#euphemism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #euphemism, aggregated by home.social.
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The myth of #meritocracy
#scam #euphemism #corruption
Jon Stewart and Noah Trevor:
https://youtu.be/wBw9u2qtxlc?is=GunEu9NgSJsf2m-r -
The myth of #meritocracy
#scam #euphemism #corruption
Jon Stewart and Noah Trevor:
https://youtu.be/wBw9u2qtxlc?is=GunEu9NgSJsf2m-r -
The myth of #meritocracy
#scam #euphemism #corruption
Jon Stewart and Noah Trevor:
https://youtu.be/wBw9u2qtxlc?is=GunEu9NgSJsf2m-r -
The myth of #meritocracy
#scam #euphemism #corruption
Jon Stewart and Noah Trevor:
https://youtu.be/wBw9u2qtxlc?is=GunEu9NgSJsf2m-r -
The myth of #meritocracy
#scam #euphemism #corruption
Jon Stewart and Noah Trevor:
https://youtu.be/wBw9u2qtxlc?is=GunEu9NgSJsf2m-r -
Read about "#efficiency #reserves" today:
https://archive.ph/R3ela
That's definitely my #euphemism of the day.
Imagine someone saying:
"It's a good thing that in our company we have some strategic efficiency reserves that we can tap into to boost productivity in times of need."
It's so nonsensical, I love it.On a side note: German minister for energy Katherina #Reiche is an absolute disgrace. Every day she's in office is (in the best case) a missed chance to drive #renewableenergy and #sustainability . Most days she seems to be more busy undermining the transition to #greenenergy (thus shoving money to her previous employers) than doing anything more sensible (like playing #minesweeper ).
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@ginaintheburg @thejfreakinc It is my opinion that it is not illegal arrest but abduction.
And it is my opinion that you are whitewashing, bagatelizing and euphemizing their behaviour by calling it "illegally arresting" and "detained" instead of "abducting", and helping the perpetrators, siding with them and standing on their side and betraying the victim by doing so.
Would you say that a rapist abductor murderer "illegally arrested" and "detained" a woman or would you say that he "abducted" her?
#whitewashing #abduction #bagatelizing #bagatelization #euphemizing #euphemism #abductor
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A quotation from George Carlin
The fanatics have another name for fetuses. They call them the pre-born. Now we’re getting creative. If you accept pre-born, I think you would have to say that, at the moment of birth, we go instantly from being pre-born to being pre-dead. Makes sense, doesn’t it? Technically, we’re all pre-dead.
George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Book (2004), When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, “Euphemisms: Political-Interest Groups,” “A Bunny in the Oven?”More about this quote: wist.info/carlin-george/80339/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgecarlin #death #euphemism #fetus #mortality #pregnancy #terminology
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Yes, refineries do need repairs after Ukraine blows them up.
But they don’t want to admit that. ⛽️💥
🤦♂️😝
source (in russian): https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7971552
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Yes, refineries do need repairs after Ukraine blows them up. But they don’t want to admit that. ⛽️💥 🤦♂️😝 source (in russian): www.kommersant.ru/doc/7971552 #RUpol #russia #gasoline #war #Ukraine #euphemism #refinery
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#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #wording / #media / #brutalization / #hatespeech / #euphemism
„Our thoughts may shape our words, but our words also shape our thoughts. Excerpts from a new Israeli book show how the words used to justify the Gaza genocide both reflect and degrade its moral conscience.
These words dehumanize Palestinians — but they dehumanize their speakers even more.‟
https://worldbeyondwar.org/gaza-whats-worse-than-the-language-of-brutality/
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It's Monday. Hope y'all are having a day! ("Have a good day" seems like a lot of pressure in these times.)
I wrote a thing about
euphemism
the Left
doge
Musk
the destruction of the commons
and trauma.Here's the first part:
the Lack in the Left
https://courtcan.com/2025/04/10/the-lack-in-the-left/#euphemism
#theLeft
#doge
#ElonMusk
#theOther
#theLack
#thePublic
#theCommons
#trauma
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I would say the New York Times has its euphemism circuitry stuck in maximum position. An airstrike does not “imperil“ a cease fire, it violates it. The core idea of a cease fire, is to cease firing…
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A quotation from Orwell, George:
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Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carr…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/orwell-george/72771/#quote #quotes #quotation #atrocity #euphemism #equivocation #language #words #framing
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A quotation from Orwell, George:
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Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carr…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/orwell-george/72771/#quote #quotes #quotation #atrocity #euphemism #equivocation #language #words #framing
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A quotation from Orwell, George:
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Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carr…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/orwell-george/72771/#quote #quotes #quotation #atrocity #euphemism #equivocation #language #words #framing
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How #Advertising Rivals #Google & #FaceBook Teamed Up To Use A #Euphemism In Team Pitches To Target #Unknown Minors ( a supposedly banned #Demographic ) In Secret #AdTargeting Pact
https://on.ft.com/3SRfCr4 via #FinancialTimes #SocialMedia #Zuggerfugger