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

submitted 10 months 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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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 145 points 10 months ago

Let's just get this out of the way...

Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits. And sometimes fart turd twat bitch.

Whatever is censored is being filtered by your instance.

[-] waffle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

No censorship here. Could've guess with the instance's name but still good to know! Thanks :)

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