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[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 106 points 5 days ago (12 children)

How do we put an end to this ridiculous "unalive" trend? It's oppressive and childish.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 85 points 5 days ago

Kinda already doing it by being on the fediverse since this trend is a direct result of corporate induced censorship aimed at keeping platforms “advertiser friendly”.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 54 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I believe it’s mostly to bypass mainstream social media filters. Words like ”killing” tend to be blocked.

While we’re speaking of putting an end to things, it would be nice to put an end of this meme image. She made a slightly funny face for one frame in a video, and now that’s her legacy.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Meme police showing up in force ITT

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 days ago

They've got a point, if you've not seen the full in-context video then you should absolutely watch it. She's 100000% right to make the face at the shitheel

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 points 5 days ago

The meme police, they live inside of your head

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

It’s partially a cargo cult at the moment.

It used to be like that, people did their own captions for TikTok using capcut and corp-censored bad words in the text but still said them aloud.

But now TikTok can caption videos automatically and it WILL show “killed” and “murdered” if the word is said.

So if they wanted to censor something, it’s just a matter of a word filter from the captions

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Stop YouTube demonitizing content creators for using anything but euphemisms for death, even outside the context of actually telling people to kill others or themselves. It literally started because of YT policies.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

they started to change, when youtube is switching to a more targeted audience of young children. thats why they have been heavy handing in moderating violence, sex on videos, or curse words. thats why MR beast is still big there. right wing content gets a free pass though for youtube.

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

I refuse to use newspeak

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Just say kill instead of this dystopian Tik Tok bullshit. I refuse to use any service that won't let me talk about the real world without using insane workarounds. It serves nobody's best interests and is only an arms race of fear because people think McDonald's would prefer to sell hamburgers next to the word unalive rather than dead or kill.

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I got banned from hexbear for asking the exact same question. Censoring the word doesn't eliminate the concept, or the act.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 8 points 5 days ago

I don't even understand the point. I know americans love to censor stuff, but you just replace killing or death with unalive. Instead of pedophile you say pdf file and so on. Soon you'll be to sensitive to hear ualive, then some influencer make up a new word, until the english language just consists of the 9 least offensive emojis. And all for what? Because parents who are scared of bad words on the internet. And by bad words i mean words children learn by the age of 6

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago

Simple, just destroy all for profit social media. So easy. /s

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Fuck the piss shitting motherfucking, cocksucking cunt that uses the word 'unalive'. Tits!

Not you ThunderWhiskers, you're cool.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 103 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I feel bad for this lady. She was calm and talking in public with two other people and she gets meme'd like she was being unreasonable. She wasn't, but even if she was she wouldn't deserve it.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 5 days ago

She was just mentioning US statistics of women victims of rape, like you said she wasn't doing anything to deserve ridicule and yet became the face of it

[–] Stylofox@lemmy.cafe 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I often think about this when I see people used in meme templates like this. Do they know?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 27 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Easy fix.

collapsed inline mediap1: 8647? HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT UNALIVING THE PRESIDENT! p2: AWESOME! BIDEN‘S GOT CANCER!

@PortoPeople@lemm.ee please edit.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What was the context? This is the first time I've ever seen this person.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Here it is: https://youtu.be/byOlBCpNKeM

Rewatching it, I used the word "calm" and I still think that but she was "yelling" but not due to the subject matter. It was more due to the number of people outside and the ambient sound.

Like, she's just on the side and talking to the guy to me. Not unreasonably.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

typical trump, after that fake codolence message, he went on a rant said biden was hiding his cancer diagnosis for months.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (4 children)

…written by an intern or a PR specialist.

Donald could NEVER write that, now would he mention Melania

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[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

We may never know. Maybe he learned about it when he decided to drop from the race ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] VeryInterestingTable@lemm.ee 20 points 5 days ago

8646: 😴 8647: 😡

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm here for the observation but don't do my girl dirty like that. She's been through enough.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Pretty disturbing the number of lemmies who show up in that second panel, too.

If the hat fits...

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Not sure if the comparison is apt: I think the lemmies in that second panel have a celebration party planned in the case a Trump assassination succeeds.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I won't party. you think I want this to be president?

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[–] bash@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What in the haunted Victorian porcelain doll is that and how was it allowed to claw its way out of the ninth circle of hell

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

What does 8647 refer to? I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

Also not sure about using the picture of the manic looking liberal lady as a template for this. She probably hates Trump as much - if not more - than you. Plus she's had alt-right people posting these unflattering pictures of her online for years.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I did some thinking and I think it is a reference to '86ing' someone which is slang for kicking someone out. I only heard it used in the 2004 Leisure Suit Larry reboot (probably because I have never been kicked out of a bar). 47 is Trump since he is (unfortunately) the 47th president. So basically saying to kick him out.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Thanks for explaining. Using numbers as political messaging is a bit weird. I'd only ever seen alt-right/crazy people do it before with 1488.

Edit: I believe you'd call it a shibboleth

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

1+4=5

2(8-5)=6

Trump will have three terms so 666 mark of the beast.

Trump is the Antichrist!

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 5 days ago

Huh, the guy crying about 8647 posted 8646 s few years ago so zero self-reflection.

[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Why maga a her instead of literally any of the magas available?

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago

I wish both of these boomers would just fucking die already. And take Nancy Pelosi with you too and Chuck Schumer.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I actually had a look in on /r/conservative today expecting glee but honestly it was full of good words (at least the most upvoted comments).

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So only approved redditors can post or comment in r/conservative, but anyone with a reddit account can upvote. The upvote count and ratio has nothing to do with its approved posters view most of the time. The sub is mostly bots anyway.

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (7 children)

MAGA and...certain... .ml users apparently

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I do not shed any tears for the politicians and leaders that croak. Perhaps, I will when for the one who builds a socialized healthcare system for every single legal US resident based on the same healthcare former President Biden is receiving.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago
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