I was literally JUST thinking about that old Whitest Kids U’ Know sketch - the “Grapist” - in relation to this nonsense, and then this reply came in. Like I said, the self-censorship truly cannot be parodied. And it’s infinitely more tasteless than just using *grown up words* for things. - ThreadSky

commandersterling.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I was literally JUST thinking about that old Whitest Kids U’ Know sketch - the “Grapist” - in relation to this nonsense, and then this reply came in.

Like I said, the self-censorship truly cannot be parodied.

And it’s infinitely more tasteless than just using *grown up words* for things.

Reposted from Thaily

Oh, found it!
Woof! That's rough. I've heard "unsubscribe from life" ironically, which made me laugh. Even that's better than "sewerslide".
Also heard "grape" instead of "rape" and yikes. Yikes galore.
slang.net/meaning/sewe...

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blackdelphinium.bsky.social•1 day ago

We were just talking about that sketch last night!

madameoconnell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Whatever happened to just posting a disclaimer before something about the content, and then just using regular, adult words?

thaily.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think there's definitely a movement from authorities to try and stifle speech surrounding mental health, the discussion of which has increased significantly due to increased awareness, most of which I think is because of the internet.

commandersterling.bsky.social•1 day ago

YT makes a disgusting show of caring about mental health - it sent me a performative wellness check the same day it age-gated a video that mentioned self-harm.

Acting like you care while actively forcing the topic back into the dark is sick.

thaily.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's absolutely nauseating and makes me wonder what else these people are trying to suppress. Huge red flag.

zefram.bsky.social•1 day ago

Youtube and Twitch are going to cause the entire English-speaking world to devolve into using Cockney rhyming slang and it makes me bread inside.

mockgod.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can we please just use English? Can we acknowledge that children often know what we're talking about, and that as adults, or people concerned about the subject, we can just use the words? I'd read stuff well in advance of "s**de" concepts before I finished primary school; kids aren't that stupid

themeguy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ive had a different WKUK sketch on my mind as of recently for no particular reason

https://youtu.be/QEQOvyGbBtY?si=CZWblbYi09CJdukq

bwnci.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t know, a hard lean into this stuff could be hilarious. Reminds me of the airline version of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Peas and rice, anything’s funking better than “sewerslide.”

thatsamorey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh man, I remember that sketch. I haven’t watched it in a while but I don’t think it’s aged very well.

jpofferz.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s so fucking obnoxious too how for YEARS advertisers would be all like “we LOVE your content! Big fans! We’d love you to sponsor us!” To creators that swore or regularly discussed mature topics, while also asking them to not do or say the things they’re known best for doing.

jpofferz.bsky.social•1 day ago

This just feels like that, but without the fake niceness “we love your stuff” mask on

jpofferz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just using algorithms to strong arm content creators into contorting to fit what is advertiser friendly

derwafflemous.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly it all reads like names you would see in the developer credits of half life death match maps circa 1999

salmon-of-doubt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hmm. It's not really self-censorship or slang. It's a cant. It's just a workaround to avoid the algorithms of Tik Tok and Youtube. Nearly any living person can see through it, but so it seems to outwit the bots quite handily.

salmon-of-doubt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now the youth use it for different reasons, some as a way to be repugnant little shits and others as a way to still discus important subject matter. But either way it's a way to subvert an authority who is mishandling.. well everything (as authority is wont to do).

salmon-of-doubt.bsky.social•1 day ago

This kind of anti-language has been around for millennia. This is not newspeak, it's thieves cant. It exist to communicate ideas that someone else doesn't want communicated.

funkym217.bsky.social•1 day ago

This was exactly why I developed the "Turrican Test". As you probably already know, Turrican's Tagline was "Shoot or Die", and if you can't say either of those words on your platform, YOU FAIL THE TURRICAN TEST.

old-iron-balls.bsky.social•1 day ago

Using correct language is important.

The collective dumbing down of humanity is concerning.

gregdean.bsky.social•1 day ago

I quite like 'speedrun your lifespan'.

ichaukan.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've always had a theory that one reason YT went completely rabid with censorship in the last few years was to punish true-crime creators. Many of the stories describe victims doing everything right, going to law enforcement and consistently being told "we can't do anything".

nikomikiri.bsky.social•1 day ago

Euphemism like “the time I tried to shuffle myself off this mortal coil” helps me talk about the time I…did that. But the ways euphemism is enforced now for even generally talking about anything mental health or violence related seems Not Great.

zefram.bsky.social•1 day ago

George Carlin did an entire bit about "euphemisms" and the deliberate softening of language. Some of the particular examples he listed haven't aged well because the new terms were more inclusive*, but the intent remains very salient.

zefram.bsky.social•1 day ago

*as an example, shell-shock vs post-traumatic stress disorder because it turns out people outside combat can get it.

