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"The passive voice makes it sound like some act of God, something regrettable but unavoidable that just somehow happened. " That's a really odd take.
by SirFatty 1y ago
"The passive voice makes it sound like some act of God, something regrettable but unavoidable that just somehow happened. "
That's a really odd take.
- RandomBacon 1y ago> odd take It's not odd when the sentiment is widespread, for example, look at the other comments in this thread that talk about it.
- SirFatty 1y agoOh, well if everyone else is parroting it, then it must be correct.
- reliabilityguy 1y agoI hope you see the irony of “ everyone else is parroting it, then it must be correct”.
- some_random 1y agoYou should probably just state what your opinion on it is, instead of bouncing between different complaints.
- squigz 1y agoIt's not that odd - it's simply pointing out that phrasing can and does play a rather large role in how we internalize and react to news.
- thoroughburro 1y agoIt was an extremely common criticism of the passive voice. Yours is the weird take.
- CivBase 1y agoFor what it's worth, I agree. It never crossed my mind that the phrasing could lead anyone to believe the suicides were "unavoidable" or an "act of God", especially when the title clearly ties the suicides to a causation. The phrasing could be made more accusatory, but I don't think that's inherently better.