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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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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have noticed that my phone will autocorrect/misrecognize some swears. Fuck is often duck.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

At least on android, i find you can enable offensive words in keyboard settings to fix this

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Duck you!

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am not going to login to see it, but I appreciate your effort. 😁

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 13 points 11 months ago

Didnt realise you had to login to see nsfw models. Thats the model in question: