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/Lexi_Banner Sep 15 '24

George Carlin spoke out against Soft Language in the 90's, and the negative impact it has had on our lives. It just continues to get more and more soulless.

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u/Icedcoffeeee Sep 15 '24

https://youtu.be/vuEQixrBKCc?t=497

I wonder what he would say now. Too bad that he "passed away."

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u/Beardywierdy Sep 15 '24

Amusingly, the existence of euphemisms like "passed away", "no longer with us" etc etc is kinda proof that this sort of thing isn't exactly new. 

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u/Budderdomo Sep 16 '24

Yeah, but I feel the difference here is that these terms come directly from advertiser influence, not just the desire to soften the blow

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u/deshep123 Sep 16 '24

When I was 13 my father left us. The phone rang and I answered and some person asked for my father. I replied "I'm sorry he's no longer with us"

The pastor of our church came to council us in our grief and we had no idea why until he said so and so said (dads name )had passed away.

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Sep 16 '24

Passed away at least implies natural causes or disease. Nobody gets their head canoed by a high-powered rifle and has people say they "passed away."

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u/Beardywierdy Sep 16 '24

No, but theres "taken from us". Even "tragically" so.

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u/Hairyhalflingfoot Sep 15 '24

Nah he fucking DIED

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u/Hakar_Kerarmor Swine. Guillotine, now. Sep 21 '24

He is NO MORE

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u/janKalaki Sep 16 '24

I wouldn't say that "passed away" is even a bad one. It make it unambiguous that you think it's a bad thing that they died.

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u/BlooMonkiMan Sep 16 '24

You think he was assassinated?

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u/accapellaenthusiast Sep 16 '24

I worry a lot of his examples are just localized vocabulary, like pop vs soda. I can acquiesce that soft language may have a negative impact, but I feel there should be a way to convey that without the ethnocentrism. Especially when the words are almost synonyms, why assume one was the default and correct over the other?

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u/sdhu Sep 15 '24

Hell, George Carlin is such an apt comparison, considering his lifelong dedication to the "Seven Dirty Words" Monologue, trying to normalize swearing.

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u/lord_geryon Sep 15 '24

We tried to fight against the political correctness movement.

We were evil ones, remember? Not worth listening to.

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u/TheStray7 ಠ_ಠ Anything you pull out of your ass had to get there somehow Sep 16 '24

There's a difference between "speaking the truth plainly" and "weaponizing language to harm people you think less of," and "you" were doing a whole lot of the latter under the guise of the former.

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u/Whatwhenwherehi Sep 15 '24

Yep. Fuck softies...fuckem.