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[–] monmothra@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's so awful. Right up there with using euphemisms like "unalive". I can understand if that's a trigger for people but if you write "unalive" they're going to think of "kill" or "committed suicide" or whatever so it just seems pointless. I just want people to use their words. Maybe I'm just too old for this shit. 🤷‍♀️

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Unalive was mostly at first a way to circumvent tiktok moderation and shadowbans, not prevent triggers

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And assholes capitulated. Imagine if nobody had complied with TikTok's idiotic rule? You think they'd keep standing up for that restriction?

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 20 hours ago
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

George Carlin would've done a great rant on this

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Are they like reverse zombies? What do these people think undead means?

Actually unalive kind of makes more sense than undead. But depending on the story, sometimes you have to be fully dead first, so there’s a progression. Or maybe something like “non binary state of animation”? Don’t misanimate my living status, shitlord.