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    [–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 98 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Not allowing Miku Miku Beams is reasonable tbh. Firing one of those off can level cities.

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    [–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago

    I was already gonna make fun of the useless red circle, you didn't need to misplace it lol

    [–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 73 points 3 weeks ago

    Looks like they banned how to use image editing software as well.

    [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 69 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    This must be out of date, there's no big back or turning Ohio or anything. Not even a "ACkShuLly it's GNU...."

    [–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    My kid and his friends didn't make up big back?? This list is old? Fuck. I'm at that point... I know nothing.

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    [–] AnotherPenguin@programming.dev 56 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    All words starting with N are banned I guess, like I use *ixOS btw

    [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Niagara Falls and Nebraska. Any children whose names start with N - sorry little Neighthan, Nanceigh, and Naruto.

    [–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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    [–] 8osm3rka@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    The concept of "banned words" (other than the offensive stuff, of course) in a classroom is so funny to me. There is no way that the person who came up with that wasn't the sourest loser ever.

    [–] beneeney@lemmy.zip 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I always assumed (hoped) these were put up as jokes by the teachers. "Dang it Jeremy that's another one for the board!" type of banter.

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    [–] Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    Try teaching middle school. You’ll understand. That being said, teachers mostly do this as a joke.

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    [–] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Plus kids will find a way. Our english teacher didn't want us to say 'shit', but to use 'sugar' instead.

    There was a lot of 'bullsugar' and similar in that class.

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    [–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

    I remember one of my teachers banning "doh!". It didn't last very long.

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    [–] goatinspace@feddit.org 43 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    I don't use Ubuntu, by the way.

    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I use Ubuntu just to trigger people.

    [–] sanderium@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I use Arch to trigger elitists

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    [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago

    I use neither Arch nor Ubuntu, btw

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    [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    It says words, not phrases. So you're not allowed to use "I," "use," "by," "the," "way," or "and."

    [–] wieson@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Me utilises masonry bow, coincidentally

    [–] Tja@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago

    Why use many word when few word do trick.

    [–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    They really hate "Miku" so they added it twice

    [–] Zabjam@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

    Wait until you hear about "tung"

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    [–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 36 points 2 weeks ago

    My entire school had a banned words list they put on a board near the main door.

    I remember walking in past the board one morning only to get pulled back by a friend, he didn't say anything just stood pointing at the board....They added 'Milf' to the list of banned words.

    [–] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    I don't not use Arch, by the way

    [–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Stattdessen nutze ich Bogen.

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    [–] 17lifers@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    noo not miku miku beam >.<

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    [–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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    [–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
    [–] Hubi@feddit.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    All the words that start with n are banned

    [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

    Noooooooo!!!!

    Oh, sorry....

    Ooooooooooo!!!!!!

    [–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
    [–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    I use stretch-ed Debian btw

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    [–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 weeks ago

    miku miku beam

    blasphemy

    [–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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    [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    "N-words" plural? I can imagine edgy students going out of their way to avoid all words starting with that letter as a result of that rule, just to be difficult.

    The sign itself lacks words starting with that letter other than the rule which bans it, and the separate quoting of one word that has one in it somewhere suggests they're allowed as long as they're unspecified on the list (otherwise that entry would have been omitted), so it's entirely possible to misinterpret.

    On the other hand, avoiding all words starting with that letter seems like a fun idea, but will people even be able to tell? And it's surprisingly hard to express some concepts without it.

    [–] lime@feddit.nu 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    i see what you're up to here. you've created your whole post without words that start with that particular letter. i do disagree that it's hard to express yourself without it however; it's perfectly possible, i'd say simple, actually, to completely erase the letter from your vocabulary. i'm able to get by perfectly well without a sole use of it, all with perfect legibility. yes, i'd go as far as to say that it's probably close to the bottom of the list of letters ~~when~~ if ordered by value. get rid of it, i say. to optimize the alphabet is to get our speech closer to the speed of thought. after that, we ~~can~~ will start to chip at the big boys; your time has come, S!

    [–] palordrolap@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    when

    can

    Almost. You did well, but it's too hard for me, except maybe for short phrases like this, which, regardless, still requires effort well above my comfort. It's the sixth most used letter by some measures. Seek out the typesetters' placeholder phrase where the first "word" has it as last (sixth), place, before the successor "SHRDLU", which show the order of the most used letters of, uh, latter-day British? Oof. Edit: Modified to avoid a superfluous usage.

    This hurts, so it's time for me to stop.

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    it says n words they're allowed to have one

    [–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

    I manhandle Manjaro.

    [–] 9point6@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

    I like how foul language etc is halfway down the list

    [–] sanderium@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    What is your favorite distro and why is it Arch?

    [–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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    [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

    foul language and N-words

    All of them? πŸ€”

    How you gonna teach English without being able to teach nouns?

    [–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

    How you gonna teach English without being able to teach ~~nouns~~ words which describe people, places or things?

    FTFY, you dirty n-word user you.

    [–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

    Mikuru beam desu.

    [–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Gyatt! Low key, I Use Arch, By The Way, High key Alpha.

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    [–] ceenote@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    They say there are multiple but failed to say which is prohibited, so I will avoid all words that use that letter.

    [–] meekah@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    The Italian brain rot really got me tho. Tung tung tung tung tung... Sahur!

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    [–] Zyratoxx@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

    I use Nyarch, by the way. :3

    Chicken jockey
    Deez nutz

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