• Not a replicant@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It would certainly accelerate the development of language. How many new words will be invented, or existing words subverted, to serve clandestine communications and slip past the filters? Steganography, anyone?

    Can I See Great Etchings Near Dubai Ending Roughly? <- That’s a bit weak, but you get the idea.

    • MaxTheMummer@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      I like the idea of finding alternative and clever ways of saying things, but I wouldn’t like having to do it out of fear of offending our billionaire overlords.