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Is it just me, or are people becoming more prudish? (feddit.org)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by ki4jgt@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Pornography restrictions being codified into law, adult art being restricted from most Lemmy instances, Tarot readers blotting out the nudity on their cards on Reddit.

I'm watching the Magicians, on Amazon, and I use subtitles. All the curse words are purposefully filled in with random letters, so as not to offend the reader.

What's up with all the prudishness? Can people knock it off, please?

People have vaginas. And titties. And dicks. And asses. They swear. They drink. They fuck. Why is this generation afraid of that? Acknowledging these things isn't going to increase your chances of being sexually violated. So, what's the deal?

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[-] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 46 points 17 hours ago

It's the major social platforms pushing people to self-censor, mostly. It's a well-known phenomenon called "algospeak", where modifications to the language intended to bypass social network censorship end up seeping into in-person interactions, such as the verb "to unalive"

[-] ki4jgt@feddit.org 20 points 17 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algospeak

this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2026

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