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Why are people censoring "bad" words? (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Whats the point of writing prn, f@ck, sht or anything like that instead of the actual words? You can still read them, its not like they are gone if you replace a letter or two.

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[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

this seems... familiar

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's much older than that...

[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My video was posted 12 years ago and yours was only posted 9 years ago. Check mate, atheists.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The video was actually recorded in the 1970s though. Checkmate theists?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, so now I need to eat fish on Fridays? But I hate fish...

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's ok...you can have beaver instead if you like. Take that however you wish...

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Anally?

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 3 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

It's much older than that...

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[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

this seems... familiar

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.