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Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by nobody9999 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @07:28AM (#41319034)
>If you see someone performatively policing language feel free to call them out on it.

Okay. Stop policing[0] the language of others! Is that about right?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41318158

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Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by burnished on Friday August 23, 2024 @07:30AM (#41328045)
lol

I'm very clearly not policing anyone's language there. Did you mean to link a different comment?

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Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by nobody9999 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:50PM (#41342945)
You are exactly who and what others perceive you to be, as far as those others are concerned.

It's a useful lesson, once learned.

Edit: Fixed punctuation.

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