• GarbageShoot [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    The weird thing to me is why people don't just use existing euphemisms like "punched their own ticket" or "catch the bus" for suicide, or even just a different phrase that doesn't even count as a euphemism like "took their own life". Mangling words like this just feels unnatural.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        They can google "euphemisms for suicide" and their audience can google "what does x phrase mean"

    • lorty@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      Because unalive is one word rather than a full phrase that would take the whole of the screen for your tiktok.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Then use a synonym. Depending on the context, slay, destroy, exterminate, extirpate, snuff, etc. etc.