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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 7mo 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 7mo agoHow about Rogue-like Linux?
- notfed 7mo 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 7mo agoThis is well researched. See the Werther Effect. Casual, trivial, glamorized, or humorous framing behaves like contagion exposure.
- rootusrootus 7mo 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 7mo 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.