Reading it feels like nails on a chalkboard to me every time

  • Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Every shitty casino-for-kids mobile phone game, usually in the fake reviews that somehow spin “addicting” as a positive.

    • goatmeal [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Ah okay. I know why they do it. "Addictive" has a negative connotation so they're forced to put the positive spin on the other word. Perhaps you knew this. I can see why it would bug you.

      My pet peeves

      Antisocial vs Asocial. I want antisocial reserved for psychology and being a loner to be described as asocial. So I really like Kendrick Lamar's line about being an "antisocial extrovert"

      Also Reactionary vs Reactive.

      To be someone who reacts to everything is to be reactive. Reactionary should be reserved for politics

      I use the bleeding of both abnormal psychology and backwards politics into apolitical discourse a part of a trend of western decline

      Addicting being spun as good is a great example of that.