• wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip
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    14 days ago

    Then choose a different word entirely. Typing a bunch of asterisks is still swearing, but erroneously putting the swear on the shoulders of the reader, when in reality it just makes you look stupid as fuck.

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        13 days ago

        Mate, don’t use that word. That’s really obnoxious. I thought we were better than that.

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            13 days ago

            You don’t know the difference between a slur and a curse word? Most people learn the difference by around age 6.

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            13 days ago

            That’s not the line though. Some words are not used for a reason, everyone understands it. It’s not some magical incomprehensible mystery, it’s a basic human decency.

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            13 days ago

            I know I’m probably seen as an asshole, but it’s so easy to trigger people when you don’t actually give a fuck. All I did was basically ma*splain why the poster above used asterisks. Sometimes the word we want to use feels perfect even tho it makes us uncomfortable