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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by lapcat on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @04:40AM (#38938256)
> While it may be taboo to say so

What does that even mean?

You just said it, and it's also been said by countless people ever since the aforementioned 60s.

It's not taboo, it's trite.

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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by throwaway98797 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @06:04AM (#38938908)
it’s taboo because they are advocating a limitation of rights for one party to benefit another others

the us isn’t a collective society but an individualistic one

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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by lapcat on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @08:18AM (#38939106)
> it’s taboo because

I think you mean simply "controversial".

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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by alienicecream on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @01:08PM (#38941350)
If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.
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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international by lapcat on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @01:39PM (#38941680)
> If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it.

How does that follow? It's a longstanding controversy. The same arguments have been made over and over again.

> It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.

It can be both trite and controversial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106

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