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

submitted 11 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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[-] Ebennz@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago

Because instances have language filters. On lemmy.ml you can't say "female dog", it shows as "removed"

[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

$ echo -n 'bitch' | xxd
00000000: 62e2 808b 6974 e280 8be2 808b 6368       b...it......ch

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

..What's your trick? Alt code?

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

1337 speak: b1tch, 8itch, etc

Slightly different vowels: bıtch, bîtch, etc

this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023

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