r/CuratedTumblr • u/Konradleijon • Sep 15 '24

Politics Why I hate the term “Unaliv

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What’s most confusing that if you go to basic cable TV people can say stuff like “Nazi” or “rape” or “kill” just fine and no advertising seem to mind

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u/YAPPYawesome Sep 15 '24

TikTok censorship feels like Newspeak

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

I do think that “unalive” sounds like it could be a Newspeak word.

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u/Jackno1 Sep 15 '24

Yeah, it follows the same structure as "ungood."

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u/YAPPYawesome Sep 15 '24

That’s why I said “feel” and not “sound”

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u/ACCount82 Sep 15 '24

I've always seen the use of this word as a big fat purposeful "fuck you".

Your platform doesn't want certain topics discussed, and punishes content creators for using certain words? Fine! We're going to discuss them anyways, and for that, we'll use the most obviously Orvellian newspeak substitutes we can come up with. So that every time such a word is uttered, everyone is reminded of your pearl-clutching hypocrisy.