That’s just how the news operates now. I get why people dislike it but y’all just sound out of touch.
y’all just sound out of touch
It’s not out of touch to disagree with how the news does things - I don’t think anyone fully aligns with how news media operates.
There exist valid alternative words like “criticises” “scolds” “blames” instead, and using “BOOMs” and “SLAMS” and “BLASTS” is by definition sensationalist - i.e it manipulates the reader into an emotional reaction to sell the newspaper.
“This is justified,” i hear you say, “because newspapers exist to be sold” - but nay, it is not justified, because reporters also must operate with a social conscience!
A newspaper using trashy trigger words like Blast and Slam is literary pollution - reading these words over and over again shifts the way language is used, and we move away from our more precise and varied vocabulary with words such as “criticise” and “blame.” This is making readers more stupid.
Journalists are supposed to champion the written word, not shit all over it. I worry about how this lingo will affect our future generations as well as the ones living here now.
As a Gen X, idgaf. I just want to be a loser and destroy capitalism. And smoke weed.
Both nessecary and reasonible. I bless your noble aspirations.
Judging by the comments here this truly is an unpopular opinion.
Ok boomer.
Writing proper English sentences without clickbait is boomer now?
That user SLAMS this generation, click here to find why!
Explain proper. Those words convey meaning, I as a reader understands x SLAMMED y, means there was a negative reaction by x to y, and that was what the writer intended.
Idk, isn’t that is how language is supposed to work?
Zoomer slams boomer about headline complaint
Millennial, but yup. I’m doing a big Ole SLAM, DESTORYS, and SHREDS on anyone who don’t like it.
Aaargh, I’m burning. Please make it stop.
Okay zoomer
Awwww, I’m being perceived as younger than I am. I’m old enough to treasure these moments.
Ty. Very kind.
You could apply that same logic to everything and never complain ever again.
Not seeing a downside, I look forward to being proclaimed the logic messiah, move over Pythagoras and Jesus.
Anyone wanna join my cult?
The downside is that it enables you to ignore every real problem in the world by just telling yourself that it is what it is. It might be good for your own sanity on the short run but it’s bad for everyone on the long run.
Idk, my country is falling deeper into fascism and my personal rights have been deeply restricted. As have countless others, several losing their lives quite recently. No real end in sight.
I ain’t saying we ignore the world, but focusing on the words is missing the forest for the tree.
I think words can be powerful, and truth can still have meaning. Watering down news headlines with clickbate feels like a step away from that though. Fascists aren’t afraid of a few metal projectiles and death, those are their tools. They are afraid of objective facts and people understanding those facts, rather than their propaganda. We shouldn’t shy away from those tools, but our focus should be on keeping truth and reality relevant rather than gaining clicks.
Who’s giving what to boomers now?
