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Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
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#132As a way to show off the capability of ligatures, more power to them. As an effort to censor, why in the ever loving fuck nuggets would you ever actually do that? I have young kids and a large family. We all curse periodically. Instead of telling the kids that these are bad words, we told them they are adult words. As in, when you are old enough you can curse all you want, but as a kid you can’t. We felt that this wa…
> Instead of telling the kids that these are bad words, we told them they are adult words. As in, when you are old enough you can curse all you want, but as a kid you can’t.
For some reason, I believed this when I was a kid without anyone ever telling me. That is why I never cursed as a kid and never discussed cursing with my parents.
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#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you’re taking this a little bit too seriously
You might have never experienced the intersectionality of being both. In any case, is it really yours to judge? Anyways, your comment is precisely the point I'm making: most people working on these projects are not necessarily aware of the underlying issues that people actually suffer from. They under play some, simply because they have not experienced it. Not complaining though, this is better than not doing anythin…
Just proves the point that you're taking think a bit too seriously.
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#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
ESL here. At school one teacher told us using swear words only show your lack of knowledge for better words. I took that to heart and the very few times I've used them, I really had no other option. However I've noticed swear words come more easily to me in English and don't feel as harsh as when I hear them in Spanish. I wonder if it's my lack of vocabulary.
cursing in english, for me at least, doesn't feel... real (compared to my native language). in english, i swear like a pirate while on my native language, i try not to do it.
Googling for 'swearing in second language' gives lots of articles about how it feels less intense. Eg
https://www.connexionfrance.com/Mag/Language/Swearing-in-a-s...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2017/mar/27/bad-lan...
Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
#135As a way to show off the capability of ligatures, more power to them. As an effort to censor, why in the ever loving fuck nuggets would you ever actually do that? I have young kids and a large family. We all curse periodically. Instead of telling the kids that these are bad words, we told them they are adult words. As in, when you are old enough you can curse all you want, but as a kid you can’t. We felt that this wa…
Around middle school, I decided that I would stop using swear words, because it seemed like getting myself in trouble by letting one slip out at an inappropriate time was more of a bother than just avoiding them and coming up with more inventive ways to express myself. Refraining from curse words has been part of my character ever since, and just about everybody who knows me knows that I don't swear. And you know wha…
I've heard this argument before (and I tend to agree with it), but here's a counter-point I heard recently and appreciated:
Eloquence and good vocabulary are important, but there is a time and place for something vulgar and basic.
Just like there's a time and place for a rapier and there's also a time and place for a folding chair or a pool cue.
Re: Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
#136As a way to show off the capability of ligatures, more power to them. As an effort to censor, why in the ever loving fuck nuggets would you ever actually do that? I have young kids and a large family. We all curse periodically. Instead of telling the kids that these are bad words, we told them they are adult words. As in, when you are old enough you can curse all you want, but as a kid you can’t. We felt that this wa…
I don't curse. I used to do lots of consulting work. Not cursing never seemed to hold me back. I also found I tended to be less angry then the often times it seemed idiotic folks who were always having big disasters and cursing. In my line of work people were paying to get problems solved, not to hire someone who rants and raves. And some of the best money is in solving problems that others stomp around and rant abou…
I guess there are two parts: being angry, and using offensive words.
I suspect avoiding the former helped much more than avoiding the latter?
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
ESL here. At school one teacher told us using swear words only show your lack of knowledge for better words. I took that to heart and the very few times I've used them, I really had no other option. However I've noticed swear words come more easily to me in English and don't feel as harsh as when I hear them in Spanish. I wonder if it's my lack of vocabulary.
cursing in english, for me at least, doesn't feel... real (compared to my native language). in english, i swear like a pirate while on my native language, i try not to do it.
I'm Russian, though I moved to the US at age 5 so English is my 'native' language, even though it's technically not.
I see this on both sides. I find American curse words harsher than Russian ones, but my parents are the opposite. I can drop a "fuck" and no one really minds, drop a "suka" (roughly equates to "bitch" in Russian), my parents will loose their minds.
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#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's actually been interesting research done about that idea, that people who swear have a smaller vocabulary or are less fluent. It seems that the opposite is actually true¹, people who swear are actually demonstrating a broader fluency. Worth a read! ¹ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03880...
It doesn't surprise me that people with larger overall vocabularies also have larger swear vocabularies. But the study you cite deals only with taboo word fluency, not with actual usage. I would be curious whether high-vocab swearers diverge from low-vocab swearers in how they actually use bad language. In my experience, even my high-vocab friends drop f-bombs in substantially the same way that lower-vocab friends do…
I hypothesize that the "swearing => stunted vocabulary" argument is just a post hoc rationalization to give some justification for not liking bad words.
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#139"I think this is [flowerbed]ing awesome," said a Babylon Bee podcast aficionado. They use an excellent voice-over actor, Dave DeAndrea to bleep out the errant F-bomb.
Wait, edging is edgy now? Or that's just sticking another f-word in there?
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's actually been interesting research done about that idea, that people who swear have a smaller vocabulary or are less fluent. It seems that the opposite is actually true¹, people who swear are actually demonstrating a broader fluency. Worth a read! ¹ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03880...
I've never given credence to the "cursing == less articulate" either. It's knowing the impact dropping a curse can have to get people's attention. Plus, sometimes, people are just too dense to get how bothered you are, but drop a colorful phrase, and they tend to get the point. Like the George Carlin bit, take a word like "incredible" and it's a nice word. Stick fuck in the middle of it to make "infuckingcredible" an…
I love that there are grammatical rules in how you can and can't infix expletives.