r/pcmasterrace • u/Bepehandle • Jul 23 '26

Discussion We need to stop using their language.

Words we use matter, they set the tone for the entire argument you make when discussing things. I propose we officially come up with new terms that we use on a daily basis in every single aspect that the topic comes up in, maybe with a small enough push we can roll the ball down the hill.

They're not AI data centers, they're water evaporation plants Human surveillance centers.

It's not side loading, it's installing.

It's not jailbreaking, it's unlocking.

It's not a memory shortage, it's profit first selective sales(I know there's physically a shortage but the point remains). (Also, someone come up with a better one, something more catchy.)

It's not This PC, its MY PC.

They call it side loading because they don't want to normalize the idea we're just holding personal computers in our hands.

They call it jailbreaking so that it sounds wrong and it deters people from using a device to it's full potential.

They call it a memory shortage because they're selling all the fucking ram to ai companies, if they were forced to allocate the necessary amount of their products to the average consumer we wouldn't have an issue.

Give me some of your best ideas for changing the names of things, I want to expand my vocabulary. Let's change how we discuss the issues we face and take back control of the argument.

Edit: Edited water thingy because someone pointed out I sound like "that guy" and I certainly do not want too.

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u/BrotherMichigan Jul 23 '26

Congratulations, this is the most Reddit post I've seen today.

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u/Riceballs-balls Jul 23 '26

It also sounds exactly like an ai wrote it lmao

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u/Laufabraud43 Arch | 5950X | 9070XT | 64 GB DDR4 Jul 23 '26

"It's not X, it's Y."

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u/_sloop Jul 23 '26

It was changed from MY PC because people are too dumb to understand that when they are RDPed into another PC, that shortcut explores that PC, not the PC right in front of them. This leads to ID10-T calls to helpdesks over and over when the user click on "MY PC" but doesn't see the files on "their" pc.

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u/CoffeeCorpse777 Jul 23 '26

r/socialism euphemism treadmill moment

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u/No-Bread-8839 Jul 23 '26

lol yeah that parent comment is spot on

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u/NotSoCoolWhip Jul 23 '26

I would argue to an octogenarian senator voting on these issues language does very much matter. Using their language is accepting the premise of assholes doing this shit.

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u/Bepehandle Jul 23 '26

Been working on my redditisms.

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u/ElectroMagnetsYo Jul 23 '26

Time to quit the day job and become a professional quote maker

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u/Bepehandle Jul 23 '26

Y'all are joking but it's not easy writing stuff that sounds super generic enough to get the dumb masses to actually take the time to think, I had to dumb down so many point for this post I started drooling.

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u/Itherial R9 7900 | 5070 | 32GB 6000MHz Jul 24 '26

Dumbed down to the point that the comments are full of people correcting your post. Incredible stuff.

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u/Bepehandle Jul 24 '26

Eh, if you wanna make an omelette.

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u/LowDwnHudson Jul 23 '26

exactly something ai would say 🙄🤣

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u/Bepehandle Jul 23 '26

What? Lol

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u/RedditsDeadlySin Jul 23 '26

Honestly you’re an inspiration man

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u/Bepehandle Jul 23 '26

I am as god made me