#idk man this just seems so whiny and its annoying to see everywhere

[drunkenfeminista]

i feel like this is a big overreaction that i keep seeing everywhere the last few years. while yes, i agree that theres been a huge push in PG-13'ing the internet in the last few years, i also feel like this is more akin to a forced evolution of slang/language.

a really good example of this that i like to bring up is the cyberpunk TTRPG universe and the very realistic slang that has developed in that alternate world. in the cyberpunk universe, the terms "flatlined" and "zeroed" are the common slang for being killed/dying. the term "unalived", while definitely being forced into use initially by online censorship, isnt really different from "flatlined" and i dont see that as an immature or censored way to describe death the same way "unalived" is seen.

the same can be said for "SA'd". the comment about a coworker using "SA'd" to refer to sexual assault while talking about alcohol honestly has no comparison; one is drink recommendations and the other is an incredibly horrific act forced onto another human being. i dont even get the point in trying to make it seem like theyre close. "SA'd" gets the phrase across just as well, but in a far more conscientious and professionally acceptable manner than just blurting out the word "r*ped" or something. and like...you know what SA'd means. it still stands for "sexual assault" its just been shortened. itd be one thing if they said something like "oh they were no-no square touched" or some shit, but just shortening to SA is rly not weird or dramatic or *dystopic* at all.

idk its just starting to become annoying seeing older millennials and even older gen z'ers bringing up every week how like "oh my god my gen z/gen alpha friend/coworker/relative said this or that relatively normal thing the other day and my faith in humanity died and i realised we are living in a dystopia". like you guys are starting to sound exactly the same as the boomers and gen x'ers who've said all the same shit about millennials the past 30 years.

TL;DR new slang is going to develop one way or another and it isnt dystopic, youre just aging and that both scares you and blinds you by nostalgia.

i know that "unalive" is part of larger worrying trend of self censorship but if you really are in a situtation where you have to avoid the words "die" or "kill" the english language already has centuries worth of much better euphemisms. the iconic and perennial "six feet under"? the lovely imagery of "pushing up daisies"? "shuffle off this mortal coil"????? literally anything from the monty python dead parrot bit???? you have so many options. please try to be more creative at least