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"A recent tweet from the US Department of Defense boasts about the killing
capabilities of the US military as follows: “Low cortisol. Locked in.
Lethalitymaxxing”. To many, that will sound as indecipherable as the teenagers
that discuss “high-tier Beckys” or the
New York Times warning of
“Tate-pilled” boys.
Many will have now seen the 6 February tweet that went globally viral, viewed
more than 24m times and since discussed in endless analyses and explainers:
Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his
Cortisol levels. Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more
useful then SMV chadfishing in the club?
In 2026, this kind of language is appearing more frequently, from America’s
most prominent newspaper to the highest tiers of the US government. Why has
this disfigured way of speaking become so normalized?
It starts with the rise of “incels”, a growing cohort of men who are
“involuntarily celibate” and think women are to blame. Propagated via online
forums like 4chan – the source of much gen Z slang – it has made its way to the
mainstream thanks to a combination of algorithms, in-jokes and a Trump
administration keyed into the language of these communities."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
