Does anyone ever pay attention to common words/phrases that are "secretly" horrifying?

3 years ago by bblloooodd to c/comradeship

Maybe it's because I'm obsessive about words and enjoy overthinking things, but I do this a lot with common words and phrases that we use. The one that horrified me today was the phrase "cost of living". It's right in front of our faces that it literally costs money to remain alive. Did we know this already? Of course! But the fact that it's so deeply woven into every aspect of our lives and people don't even pay attention to what's coming out of their mouths is wild to me. Wild, and wildly upsetting.

I hope this wasn't a weird post or a post that doesn't belong! I will delete or accept a removal of the post if it doesn't fit. Thanks for reading all of this.

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cosmonautjem 14 points 3 years ago

"Schizophrenic" diagnoses exploded in popularity during the Civil Rights movement era as a medically-sanctioned way to otherize Black people and dismiss their concerns as just being "nuts".

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