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Self-censoring swearing and serious topics will never not be ridiculous to me. I especially dislike the trend if censoring them by replacing letters with numbers/symbols, because I don't see that well...
Right? If you don't want to swear you don't need to swear, what's the point of using asterisks lol
Specially on lemmy where there's no algorithm to begin with
I'm fine with self-censorship so long as it's also self-aware and funny, llike that D&D group on youtube where they replace penis with "schmenis", that outright elevates things.
Ideally take the opportunity to be creative with euphemisms, blur the line between censorship and art.I learned all of my Chinese from Firefly
I loved how Blade Trinity at least recognized the absurdity (for TV channels that required censorship)...
Original:
- Hannibal King: How about you take a sugar-frosted fuck off the end of my dick?
- Danica Talos: And how about everyone here not saying the word "dick" anymore? It provokes my envy.
Censored:
- Hannibal King: How about you take a sugar-frosted fuck off the end of my Woohoo?
- Danica Talos: And how about everyone here not saying the word "Woohoo" anymore? It provokes my envy.
This is also exactly why I was never interested in places like TikTok even befitting they bent the knee to the US, not gonna lie.