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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What the fuck is "unaliving". Are you saying that unironically? If so, it's staggeringly Orwellian.

[–] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

It's literal newspeak, invented so that messages about people's deaths (esp. suicides) can sneak through the censors of video social media (TikTok and YouTube mainly)

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, it's common parlance that attempts to avoid previous words associated with stigma.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Okay, it's fucking ridiculous. And literal Newspeak.