltage 5y agoThis SV culture is being exported to the rest of the world at an alarming pace. https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/12/social-media-are-turbocharging-the-export-of-americas-political-culture https://www.economist.com/international/2021/06/12/social-me...
- omginternets 5y agoIt probably won't make you feel any better, but even in America, there is a feeling of SV is shoving its political trends down our collective throat.
- lm28469 5y agoYeah but they have absolute freedom of speech so they're better than us /s
- londons_explore 5y agoThis isn't unique to SV. There are plenty of examples of words and behaviours that were commonplace and then over time evolved to be unacceptable to use in polite company. I'd like to give some examples, but I fear I'd end up swiftly banned for even using some of the best examples. One interesting case is "idiots, imbeciles and morons" - once technical terms to describe a mental health scale. The 'most insulting' end of the scale is now probably the most acceptable word to use in public!
- IAmWorried 5y ago> There are plenty of examples of words and behaviours that were commonplace and then over time evolved to be unacceptable to use in polite company. Cmon man, there's a big difference between the natural evolution of language and some radical-run company forcibly jamming their desired changes down our throats through an instantaneous and global software update.
- aasasd 5y agoYeah, it's a continuous process, called ‘euphemism treadmill’ (not a technical term though): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Lifespan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Lifespan However, personally I'm pretty sure that the US is overdoing it.
- londons_explore 5y agoThere must be some way to measure that... Eg. Percentage of language 'cancelled' per year.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y agoSupposedly they hate imperialism.
- JaimeThompson 5y ago>banning world-famous paintings from Facebook because they dared show a breast Issues with breasts aren't exactly a new thing in the US, just ask Janet Jackson.
- ElFitz 4y agoFor context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_sh... And this quote, from the wikipedia article, sums it all quite well: > "I know many people in other countries are scratching their heads and thinking 'What in the world is the big fuss over there?'"