Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

    • spookex@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I still fucking hate that some places require you to censor swear words in comments.

      This creates a shitty situation where you have to play a fucking guessing game, where you try to guess if your comment gets removed by mods

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      11 months ago

      I would have gone with “shit, I sure as fuck hope so”, but you do you.