• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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        It’s the opposite of cool. Cringey as fuck, is what it is.

        If you don’t want to use a word, fucking don’t. Use a fucking synonym, for fuck’s sake, or phrase it differently.

        But don’t go making your bullshit harder to read just so you can justify to yourself using a word that makes you feel uncomfortable because you’re too damaged to function properly in society. Doing that you’re being the worst kind of hypocrite, because you’re only lying to yourself.

        Cool…? Fucking pathetic is the word you’re looking for.

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          Alternatively, pi_sing off people who call things cringe is based as f_ck so maybe I’ll start self censoring.

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          A lot of behaviors are learned and people have learned that using profanity in most places gets you in trouble. I don’t think it’s fair to berate anyone for what is essentially a social expectation in many other circles.

          Good thing Lemmy isn’t like that. But, please, lighten the fuck up.

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            It’s just the opposite social expectation here. And honestly it bothers me not because some people do it but because it feels like american puritanism taking over online spaces because it’s even in screenshots. Like holy shit you’re quoting someone just leave the swearing in.

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            using profanity in most places gets you in trouble

            Most places in the theocratic kleptocracy of Magastan, I assume; a few places (or circumstances) in the civilised world, which in most cases can be avoided due to them being excessively silly.

            In any case, though, that’s not the fucking point.

            If you don’t want to use a word, don’t fucking use it. Use a fucking synonym, or euphemism, or metaphor, or insinuation, or whatever.

            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.

            lighten the fuck up

            No, I don’t think I will.

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              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.

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                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.

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          You seem very upset about this.

          An adult choosing to slightly censor a word has you in meltdown mode. Gosh.

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            Abject wilful idiocy irks me. 🤷‍♂️

            Also, I was in the toilet and had time to type.