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Gonna trigger half of Lemmy with this one, but I'm heckin annoyed. (startrek.website)
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[–] 114 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

I suppose i don't see the point.

The reader knows what you censored either way, so by using the words and then censoring them you don't achieve your implied preference for reducing vulgarity in communication (so it might be more impactful and irregular when applied) at all.

Anyone who reads "forking shut" knows what you are writing there in reality. Kinda feels to me like putting on censored porn to make it family friendly, that's not working. Either watch a family movie, or some actual porn in private.

The only reasonable course of action would be to avoid vulgarity and those stand-ins for it completely in your communication.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I brought this up recently. Talking around a topic is still talking about it. If you want to have an adult conversation, use adult words. No one is requiring you to curse at all, but if you’re going to, treat the audience as the age you’re targeting.

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  • [+] [S] -41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The reasoning is irrelevant. Those are the words the person is choosing to use, and no one is in any way negatively affected by it.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean, I'm not policing your words here, write how you want what do I care.

    But you brought up the reasoning yourself, and when I find it flawed your response is "I don't need a reason".

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago

    But you brought up the reasoning yourself

    Where? Their whole post is just "let people say what they want to say". You're the one trying to force them to justify it or fit your weird rubric.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Look man, you can say potato means underwear all you want, but if you start saying you're wearing potato under your pants people are going to look at you weird. You are not the only party involved in communication, and thus your preferences are only part of the equation, and people will interpret and process your words based on conventions, not just your personal thoughts on the matter.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    You're missing the point. The fact you're inferring that the writer is trying to "sneak a meaning past", or "reduce vulgarity", or "make it family friendly" is all assumptions.

    If someone wants to say...

    They want to. That's it. Stop word-policing people...

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    See my response down below. I dont police, I'm just saying there is a logical inconsistency here. You want to swear, then do. You dont like it, then don't. Using censored swears accomplishes neither.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's. Not. Censorship. I really can't be any clearer than that. Censorship is when your intended words or ideas are suppressed. No matter how many downvotes OP receives, it changes nothing. All words are made up, and if you think they should use different made-up words, then yes you fucking are word-policing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Why are you putting words into my mouth? I never said or even suggested there is a government or so at play here suppressing ideas.

    There is just a logical inconsistency in the whole concept, and also in OPs reasoning, which for arguments sake i take offense with. In truth i, again, dont don't really give a shit how he writes, or you for that matter.

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