nikomikiri.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hot take, I disagree with almost the entirety of that bit. Most of it is pedantic (which is fine for jokes but not for people citing it as cutting commentary) and the rest is just an old man not liking change to language. The good part about smug white folks creating language to hide sins is buried

zefram.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hence why I saw parts of it haven't aged well.

nikomikiri.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hence why I replied that almost all of it hasn’t aged well and some of it is outright wrong so I don’t think it’s a useful reference when talking about enforced/voluntary censorship on social media

spaghetti.expert•1 day ago

You know how our grandparents get really offended when we say baseline swears, and then don’t understand why we get offended by slurs? I think we’re genuinely going to grow up into the same situation where we say shit like kill or suicide and kids are exasperated at how offensive we are. :(

spaghetti.expert•1 day ago

well not the exact same situation. slurs are actually ontologically offensive. but it's going to be a shift of offensiveness and the kids will invent a whole new type of hyperswear that offends us.

sleepyzane.bsky.social•1 day ago

that's an interesting thought.

schaumhoernchen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually, as I am genuinely curious:
I'd like to ask you about this - you obviously do not (thank God for that and you) shy away from using swear words in your videos - so why the 'skeleton warriors'? Is it just a bit by now, or is there a deeper reason for this particular word?

zefram.bsky.social•1 day ago

Youtube doesn't like the word cunt in particular and will limit your video's reach if you use it.

schaumhoernchen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wouldn't that be the case with words Steph *does* use limitless at times?

That's what had me wondering. I know certain words restrict the range of viewership.

But that, to my knowledge, isn't limited to just 'cunt' alone. Hence the question. 🤔

silenthillx.bsky.social•1 day ago

I also hate the cutesy words used to try and censor serious words like "pedophile" and "child porn" to PDFile and Cheese Pizza, like come the fuck on.

draddams.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is double-plus-ungood.

vandaltree.bsky.social•1 day ago

On one hand I get that some people avoid words like suicide because they can be triggering.

But on the other hand, using Teletubbie names to describe acts of violence is patronizing, *at best*

arad1el.bsky.social•1 day ago

My annoyance with it is that it's a secret language that, unless you're immersed in it, you don't get immediately. So rather than understanding the message I waste mental energy asking myself what the hell these kids are talking about, and if I should shout at them to get off my lawn

transmasc-solaire.bsky.social•1 day ago

It feels so much worse to me, as someone who’s lived through things bad enough for a Netflix documentary. If I ever had my story out there and they censored it, I would astral project into their home and cause havoc.

midnightmass.bsky.social•1 day ago

at the very least have interesting euphanisms

"This viral wood burning trend is a great way to move up your appointment with God"

woodsrunning.bsky.social•1 day ago

You know how everyone says "this is literally 1984" and it's not.
This is literally 1984.

bellzine.bsky.social•1 day ago

they've made it so difficult to talk about anything serious while retaining monetization, even self-edited bleeps are caught by YT's system and discouraged. what options are still out there for creators who refuse to use bullshit babytalk?

alexmittoo.bsky.social•1 day ago

That being said, the people who cut to a video of Kermit sliding down a sewer pipe is an excellent bit on par with you calling someone a cuSKELETON WARRIORS

blazingskies.bsky.social•1 day ago

People invoke 1984 too often, but this genuinely reminded me of the section about Newspeak, and how it was intended to remove entire concepts from our brains.
Big Brother Algorithm is here.

commandersterling.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m writing something about all this and make the same point - it’s one of the cases where 1984 comparisons are absolutely apt.

YouTube is reshaping language for the worse with all this.

wasteof.technology•1 day ago

I could be wrong, IIRC a lot of this comes from TikTok where users have correlated "bad words" in videos with lower views, and the platform's silence on whether or not there's any actual algorithmic suppression involved has led to cargo-cult self-censorship in the same way

commandersterling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh for sure, it’s every platform really. Content on both YT and TikTok is complicit.

wasteof.technology•1 day ago

really it all just makes me want to buy the Muppets property out from Disney to open a theme park ride called Kermit's Sewer Slide

damhanallalquds.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oscar the Grouch was right there.
At the entrance.
Looking for the worst trash bits that got washed away.

salmon-of-doubt.bsky.social•1 day ago

YT will demonetize your video for swearing. Watch any video from a creator who doesn't have a Patreon page, you'll hear quite a few of these replacement words.

silenthillx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually Youtube started this trend when they created VEVO, there you started seeing songs getting censored even more severely then they were on the radio.

jakeparappahainey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly, these words mean something. Yes they are harsh, strong uncomfortable words but we need to treat them seriously.
If a platform is cutting down on them we need to rebel against the censorship rather than try to get around them by cutsying them up.

Grape, Unalive, PDF-file. Fuck the lot of em

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