Saw this on twitter, with a picture that I think was from that “School Days” anime. It said “15 years ago today, [family name I couldn’t read] Makoto d-word-ed”. (if that’s what it is).
Since it’s School Days, I’d think — hope— it’s ironic.
Also, why do people in English censor the word “death” or “died”? It always seemed ridiculous to me. Did people like, search it and send them graphic videos? If so, wouldn’t the harassers/bots/whatever just start searching “d-word”?
Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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Hate is such a strong word but I really hate when people use dumb euphemisms for death. Unalive is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
It’s not a dumb question, but I don’t think it’s really as common as you seem to think it is in either English or Japanese.
As for whatever reason whoever posted that would have to censor or write in an alternate style the word for death, I can’t really say. But it’s not something that really happens so much that you need to worry about it all that much, I think.
IDK about Japanese, but for English this is only done in specific online spaces. Websites like YouTube or Twitter use AI to monitor word usage and it can affect search visibility and even lead to account warnings or suspension. So users will censor themselves to avoid this happening.
There are other interesting ways they censor certain words, like the other day I came across 脂肪. I was like what has fat got to do this the topic, then it hit me because it’s pronounced the same as 死亡. I found it really interesting.