People will just use Mario’s bro or whatever instead. They going to ban everything Mario related then? And if they do they’ll just use Nintendo’s green bro. They going to ban Nintendo from reddit then?
A new lexicon has emerged on the Chinese internet, consisting of code words, homonyms, and vocabulary laced with mockery, satire, or sarcasm. The words “empty chair” refer to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but was barred by Chinese authorities from going to Oslo to accept it. Being “harmonized” means being censored, a reference to top leaders’ frequent calls for creating a harmonious society. Chinese netizens invented the “grass mud horse,” or “cao ni ma,” a mythical creature whose name sounds like a Chinese profanity. The alpaca-like creature emerged online as a symbol of resistance to censorship, setting blogs, and social sites abuzz with images, songs, and poems about it.
People will just use Mario’s bro or whatever instead. They going to ban everything Mario related then? And if they do they’ll just use Nintendo’s green bro. They going to ban Nintendo from reddit then?
That’s exactly how it works in China, the language is constantly evolving to go around censorship. It gets very creative actually, it’s fascinating.
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/chinese-take-creative-approach-internet-censorship
“Green Mario”
“Mario’s Brother”
“Enemy of the CEOs”
“The only dude that makes me, a straight man, become gay”
… okay, perhaps we can leave out the last one.