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> "request" sounds demanding I wonder if this is a kind of euphemism treadmill. When the feds demand the records on a user from a service, it's an "access requ
by abecedarius 2y ago
> "request" sounds demanding
I wonder if this is a kind of euphemism treadmill. When the feds demand the records on a user from a service, it's an "access request", as if you could politely say no, I would prefer not to. So connotations from "demand" leak onto "request" over time?
- moi2388 2y agoI’m pretty sure this is exactly what’s happening. Also, I’ve noticed that for some reason more and more people care about the words rather than the intention.