Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Oh, THEY are policing my language. THEY are watching everything I say!" You're reading the idea of language policing as some actual thing, like people are hanging over someone watching every word they say. It certainly might be true in some offices or with some coworkers, but, I'm pretty sure feeling that your every word is policed is closer to a form of anxiety than an actual problem in most offices. Or, your cowor…
> You're reading the idea of language policing as some actual thing, like people are hanging over someone watching every word they say. I’m not sure where you got that impression. I didn’t say anything like that anywhere. You’re just making assumptions in service to what appears to be some axe grinding.
Re: Open source code with profanity in comments is statistically better
#221the point here being: the perception of being surveilled by "language police" on its own is either anxiety inducing or the result of an existing anxious disposition.
The actual act of "language policing" is also going to induce or worsen an existing anxious disposition.