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[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait, can we just replace a vowel with a star in any random word to mentally change it into a curse?

Or*nge.

Peanutb*tter.

Speakerph*ne.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I am liking this trend. I absolutely hate this form of self-censorship (like some people writing"sh*t" - what did someone dl to you? Who huer you?), but this I can get behind.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

writing"sh*t"

I will never understand why "short" is used as a slur. I mean, I'm not very large, does that make me a bad person?