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Let’s make robot a dirty word

2 pointsby reimbarabout 4 years ago

2 comments

kbensonabout 4 years ago
While this is a laudable goal, and in this case is really just taking back a word to a more original meaning, I still find myself recoiling at the suggestion of overtly manipulating public opinion by changing (and let&#x27;s not kid ourselves) eventually policing language.<p>While that tactic seems to work, it also seems very destructive in how it works, and is very messy in that it catches many that aren&#x27;t aware that their existing speech has been reclassified without their knowledge by large amounts of people as something else than what they intend to communicate.
WarOnPrivacyabout 4 years ago
Would that make sex robot redundant phrasing?