Hey @pluralistic : You've been translated (with credit!) : La 芦 merdification 禄 des 脡tats-Unis https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chroniques/2025-08-29/la-merdification-des-etats-unis.php?lid=vlcvdqbdepkt&oeid=e617b8e6f96c8d2eade92566f296748e7f3e9c1dd88854103167f637305e4666&utm_campaign=lpp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=date_29aout&redirectedFrom=https%253A%252F%252Fplus.lapresse.ca%252Fscreens%252F3c3a17d9-1981-4e8b-a2ef-51c5b1c673da__7C___0.html%253Flid%253Dvlcvdqbdepkt%2526oeid%253De617b8e6f96c8d2eade92566f296748e7f3e9c1dd88854103167f637305e4666%2526utm_campaign%253Dlpp%2526utm_medium%253Demail%2526utm_source%253Ddate_29aout
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@davidakin This is the obvious solution for people who won't say "shit" #Enshittificatiion -> #Merdification sounds suitably cultured, short, easy to pronounce.
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@hakona @davidakin @pluralistic Enshittification is a natural emergent property of the economic doctrine of crapitalism.
@lemgandi @hakona @davidakin @pluralistic Not cool to call people who are partially sighted on autocorrect typos, dude.
@cstross @hakona @davidakin @pluralistic
Uh, sorry. Both words made some sense, I wasn't sure what you meant.
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I *love this*. As a translator... chef's kiss! 馃拫
"La merdification" - instant classic. Clean, straight to the point. Immediately recognizable to the EN/FR bilingual.
I am so going to be working that into my conversations.
English ones especially. Anglophones mostly won't know what I am saying, still worrying about their aunt's pen and a particular table. Or going to the library at all times of the day.
Thanks for posting about this. That was a good laugh.
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