Oxford University Press just dropped their pick for 2025's word of the year: "rage bait." You know what that is, right? It's those posts intentionally crafted to piss you off—frustrating, provocative, sometimes downright offensive stuff. The whole point? Getting you heated enough to engage. Pretty wild that this made word of the year, but honestly? Makes total sense given how online spaces operate now.
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StableGenius
· 12-02 05:44
empirically speaking, oxford finally naming the obvious... took them long enough. the entire engagement economy was literally built on this model, but sure, let's celebrate institutional lag as insight. as predicted, they're always a cycle behind what actually matters.
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InfraVibes
· 12-02 05:41
This word choice is absolutely perfect, it's like holding a mirror up to the internet.
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gas_guzzler
· 12-02 05:38
Haha, now it's good, even Oxford has to admit that our network ecology is terrible.
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PaperHandsCriminal
· 12-02 05:27
Oh dear, isn't this just my daily routine... as soon as I go online, I'm rubbed on the ground by this thing.
Oxford University Press just dropped their pick for 2025's word of the year: "rage bait." You know what that is, right? It's those posts intentionally crafted to piss you off—frustrating, provocative, sometimes downright offensive stuff. The whole point? Getting you heated enough to engage. Pretty wild that this made word of the year, but honestly? Makes total sense given how online spaces operate now.