If I hear "unalive" as a verb one more time dean-frown

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Apparently kids have been saying “unalive” in way more normal contexts too, not just places where you’re trying to avoid bot censors. Like, using it in essays because they think it’s a more formal way of saying it kill, like “dead” vs “deceased”

    (There’s certainly a chance this is made up and I’m sounding like the weird chuds who think there are litterboxes in classrooms and if that’s the case whoops)

    I genuinely wish there was a way to pressure advertisers to knock that shit off. God I hate that word so much. Please just let people say kill I don’t want to hear unalive anymore it sounds so stupid.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      11 months ago

      I just find it incredibly depressing there's a generation growing up whose vocabulary is being directly influenced by Google's bots

      It's just so fucking grim. In 10 years everyone is going to talk like they're trying to trick ChatGPT into saying something naughty

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Language do be rapidly evolving in fascinating and unpredictable ways.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        That one is just longstanding AAVE, "do be" is a present progressive meaning something like "has been frequently known to be". "He do be working" therefore is like "He has been working a lot lately".

      • Sinistar
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        11 months ago

        the classroom litter box thing was something a school experimented with in case students needed to pee during a school shooter drill. Chud media circulated a story claiming that it was to accommodate "furry" students who identified as a cat and didn't want to use the toilet.