This is really a big step in my opinion, as language choices can shape opinions, as the article states “a ‘significant step forward’ in recognizing the preventable nature of road collisions.”

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    9 hours ago

    The official new word is “collision”.

    Oopsie, I just had a collision in my underwear.

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      8 hours ago

      While I suspect you’re just trying to be funny, this could be read as an attempt to trivialize car-related fatalities by comparing automobile accidents to bowel malfunctions.

      People don’t usually die from pissing themselves.

      Edit: I’m not trying to shit on anyone’s fun, but I leave comments like this because I don’t like the idea of some hypothetical lurker even accidentally walking away with misinterpretations.

      It’s like how you can make fun of bigots using sarcasm, but sometimes they just take you seriously, and walk away thinking you’re one of them. I hate when that happens, and sometimes you wont even know if it did.

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          5 hours ago

          Ok, then it’s succeeding at two things.

          I wasn’t commenting on the comedic merit.

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          6 hours ago

          That doesn’t mean people who’d read that comment and go “yeah, you tell em” won’t wander in.

          They’d not even have to interact to walk away thinking they got their word in, and that others agree with them.