โฒ 216 โผ Why are people censoring "bad" words? (lemmy.ohaa.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments Whats the point of writing prn, f@ck, sht or anything like that instead of the actual words? You can still read them, its not like they are gone if you replace a letter or two.
[+] moreeni@lemm.ee -8 points 2 years ago (6 children) "Being polite and using inclusive language is authoritarian" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [โ] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can be goddamn polite and still swear without automatically becoming a fucking asshole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) What you say can oftentimes be more important than the words you use to express the idea Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Fair warning: there's some pretty NSFW language in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago "There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean" --Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago* Although I totally get why lemmy.ml would want to do something like that, it's not "being polite...", it's "enforcing politeness..." permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago* If you gave "authoritarian" to an AI that determined what it meant through it use alone, it would think it means "Won't let me be a nazi" permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago (3 children) You can be goddamn polite and still swear without automatically becoming a fucking asshole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [โ] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) What you say can oftentimes be more important than the words you use to express the idea Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Fair warning: there's some pretty NSFW language in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago "There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean" --Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) What you say can oftentimes be more important than the words you use to express the idea Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Fair warning: there's some pretty NSFW language in it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago "There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean" --Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago "There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean" --Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough) permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago* Although I totally get why lemmy.ml would want to do something like that, it's not "being polite...", it's "enforcing politeness..." permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago* If you gave "authoritarian" to an AI that determined what it meant through it use alone, it would think it means "Won't let me be a nazi" permalink fedilink source parent