The one I'll bring up, as an example of "not as political" but still harmful, is used by chuds, libs, and leftists alike as a throwaway putdown, insult, and thought terminating cliche.

"WHO HURT YOU?" :very-intelligent:

The damage it does to social discourse comes from further normalizing the implication that being hurt is a mockable thing that deserves ridicule and dismissal, and the other problem is that it makes sincere suggestions to actually seek actual help, stated in good faith, get lost in the haze of :reddit-logo: tier le epic takedowns.

My runner-up is "grindset." The entire concept is poison and seems to contaminate impressionable brains at an alarming rate. Motivating people to improve themselves and achieve things in a healthy way is harder to do when so much online discourse is chuddy grifters jerking themselves off while bullying people for not "grinding" hard enough, no matter that person's situation.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    ah but that’s basically “shitty politics: The TV show”,

    It's "centrist" and "makes fun of everything" (except the shitty libertarian ideology of its chud owners) which in the minds of far too many people means it's not shitty politics. I know it's an edge case because I said try to avoid direct political messaging, but the fact that it was "centrist" therefore "not political" by extension to its fandom was fuuuuucked.

    “Microtransactions”

    :only-good-gamer: should have held the line at Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion horse armor. :sadness:

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        :todd: You're welcome! Now buy Skyrim again.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I'm still holding the line at cd-keys and printed manual copy protection codes, like the Deserter in Disco Elysium.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      2 years ago

      Also "makes fun of everything" means that Mormons get made fun of for being silly and goofy and having dumb lore(Also goes for how they mock Scientology), while trans people get made fun of through

      CW: Describing transphobic south park shit

      Comparing them to surgically trying to be black, or a dolphin. Or the whole separate episode from that shit where trans women are mocked as literal macho men trying to brutalise cis women.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        They'll superficially make fun of everything except their own empty superficial rich white nihilistic libertarian asshole ideology.