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by MereInterest 279 days ago
It’s NewSpeak. The concept is often misapplied to refer to the use of new words for new/nuanced concepts, but that isn’t accurate to how it is described in 1984. Instead, NewSpeak is a stripping away of words and phrases, such that only the acceptable responses can even be expressed.

Every time a dialogue box has “Sure”/“Ask me later”, they are preventing you from expressing “No”.

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Phrasing things like a buddy is not an example of what you're describing. They're separate issues.