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It’s not about whether they can face it. The younger generations are more in tune with mental health and topics like suicide than any previous generation. The e
by kevinventullo 1y ago
It’s not about whether they can face it. The younger generations are more in tune with mental health and topics like suicide than any previous generation. The etymology of the euphemism was about avoiding online censorship, while its “IRL” usage was merely absorbed through familiarity from the online usage.
- mcny 1y agoBut unalive self is suicide and unalive is just death, right? For example, You can unalive other people against their will...
- rhdunn 1y agoI've seen 'unalived' used as a synonym for 'died' or 'killed' by YouTube minecrafters (e.g. CaptainSparkles) to avoid YouTube's demonitization/censorship. For example, using "I was unalived by a skeleton." instead of "I was killed by a skeleton."
- soulofmischief 1y agoLiteral Newspeak in action and we're doing nothing about it.
- fennecbutt 1y ago'An hero' came before it but that was as a meme. Unalive is mostly to avoid censorship same as ahh. But once they enter common usage it's not really about censorship anymore.
- labster 1y agoThe damaged interpret internet censorship and route around it.
- rootsudo 1y agoIt's not about being intune, it's that their narrative is shaped by the filters implemented by online interactions. Online env ban the word suicide. No one uses it. unalive is not banned. Discussion is the same, word or no word. Vernacular 101.
- coldtea 1y ago>more in tune with mental health and topics like suicide than any previous generation. More in such a fad than any previous generation