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NoMoreNicksLeft • today at 5:49 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I think this is... well, hilarious is the wrong word. How does that protect anyone that's suicidal? It's teaching everyone that you will be punished for expressing it.


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LaurensBER • today at 6:53 AM

> How does that protect anyone that's suicidal?

It doesn't, this kind of language policing is all about control and power.

A friend of mine worked as consultant with a big bank in London. They would get weekly emails about what kind of "newspeak" is allowed or not.

They seriously banned terms such as an "all hands meeting".

Woke 1 was absolutely crazy.

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