• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Most places in the theocratic kleptocracy of Magastan, I assume; a few places (or circumstances) in the civilised world

    Places including IRL and online spaces. Anywhere, from businesses and public chats to online videos. Quite a lot of media we consume also needs to be swear-free and that rubs off. It’s no coincidence “unalive” and “grape” have become a thing on TikTok and elsewhere. There’s a surprising amount of censorship around us. And even if it’s not a written rule, it’s generally frowned upon to curse. I don’t know of a place that encourages cursing but an overwhelming number that discourage it.

    Using most of the word but censoring one of the letters, however, is so utterly stupid and hypocritical that it’s insulting both to the readers and the writer. You’re still using the word, just with an intentional typo. You’re not lying to anyone except yourself.

    Sure, but I’m not encouraging any of that.

    • leftzero
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      5 months ago

      Quite a lot of media we consume also needs to be swear-free

      No it doesn’t.

      It’s no coincidence “unalive” and “grape” have become a thing on TikTok and elsewhere

      Fuck TikTok, and fuck any imbecile who uses those words unironically.

      There’s a surprising amount of censorship around us.

      And it’s our moral duty to fight it and to ridicule and oppose anyone who doesn’t.

      it’s generally frowned upon to curse

      No it’s not.

      Again, the theocratic kleptocracy of Magastan isn’t an example of how the civilised world works.

      Where I’m from, for instance, “I shit on God” is practically an interjection, like “fuck” in English (though the usage seems to be waning as the country becomes more secular), and calling each other “son — or daughter — of a whore” is considered a term of endearment.