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Post by mtrower »

ecpottinger wrote: post #214
IgorPartola wrote: post #66

As 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 remember watching a interview where the curse words were bleat out on purpose. At the start the person was clear and easy to understand, but as the interview continued the person got angrier and angrier, and started to swear more. As time continue he was swearing more and more. At the end of the interview the teacher said "Clearly he was angry, what was he angry about?". No-one could answer, swear words carry some…

But the actual words were removed. It sounds as if it was presumed from the start that those words were without value, and that colored the whole presentation. The removal of the "valueless" words removed any chance of you inferring meaning through context.

Watch that same interview without the censorship, and you might well understand it. Watch another one, without any cursing, with random words censored, and you might have trouble understanding it as well.

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Post by teh_klev »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #267
BenjiWiebe wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I realize it's /s, but there are people who talk exactly like that, most of the time. It'd be simpler if they just said "calm down, doesn't matter."

While true, it's padding and mannerisms like that which add personality to a phrase. Works better in spoken language I think.

> Works better in spoken language I think.

And uttered by Malcolm Tucker. As a Scot, I enjoy a few well placed sweary words.

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Post by watersb »

jawns wrote: post #83
IgorPartola wrote: post #66

As 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 got out of the habit of course words during the 15 years or so when my kids were growing up.

Family agreed as of high school that we could all use rude language.

And I have discovered I don't want to anymore.

I am 50+ years old now, and I get far more satisfaction out of calling someone a "poopy-head". When necessary.

Not sure why. Haven't compared notes with other adults. Did not expect this.

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Post by jsjohnst »

dylan604 wrote: post #147
jsjohnst wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Fanfuckingtastic > fantastic and is much more impactful than "most fantastic" I’ve always heard and used that “word” in the sarcastic sense, rather than as meaning more/most fantastic. Using in context to illustrate: Friend: I broke the part we need to finish the project. Me: Fanfuckingtastic, guess I’ll get busy making another one.

well, people have misused grammar for ages Again though, that's the great thing about "swear" word. Shit can be good, shit can be bad, and shit can just be shit. Not being a grammarian, how many words other than curse words be a noun, verb and adjective all at the same time. buffalo comes to mind, but is just non-nonsensical when used.

> Not being a grammarian, how many words other than curse words be a noun, verb and adjective all at the same time.

Here’s just a few, there’s a bunch more:

- back

- best

- better

- bitter

- broadside

- clean

- clear

- close

- cod

- collect

- counter

- crisscross

- damn

- double

- down

- even

- express

- fair

- fast

- fine

- firm

- flush

- forward

- free

- full

- home

- jolly

- last

- light

- low

- o.k.

- okay

- out

- pat

- plain

- plumb

- plump

- pop

- prompt

- quiet

- right

- rough

- round

- second

- short

- solo

- square

- steady

- still

- tiptoe

- true

- upstage

- well

- wholesale

- worst

- wrong

- zigzag

As an added bonus, the words above aren’t just valid as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, they are also adverbs too.

Source: https://onweb3.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/663/

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Post by np_tedious »

StavrosK wrote: post #274
np_tedious wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. I mean first the "arse" rule is applied, and then the "anal" rule (because this didn't exist previously and because the blanked out letters are ignored) is applied next

Oh, I see. No, that's not how ligatures work. I also don't see why A___nal would be censored, it's clearly not intended to be a curseword.

Just running with the idea expressed an a parent comment above. I think neither "anal" nor "arse" should be censored

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

mrguyorama wrote: post #290
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #186

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I don't understand that at all. Just have a "warning to parents: this is a sandbox game and may feature any shape - including body parts - built from Lego". 99% of parents wouldn't be bothered, surely? Every kid who has two opposite sex parents knows from toddler-hood what a penis and vulva look like, why is it such a problem??

>Every kid who has two opposite sex parents knows from toddler-hood what a penis and vulva look like I don't think this is true.

I was speaking loosely, Western socio-cultural background, ignoring edge cases (body image problems like 'never nudes' and such) .. maybe you're right ..

I found it interesting at c.5-6 yo that our kids brought home school slang (new words to me!) for genitalia: showing they were talking about it in a non-scientific context, strongly suggesting they were talking in some way about opposite-sex genitalia with peers.

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Post by mahathu »

racl101 wrote: post #291
praptak wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"It irks me how admins always ban my buddy, presumably because they think 88 in his nick is code for 'heil Hitler'. It's really unfair. Take care viagrapenis88!"

88 == SS?

8 as in, the 8th letter of the alphabet.

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Post by anon102010 »

eru wrote: post #136
anon102010 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

If you want to get paid a fair bit of money and are not some name brand genius (Steve jobs etc) I think you have to be someone folks are eager to work with, ask questions etc. I'm sure the psychologists would be able to expand on this.

For some, that means you don't laugh at them. For some who don't curse it may mean you don't say "F*ck" all the time. For some it's skipping lots of strong political talk when trying to do work. For some its being smart and being able to have an interesting conversation. For some it's having a clear technical opinion backed by experience (ie, you can provide good clear direction). For some its always trying to understand their problem before solving it.

A lot of the folks who say their behavior should be fine (ie, cursing, getting into politics) the point is that it's not per se wrong, it's just doesn't in my view lead to someone a large group of folks are eager to work with. Telling other people to be OK with your behavior (even if you are "right") is not always comfortable - and these folks can be very very confrontational and don't handle other views well often.

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