{"id":95801,"date":"2024-08-11T21:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T01:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/08\/11\/social-media-users-debate-using-the-term-un-alived-on-kurt-cobain-placard-at-seattle-museum\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T21:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T01:02:53","slug":"social-media-users-debate-using-the-term-un-alived-on-kurt-cobain-placard-at-seattle-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/08\/11\/social-media-users-debate-using-the-term-un-alived-on-kurt-cobain-placard-at-seattle-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Users Debate Using the Term \u2018Un-Alived\u2019 on Kurt Cobain Placard at Seattle\u00a0Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAn exhibition at Seattle\u2019s Museum of Pop Culture has sparked a heated conversation about the real-life use of the slang term \u201cun-alived,\u201d which was spotted on a MoPOP placard that says Nirvana<\/a> frontman Kurt Cobain<\/a> \u201cun-alived himself at 27.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCobain died by suicide at age 27, on April 8, 1994. The Seattle museum shared this fact on an information card about the \u201c27 Club\u201d (a grouping of artists who all tragically passed away at the young age of 27), various patrons have reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut in place of \u201cdied by suicide,\u201d MoPOP printed the internet slang \u201cun-alived,\u201d with the exhibition placard reading, \u201cKurt Cobain un-alived himself at 27.\u201d The museum additionally put up a placard<\/a> about the social context of the term\u2019s usage in the digital age, also noting that \u201cthe Guest Curator has chosen to utilize the term as a gesture of respect towards those who have tragically lost their lives due to mental health struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tOn Saturday (Aug. 10), Stereogum<\/a> pointed out many on social media were likening saying the word \u201cun-alived\u201d in real-life discussions regarding mental health \u2014 rather than using it only to circumvent censorship from algorithms on internet platforms like TikTok \u2014 to the dystopian world of George Orwell\u2019s 1984<\/em>, despite the museum\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n

\n\tOrwell wrote of \u201cNewspeak,\u201d a simplified, government-directed language intended to limit critical thinking, in the novel. One element of the fictional Newspeak grammar included tagging the simple prefix \u201cun\u201d onto words, instead of developing an expanded vocabulary.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cthis is what george orwell was warning us about with 1984,\u201d read one comment on X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) posted Friday about the museum exhibit material using the word \u201cun-alived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat moment when it wasn\u2019t the government but youtube and social media which caused newspeak from 1984 to become a real thing lmfao,\u201d another person on X added<\/a>. \u201cAnd people still say that \u2018these are private companies, they don\u2019t have to allow speech they don\u2019t want!\u2019 Yes they do, they are the town square now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, another user on the platform offered a different perspective<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s MOPop who cares. Their exhibits talk in internet lingo all the time because it\u2019s about pop culture. It\u2019s basically a glorified collection showcase. Twitter people saw the word \u2018museum\u2019 and lost their s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, someone else quipped<\/a>, \u201cThis will help them [the museum] go viral on tiktok.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBy Sunday evening, the conversation thread had a new reply with an updated photo \u2014 one that showed the wording on the placard has a<\/a>pparently <\/a>, with \u201cun-alived\u201d being edited to \u201cdied by suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

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real photo my friend just sent me from the nirvana exhibit at the museum of pop culture in seattle pic.twitter.com\/X7geuj2NeB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 lugubrious (@sovietscifi) August 9, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n