Discourse

You know, it's harder to come up with these than you'd think. And I'm tired. So, no definition for you. And I don't owe you anything. You're actively participating in my comeuppance. Pieces of shit. You're a bunch of fucking assholes. You know that right? I was right about all of you.

Hym "Sooo... The public discourse being democratized if bad (because why should a golden god have to acknowledge a peasant? He should be doing what everyone else is doing. And everyone else should be doing what I tell them. Then everything would be better for everyone.) but identity being democratized is good? That's how people end up getting lobotomized or thrown in an oven. .."

by Hym Iam July 18, 2022

discourse

the worst website with the worst mods ever

discourse I wouldn't wipe my ass with that

by ×××radical××× February 18, 2021

Discourse

Perpetually online losers whining over things they know little to nothing about, or are entirely fictitious.

Ryuji: "Hey ren-ren! Baldur's Gate 3 made Fire Emblem Three Houses discourse pop up on twitter again! Wanna see me write some tweets?"
Ren: "Shut up, nerd!"

by Pylot April 15, 2024

Discourse by Power (Opposite of Conspiracy Theory)

The understanding that the boundaries of acceptable discussion—what can be said, what can't, what's reasonable, what's extreme—are shaped by power operating openly, not secretly. Where conspiracy theorists imagine hidden forces manipulating discourse, Discourse by Power sees universities training journalists, foundations funding think tanks, corporations owning media, and governments defining acceptable speech—all legally, visibly, and effectively. The limits of discourse aren't imposed by shadowy cabals; they're maintained by institutions whose power is public, whose operations are legal, whose influence is the normal functioning of society.

Discourse by Power (Opposite of Conspiracy Theory) "Certain views never appear in mainstream media. Conspiracy theorists think there's a secret blacklist. Discourse by Power says: media owners have political views, advertisers have preferences, journalists have shared training. The boundaries are maintained openly, through normal operations. No secret list needed when everyone already knows what's acceptable."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Femiturd discourse

When a feminist wants to explaining something but only shit comes out of her/his mouth

Big Red was screaming her femiturd discourse in the middle of the street.

by Femimeninist June 6, 2017

Imposed Discourse

The forcible limitation of what can be said, thought, or discussed—through censorship, punishment, threat, or structural exclusion. Imposed Discourse doesn't just shape opinions; it shapes the very terms of debate, the questions that can be asked, the frameworks that can be used. Certain topics are forbidden. Certain questions cannot be raised. Certain frameworks are simply unavailable because anyone who used them would face consequences. Imposed Discourse is power drawing the boundaries of speech, then pretending those boundaries are natural.

"You can discuss labor conditions, sure. But if you mention unionizing, security escorts you out. That's Imposed Discourse: the boundaries of acceptable speech drawn by power, enforced by threat. You can say anything—as long as it's within the lines they drew when you weren't looking."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Manufactured Discourse

The subtle shaping of what can be said, thought, and discussed through control of language, media, education, and cultural production—without direct coercion. Manufactured Discourse doesn't forbid certain topics; it makes them unthinkable, unsayable, ridiculous. It floods the available channels with certain framings, certain vocabularies, certain assumptions, until alternatives seem naive, extreme, or crazy. People don't refrain from questioning because they're afraid; they refrain because the questions never occur to them, or occur framed as obviously wrong. Manufactured Discourse is power that doesn't need to censor because it's already shaped what anyone would want to say.

"Decades of advertising, media, and education have made 'consumers' feel like a natural identity. That's Manufactured Discourse: the language of markets applied to everything, until citizenship itself becomes customer service. No one forbade other frameworks—they were just never made available."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026