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It's worse than that. The whole American language is normalizing toward exaggeration and the use of superlatives for even the most mundane things. As a conseq
by BiteCode_dev 2y ago
It's worse than that.
The whole American language is normalizing toward exaggeration and the use of superlatives for even the most mundane things.
As a consequence, nuances as lost, debates are instantly polarizing, and words lose substance and meaning, so you get little information out of many discussions.
It's not just the bots that make the noise/signal ratio go down. It's also the people.
I hear words like fascists/communists, friends/hilarious, amazing/shit used in such a large spectrum of situations they eventually convey nothing more than what tribe the speaker wants to be identified with and what gains said person hopes to get from talking.
On top of that now, when you need to talk about the extremes, you are lacking the tools to do so, and all things seem to be more or less at the same level. Minor inconvenience and deadly risks, all in the same plater.
And don't get me started on the constant virtue signaling and sale speeches.
From my European point of view, the US communication looks like a circus.
- sandspar 2y agoIt's always nice when Europeans play free with their comments on America as if they understand it.
- cue_the_strings 2y agoHow else is he going to feel superior? Establishment politicians in Europe, on the other hand, pretend to be nuanced, tolerant, resolute... But it's all a charade for midwits. It's as disgusting and dishonest as as American politicians' partizanship. Dark times when "authoritarian" Chinese sound reasonable in comparison.
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoOh no, I fully understand the extent of our own obsolescence.
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoAt this point, I'm still waiting for any clue showing America understands itself.
- ManuelKiessling 2y agoWell, we might not understand the US (how could we — and what would that even mean?), but your parent commentor sure does understand how they perceive certain phenomena and how they feel about them. I will never be able to create music like, idk, Boy George for example, and I therefore don’t “understand” it, but that doesn’t mean I cannot dislike it.
- saghm 2y ago> The whole American language is normalizing toward exaggeration and the use of superlatives for even the most mundane things. > From my European point of view, the US communication looks like a circus. "instantly polarizing", "constant virtue signaling"...it sounds like it's not just Americans who are tending towards superlatives and exaggeration.
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoWhen in Rome.
- drewcoo 2y ago> The whole American language is normalizing toward exaggeration That is lovely.
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoOne must fit the medium to the target audience.