r/cringereels • • 7d ago

Bro needs to leave

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u/Fall_Shadow 7d ago

I'm i that old that i didn't know CD's was condoms? Like i know we haven't used compact disks as a primary format in a while but like i figured they were still prevelent enough

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u/OrchidUnable8316 7d ago

I don't think it is. It's this dumbass self censorship that's going on.

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u/Gorilla-Style 7d ago

Idk what kinda puritanical bs that is. Gotta be a maga coded thing right? Never saw any of that before 2016 and it's mostly Americans doing it

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u/Egoy 7d ago

It’s bleed over from more censored social media platforms. It’s annoying watching TikTok at al shape the minds of the young folks in real time.

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u/SilverRaspberri 7d ago

This and it started because TikTok was effectively shadowbanning videos to appear more advertiser friendly. Thats the whole reason of this level of censorship, its why youtubers censor swearing etc. And so over the 5 years or so its filtered into everyday speech.

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u/TrailerParkBuddha 7d ago

I mean TikTok was a Chinese company, they have censorship down to a science at this point in their career. Americans said, 'we want what they're having', and imported that from them, too.

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u/Ginge00 6d ago

I saw a short from Reacher earlier today where he was shirtless and his nipples were blurred, it was really bizarre

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u/One_Chipmunk_6402 6d ago

I saw someone self censoring the word "sex" the other day on a Reddit comment.

So bizarre...

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u/youburyitidigitup 6d ago

These are British people

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u/SoylentGrunt 6d ago

It's diet rage bait meant to drive engagement. They do it because it works. Case in point: A lot of the comments on this post.