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Why are people censoring "bad" words? (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I disagree, there are definitely places where it's necessary and it's always appropriate where it's necessary. It's not a fallback for anything, it's not a failure of the language. It's a feature, not a bug. Probably don't want to do it in formal environments, but even then there are times when it is absolutely the right language to use.