• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        It’s a very overused and absolutely terrible use of a word.

        For two reasons:

        1. It has a predefined meaning, and if you read what the DA creators say, they’re not actually “slamming” it. While they’re pretty openly hostile - and for good reason - that’s a far cry from what someone “slamming” someone else or a quote would be.
        2. It’s inclusion in the headline is for sensationalism, which would not be needed as the “You’re an idiot!”-quote already does that. Or maybe it’s just surprising how desensitivized people on the net are nowadays.

        To think it further, consider the whole headline had been slam-ified:

        Dragon Age GOATs slam “woke” lollerz: “Cry moar!”

        • can@sh.itjust.works
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          1 month ago

          It’s included in headlines is because it’s a small word. At least historically. Now it’s just a holdover.