Question: why do we talk in code?

[heartinparadise]

why do we use code words ie.
ctb
N
SN
PPH
etc,

not that there's anything wrong with this, yet why?

 

[LostLily]

Because pro-lifers might be watching. They been trying to take down the site for years.

 

[SpamMusubi]

Abbreviations are great. I don't really wanna type out "greatest of all time" or "United States of America" when I can simply just say GOAT or USA.

 

[Awesomefoid67]

i think most communities naturally develop something like this tbh it's just natural that like for some stuff we abbreviate it so it's faster and others come from having like less recognisable terms probably idk

 

[Forever Sleep]

CTB I believe is a throwback to an earlier version of the site where people were afraid of the actual words being searched by pro-lifers and the site being targetted. That may go for other terms also.

Maybe we use CTB as a more gentle form of meaning suicide too.

I think we also tend to copy what we see here when we join. Almost to feel part of the club- as it were. Plus, lazyness!

 

[MyTimeIsUp]

It's not code, it's abbreviations - just like "omg", "lol" "atm" etc.

Personally, I don't use "catch the bus" (ctb), I use the actual term, which is: kill yourself, end your life, top yourself etc. I don't like using "ctb" - I think it's immature, and downplays what suicide really is.

Just my opinion. I don't really care if others hate me for this. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way

 

[Dot]

Because pro-lifers might be watching. They been trying to take down the site for years.

Abbreviatns hve bn usd b4 presnce of fixrs & thy all knw wht thy all r n.e wy

Frm wht am awre CTB ws 1st usd on A.S.H whch xistd 20+ yrs ag/

Thnk cmmuntis comng up wth thr own euphmsms = qute commn in genrl