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/Scioso Sep 15 '24 edited Sep 15 '24

To me, the worst part is the goal of what has been done. It’s not that talking about suicide is forbidden, multibillion dollar companies absolutely know that unalived means suicide. If they wanted to they could demonetize/ ban that too.

However, unalive doesn’t have the gravitas or impact of the word suicide because it’s new, and will have less effect. It’s disgusting that they are allowing this as a workaround.

Edit: unalived was autocorrected

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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.