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Among other things I downvote self-censorship. Not only the relatively new TikTok-brainrot stuff, but I also tend to downvote the classic American brainrot like 'heck' or 'gosh'.
It’s fine if you want to swear. It’s fine if you don’t want to swear, too. But in this case don't make me think of the word you won’t dare to say.
I understand the sentiment and I also find it grating when it feels like a decision motivated by things I don’t approve of, but words like ‘heck’ and ‘gosh’ are a very common part of language in their own right. People grow up listening to their families and communities using the words, and then continue to see it everywhere online, so it’s just like any other word for them. I also don’t think it’s necessarily self-censorship to purposely choose milder language with different connotations, we don’t always want the harshest words.
some people like the censorship language that arises, e.g. "pdf" instead of "pedophile" has emerged as language my IRL friends use because they enjoy it, not because they're being censored in our conversations ... I only share this because I also really don't like the "censorship culture" when it is used in contexts where censorship isn't applied, and my friend's preference for "pdf" challenged my view a bit
‘PDF’ is actually the one that always irritates me, haha. It just feels so ignorant and selfish to make people associate such a common word with such a triggering topic. Euphemisms can be so useful for affected people and help them to talk about topics they otherwise couldn’t, but it defeats the purpose when it’s a common word and the association becomes strong.
The urge to immediately double post the same censored meme someone else posted, but a comically uncensored edit of it is powerful.
Effin' A, Cotton, Effin' A
Fuck y*u!
;-)