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The side effect of trying to enforce this kind of sensitivity is that you make certain things taboo to talk about. And this is a good example of something that
by mikenew 9mo ago
The side effect of trying to enforce this kind of sensitivity is that you make certain things taboo to talk about. And this is a good example of something that should be easy for someone to talk or even joke about because it makes dipping into that conversation much easier.
- sillywabbit 9mo agoHow about Rogue-like Linux?
- notfed 9mo agoIs there a name for this? I think about this all the time. I've always had a theory that some offensive words may actually be persisting longer solely because we essentially calcify their definitions and never allow them to evolve into new less offensive meanings.
- swader999 9mo agoThis is well researched. See the Werther Effect. Casual, trivial, glamorized, or humorous framing behaves like contagion exposure.
- rootusrootus 9mo agoThe Werther Effect seems to be all about media reporting? All the reputable sources I could easily find suggest that talking about suicide casually does not inspire it.
- janwillemb 9mo agoDouglas Crockford nearly got cancelled because he qualified JavaScript as "promiscuous". People not knowing what the word means plus having a sense of urgency about sensitivity can be a dangerous combination.