Why are people censoring "bad" words?locked

ɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 215 points –

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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You can be goddamn polite and still swear without automatically becoming a fucking asshole.

What you say can oftentimes be more important than the words you use to express the idea

Here's a great stand-up routine that highlights what I mean. Fair warning: there's some pretty NSFW language in it.

"There are no bad words, but there are several bad ways to express what you mean"

--Me (tho I'm sure someone way smarter than I has put out the same idea, but better worded, ironically enough)