#doublespeak

[petkittymeowmeow]

Halloween Spooktober Monster Month Season of the Witch

Must Be. The Season of the Witch

MUST BE THE SEASON OF THE WITCH

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TONIGHT WE RIDE!!!

Izz sleep on tings. I’m freeky af right now for you macADaddy I fucken sense you with me. All the feelers! You. Are. All. Up. On. Me! Like a virus a cold bug no fighting it both are in it for de long hall ol towing the line Toeing the line

Trawling for trouble on the dubble

toil and trouble

boil and bubble

Yes Dorothy, generally freeking

Halloween is Double speaking

drop the mic

[nando161mando]

This is Orwell newsspeak

[tinyreviews]

Wordplay: Using doublespeak to manipulate your readers!

Doublespeak distorts, like a cuttlefish squirting ink. It makes the bad seem good, the negative positive, the unpleasant attractive.

It frames reality in a different way than it really is. For example, reframing an act of war as a “defensive freedom” and a “necessary action to protect our way of life”.

Types of Doublespeak:

Euphemism: Using mild or vague terms to mask harshness or unpleasantness.

Example: Referring to tax increase as “revenue enhancement”, shellshock as “”operational exhaustion”.

Jargon: Using special(pretentious, obscure) language that confuse, and exclude those not familiar with the terms.

Example: “The machine has a baseplate of prefabricated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing.”

Gobbledygook: Using complex, convoluted language to appear sophisticated and official.

Example: Instead of saying “We are cutting costs”, say “In alignment with our strategic operational objectives, we are initiating a paradigm shift in our financial allocation protocols to optimize resource utilization and enhance fiscal prudence across all departments.”

Inflated Language: Using grand words to make things appear more significant.

Example: Referring to a janitor as a “sanitation engineer”.

With doublespeak, deceptive language is normalized, politicians don’t lie but misspeak, illegal acts are inappropriate actions, and a fraud is a miscertification.

“If thought can corrupt language, then language can corrupt thought.” -George Orwell.

The above is my summary of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzsEp_hakK4

I like the concept of doublespeak, reframing, and tuning words to convey same-ish, yet different meanings.

Wordplay! Love it!

[shotbyshe]

Words of the Day

consort:

A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.

A companion or partner.

An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.

languid:

Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; listless.

Slow-moving or weak in force.

Showing little or no vitality or animation.

jargon:

The specialized language of a trade, profession, or similar group, especially when viewed as difficult to understand by outsiders.

Nonsensical or incoherent language.

A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin. Not in technical use.

transmute:

To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform.

To undergo transmutation.

conjecture:

Opinion, or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.

An opinion, or conclusion, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

doublespeak:

Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity. Typically used by governments or large institutions.

Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not.

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I find it interesting that the definition of consort went from "spouse", to "gf/bf", to "just some animal you're currently fucking".

There was a lot of conjecture in "The Apothecary Diaries". I really enjoy mystery anime. That series really drew me in. The period-piece setting was also very comforting. I was truly transported. I was languid that week -- I really didn't want to get up and do anything -- "The Apothecary Diaries" was a great temporary escape for me.

There's 'say one thing, mean another' and there's 'say one thing, mean no thing'. The latter is doublespeak. Just STFU please.

[neardeparture]

if you take away the books, they'll come back to immortalize your folly

[sideblowdge]

shofarsogood NOT being zionist here:

i find it fucking weird this person says “i believe in israel continuing to exist” then wonders why people call that out as zionist. Lol. Lmao even

one more time:

[ultramaga]

Ads on my Windows computer? It's more likely than you think!

I started getting ads for MS stuff when the computer was booting up. I don't know if this is new, but I never saw them before, and certainly wouldn't have agreed to it. Apparently as part of a "security update", they snuck in what they call "funfact", which the rest of the universe knows as "outright lies".

[maiverie]

hii i hope ur doing well! just wondering whens the next update for doublespeak :))

hey anon!!! thank u so much for asking hehe im rlly sorry i dont think i have an answer for u ;-;-;—;;—;-;;-; i haven't read doublespeak in so long so i dont really know what the direction its heading in!! BUT!! ill definitely keep this acc updated so pls feel free to keep asking me anytime and the moment i have an answer-ish ill keep u guys in the loop hehehe pls dont hate me ilysm

[ultramaga]

But that’s almost all woke media.  If they wanted genuine diversity, they would create new characters, not reskin the old ones. Making Captain America out of Falcon isn’t creating something new, it’s removing an old character and replacing them with one that doesn’t have the line of progression. Bucky made a ton more sense in that role - he had the superstrength and combat expertise, as well as an intense personal relationship and a need for redemption. Falcon, on the other hand, was a member of the US Military, but never acted like it. He flew, which makes tossing a shield just look silly - he’d be better off with ranged weapons like Iron Man. And he behaved in a manner unbecoming to members of the United States Government, and there were no consequences. But they wanted a black Cap, so that’s what they did. Stuff the story! Same with Captain Marvel, who was always a bad imitation of the original. Marvel Comics tried hard to make the genderswap work, but the only time she became interesting was when Rogue power-drained her. That was erased from the movie, naturally. Can’t have a woman being a victim. Miles Morales has some originality, I don’t hate him, but the fact is he is an imitation of Peter Parker. He has never sold as well as the original. And so on and so on. Ghostbusters 2016 is probably the most extreme example - sex swapped characters, but in the original the women were smart and one of the main men was goofy. In the remake, all the men are stupid and/or evil, no women are stupid, and one of the main characters is a man who appears to be clinically brain-dead. Diversity means everyone is the same. Inclusivity means whites, straights and males are not welcome. Equity just means allocation of resources according to Interesectionality, so that the slaves carrying the woman in a sedan are still painted as her oppressors. Leftism, and the movement it came from, Feminism, is all about Injustice and Unreason, and as terrible as that is ... the unreality of it also makes for terrible art, because art has to have some sort of truth to it, and if you hold that reality is a social construct, then you just don’t believe in truth in the first place.

I hate when 4chan does this...talks sense...

[red--life]

god am I actually gonna have to watch wild life

[meganekkotwi-lek]

Jan sixers werent charged but Luigi was, such double speak bullcrap.

[agentfascinateur]

Big fat JOKE 🤦🏻‍♀️

#twisting his head 360°

#ICC arrest warrants à la carte

[faerytaleonfire]

It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”

no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it

[mumbledgrumbles]

A guide to MAGA doublespeak.

Patriotism means burning the constitution and shitting on people who have fought for it over the past 235 years.

Freedom means taking away personal liberties from women and minorities.

Fiscal responsibility means wealth redistribution from the middle and working classes to the wealthy elite.

Draining the swamp means removing any and all safeguards against corruption so Trump and allies can enrich themselves off the government.

Law and order means using any means possible in Congress and the Supreme Court to prevent justice or criminal prosecution of Trump loyalists who violate the law to maintain Trump in power.

Christian values means supporting a wannabe dictator who brags about sexual assault, lacks any sense of morality, lies habitually, does not believe in the sanctity of his own marriage, and deep in his heart believes Jesus was a soyboy socialist.

In case you haven't read Orwell: Doublethink

[robertbrancatelli]

Doubling Down on Doublespeak

There comes a time in life when things just happen, and they happen twice. I say twice even if they don’t actually occur twice, although they might given enough time. But it is clear to me that I have reached that point in life–whatever it is and however I got here–where I repeat myself. In that sense, things are happening twice if only in my mind, which makes me think of Jaques’ soliloquy about…