I feel the same about trigger warnings where the warnings are more triggering than the content. The ridiculous ones have petered somewhat, but at its peak you’d see stuff like
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I actually like censored swear words in written text. At least when they are censored enough that you can’t tell what the swearword is, but you know the intention behind it.
Deliberate misspellings are obnoxious though
What the frak is up with censorship these days.
The internet being censored is one of the most incredibly ridiculous things to happen in our lifetime. Nothing missed the point harder than corporate internet. Even that’s an oxymoron.
These memes with little strips of white over a word or letter are so cringe, it makes me feel awkwardness for others policing their own language… online
I so identify with this lady.
It is annoying. You know what you wanted to write. We know what you wanted to write. The algorithm know what you wanted to write. And if you’re so inclined, your god/gods knows what you wanted to write.
If you write “f*ck this sh!t”, you’ve offended exactly the same number of people you would have with “fuck this shit”. Stop acting like a posing saint and just say what you’re saying anyway.
But think of the
childrenupper management! How else will they pitch advertisement opportunities to their providers while promoting healthy environment interactions and maintaining record profits for the next quarter??👏if you want to censor something, don’t write it 👏
Writing is a tool for communication. Writing something implies your desire to communicate it.
This might land a little controversial but I’ll go one step further and say you should not censor racial/homophobic slurs if they are not being used for offense. For example:
“I hate my cop neighbor, I heard he called my niece a f***ot”
(I obviously censored it here because lemmy prob. has a filter for that shit.)
In this sentence, I am not attacking anyone and I am simply trying to communicate a bad act done by somebody else. The message of the sentence is not homophobic in any way and me censoring the nasty word definitely didn’t change anything about the message. People can still hear that word loud and clear.
So if you think including the word would be offensive for people, and think it’s not a crucial part of your message, simply don’t write it.
“I hate my cop neighbor, I heard he called my niece a homophobic slur”
There you go. You did not communicate the word f***ot and your audience did not receive it. A successful example of self censorship
bad word bad! no context! only hurt feelings! whos feelings? an imaginary person that might get offended! also they are underage.
If you write “f*ck this sh!t”, you’ve offended exactly the same number of people you would have with “fuck this shit”.
More people. You’ve also offended the people who are fucking tired of this censorship bullshit, who would’ve been completely fine with the uncensored version.
…but it was the right more people…
How else am I supposed to say bri*ish?
Just say “the better English speakers”
Better? They can hardly pronounce their own language.
“English (Traditional) speakers.”
Okay, but when they censor words on Metalocalypse they use guitar rifts and I enjoy that over the actual profanity.
Honestly, some writers have gotten pretty creative with censorship. Firefly’s use of “in universe” curses are a good example.
Plus such classics as the tv edit of The Big Lebowski’s “Find me in the alps!”
I would prefer no censorship, but that’s no reason to disregard the fine work of creators trying to make the best of a bad situation.
Firefly’s use of “in universe” curses are a good example.
Also, The Good Place
Oh! Good observation! And I agree
We always told our kids that if we heard them saying something hurtful, they were going to get in trouble, whether or not they used a cuss word. If they used a cuss word in a way that wasn’t hurtful, we didn’t care. The caveat being that lots of other adults, including many teachers, do care, so they should watch their audience.
By the same token, if they were singing a song or quoting someone that used a cuss word, we’d rather they say the word than self-censor it. If everyone know what word you mean, what’s the point?
By the same token, if they were singing a song or quoting someone that used a cuss word, we’d rather they say the word than self-censor it. If everyone know what word you mean, what’s the point?
What if it’s a white person singing a song that contains the slur against black people?
Honestly, I feel the same way. This “he who shall not be named” thing is dumb. If the song is offensive, it’s still going to be offensive if you replace it be saying “the N word” or whatever. But I’d also go back to the “know your audience” thing. If there’s someone in ear shot who is going to be triggered by a white person singing it, then maybe don’t sing it.
And don’t get me started on people who say ‘ahh’
what is that? what is that “ahh” thing?
I’m not sure what that refers to, and I’m not getting it from the replies.
It’s gen-z speak for ass.
I am 20. I hate algospeak so bad. But “ahh” kinda stuck in my tongue
“ahh” feels like the sound you’d make when you try to say “ass” quickly
I feel like “ass” and “ahh” conveys different feelings so I use them interchangably. But I still cringe a bit because “ahh” originated from algospeak
In speaking I don’t mind it tbh, I just hate how it’s spelled, as I can’t help but read it as the noise you make with your mouth open at the doctor, which sounds all kinds of wrong.
More like algospeak, there’s a lot of adequate but quiet gen-z’ers, believe me they despise it as much as everyone else.
Oh, thank you. Is it pronounced like ‘A’?
Pronounced like ass, but without the s sound, instead just extending the a sound.
Oh, duh, that makes sense
I wouldn’t even hate it so much if it were spelt better. Ahh reads like the noise the doctor asks you to make. I can’t help but read it like that in my head, and my head doesn’t like it. I’m not even sure what the phonetically correct spelling would be. Even aaa would be better imo.
Ahh is a word I use for thinking sounds (ahh, uhm, um) so I keep reading it as that and then I have to reread it. Annoying!
Well, yeah. Censoring isn’t everywhere because people complained, it’s because advertisers complained.
The irony is movies shown on TV with people being murdered and blood flying everywhere and bleeping out the swearing.
Honestly, same.
Listening to music on yt, hit a censored word “God dammit!” skip rest of song, force search back to “lyrics” as they are seldom edited like that
they are called grawlixes in comics. i wonder if the artist used asterisks to avoid this conversation or because they didn’t know.
TIL what those are called.
I don’t think they’re referring to grawlixes at all, but rather the censorship when people are texting or speaking.
Well ****
