If it were real facts we’d just call them facts.
If it were real medicine we’d just call it medicine.
If it were real news we’d just call it news.
I’m not saying this rule always works, just sometimes.
I think Tim Minchin, in his prime coined the saying: Alternative medicine is either:
- Medicine that has not been proven to work Or
- Medicine that has been proven not to work You know what they call alternative medicine that’s proven to work? “Medicine”
Came here to make the Minchin comparison.
Tbf the wording in OP’s post suggests it might be intentional.
Side note, anyone who doesn’t get the reference, here’s an animated version of Tim Minchin’s beat poem Storm. It’s only about 11 minutes long and very entertaining, especially for anyone who appreciates a scientific approach to the unknown. It’s been around for a while but seems more poignant today than ever.
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Bullshit für Deutschland
yup it works
“Let me switch to my bullshit account for that”
Yup, I’m sold
Alternative rock is fine.
In my language, ‘alternative’ is somewhat synonymous with ‘progressive’ (though we still have the bullshit meaning of ‘alternative facts’, ‘alternative medicine’). Is that not a thing in English, too? We rarely have an original thought when it comes to words like this.
That’s a good point about alternative rock. I changed the title from usually to sometimes, maybe usually was too much.
I’ve never thought about the word alternative being synonymous with progressive, I tend of think of as meaning against the grain or against the mainstream but in practice sometimes it just means bullshit like in the title. For example RT calls themselves “alternative media” but they’re really just propaganda slop.
I think there has been a certain amount of cultural change in the rightwing - used to be they just considered themselves the status quo upholders, the ones who were subversive were hippies, educated-but-not-rich city-dwellers, artists etc… Now that more progressive forces became somewhat mainstream and the rightwing radicalized, major parts of the rightwing have adopted a more subversive identity and messaging.
Similar things could be said about things like “real” and “official.”
Also the one I hate the most, Genuine®. That literally means it’s fake.
Are you calling Faith No More “bullshit metal” ? 😮
Well, to me it means “alternative to”, so you can either have medicine or the alternative (to medicine). Alternative to facts is bullshit, so that checks out.
You’re right.
Also, add the word ‘faith’ to that list.
“OK LOOK for the last time I am not Alternativating you!!!”
Alternative Right. Yup. That works.
Alternative energy sources. Hmm. Maybe not everything.
Linux the alternative os to Windows?
you had to take a shower to come up with this?
Totally agree
