• Echo Dot
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    4 months ago

    It’s like how people censor the word Microsoft as M$. Like why, say the name

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      4 months ago

      That isn’t a censor, it is a statement and an abbreviation… I suppose PDF could be an abbreviation as well with pedo being one letter longer. PDF file on the other hand is just censor circumventing or their brand of humor.

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        4 months ago

        No it isn’t because they’re abbreviating it to a phrase that’s more complicated to type. As opposed to the obvious abbreviation that even Microsoft use of MS