"Survivor"

[Dis86]

What's with the current media trend for labelling everyone these days as a survivor? Some examples in the last week I've seen are:

• Domestic abuse survivor
• Burns survivor
• Hurricane survivor
• Crash survivor

I've been in several car crashes, is living through such things so remarkable that i too am now a Survivor?
Are we all going to be Brexit survivors?
I stubbed my toe the other day, am I a toe stub survivor?

Cool story eh?

 

[Brizzles]

I think they stopped using the word 'victim' and now use 'survivor' as it's more positive.

 

[Ayahuasca]

We're all survivors until we die.

 

[StriderX]

Uh... ok, why is this even a thread a person who survives a crash or domestic abuse, kinda deserves the word survivor....

 

[antijoke]

I thought this was going to be a thread discussing Destiny's Child's best song.

 

[Dis86]

Uh... ok, why is this even a thread a person who survives a crash or domestic abuse, kinda deserves the word survivor....

Really? Cos I mean that time someone reversed in to me at 3mph was a crash. Does this make me an uber ultra mega hero survivor? Or does it just mean I had a crash?

 

[arknor]

Propaganda = Fake News !

 

[antijoke]

I survived this thread!

 

[PlacidCasual]

I could do with a few less heroes too. Hero this hero that heroic stuff everywhere. Often just describing people doing their job .

 

[stockhausen]

What's with the current media trend for labelling everyone these days as a survivor? Some examples in the last week I've seen are:

• Domestic abuse survivor
• Burns survivor
• Hurricane survivor
• Crash survivor

[SNIP]

The examples you have given don't seem entirely unreasonable to me. The one that I find particularly odd is "Child abuse survivor".

 

[Dis86]

The examples you have given don't seem entirely unreasonable to me. The one that I find particularly odd is "Child abuse survivor".

To me survivor should be applied to someone who makes it through something likely to result in death.
All of those things I've listed only result in death in the most extreme cases. I burn my hands on the oven allllll the time.

 

[mmj_uk]

We seem to be in a climate where the media focus only on the two extremes and everything in the middle is completely ignored, if you don't die they probably see stubbing your toe as survival.

Or maybe it has to do with the corporate media losing respect/viewers and feeling that it needs to be more sensational because people are flooding to independent outlets.

 

[stockhausen]

To me survivor should be applied to someone who makes it through something likely to result in death. All of those things I've listed only result in death in the most extreme cases. . . .

Agreed. However, I don't think that makes the term "survivor" inappropriate in all cases?

. . . I burn my hands on the oven allllll the time.

Best stay out of the kitchen then

 

[Efour]

I had a day off today. I'm a work survivor.

 

[IronWarrior]

I survive GD every day.

 

[FortuitousFluke]

I had a day off today. I'm a work survivor.

I believe you mean "work shy layabout"......he posts from his work laptop during office hours.

 

[200sols]

I thought this was going to be a thread discussing Destiny's Child's best song.

Ha, I was expecting similar

 

[Yas786]

I thought this was going to be a thread discussing Destiny's Child's best song.

Damn you i now have that song in my mind :/.

 

[StriderX]

The examples you have given don't seem entirely unreasonable to me. The one that I find particularly odd is "Child abuse survivor".

I'm not sure anyone survives child abuse... it'd take a seriously steel'd mind to just laugh it off, anyone else is afflicted with neural atypism of some sort.

 

[something daft already!!]

I'm a survivor (what), I'm not gon' give up (what)
I'm not gon' stop (what), I'm gon' work harder (what)
I'm a survivor (what), I'm gonna make it (what)
I will survive (what), keep on survivin' (what)