I think it’s not about swearing making something better than it is about swearing being apart of the original text. After all, nobody would be complaining if there just wasn’t a swear word to begin with. Now we get a giant block of color that distracts from everything around it and half the time doesn’t even do it’s job (I can still see and clearly tell what the word is)
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoYeah, I don’t get it. I personally don’t like swearing, but I honestly don’t mind reading or hearing it. It’s really weird to me that people get mad at not seeing swearing, as if somehow naughty words make something better.
Express yourself however you want.
DesolateMood@lemm.ee 1 day ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Honestly, I wish we’d copy/paste the text for these, snapshotting an image just sucks.
nshibj@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In my opinion it is bit about swearing, and (not) seeing it, it is about censorship. Some big sites censor content that contains words that are considered bad by advertisers, these are not only swear words but also words like die, suicide, porn… This has changed the way some people communicate, with people using euphemisms or censoring words in images themselves: people censoring themselves before the big internet site censors them.
As you wisely said: “Express yourself however you want”. The original author of the text in this post used a swear word and later it was censored by someone reposting it in social media to avoid upsetting the censorship machine or whatever website it was. I find this unacceptable.
I fully support using a rich vocabulary and not using swear words, being polite. There are many reasons to do this: respect for others, improving ones communication skills, practising formal writing… but giving in to censorship imposed by social media websites should NEVER be one. Fuck censorship. It is unacceptable to allow big tech companies to shape the way we speak with their censorship.
Express yourself however you want, if the website you’re in doesn’t allow you to do it don’t give in to censorship, give up that website and look for a place where you can express yourself.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I agree with everything except the conclusion. There are a lot of good reasons to censor on a platform (kids use it), and good reasons to go along with it.