• gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The word is fuck. You don’t need to be afraid of the word fuck. It’s just a happy, colorful little word and we should all embrace it.

    Say it with me everyone:

    fuck

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      14 hours ago

      OH NO! HE SAID IT! HE WILL BE SHADOW BANNED! LEMMY WILL LOSE ALL SPONSORSHIP! THE ALGORITHM WILL…

      Oh wait. I’m on sane social media. Never mind.

        • burritosdontexist2@lemmy.world
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          13 hours ago

          the best part is when you’re at the airport with your elementary school wife, so you say “oh dammit i have to say the fuck b-word” at the airport and she both understands, laughs, and kicks you for saying the b-word at an airport.

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      2 days ago

      censored words in posts are designed to artificially increase engagement

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      1 day ago

      Tell that to the .ml folks lol

      Their instance auto-censors them when they use it

    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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      I sometimes find it interesting to contemplate how best to treat swear words. One the one hand, the thing that seems most obvious to me is to just say “theyre just words to express frustration or anger at something. Those are real and valid emotions, and its silly to treat expletives like theyre morally wrong to say somehow, or like its a bad thing if children learn them, etc.” On the other hand, part of the appeal to using them is that they feel at least a bit taboo, allowing a sentiment like “I feel so upset with this situation that I’m going to break this social rule to show it”. If theres no taboo at all, which you get when they’re used all the time and entirely casually, they no longer serve that purpose very well and people start looking for new things that feel a little bit transgressive to say. Which paradoxically implies that there isnt a point in saying them unless youre not “allowed” to say them, except they cant be too offensive to say either or they’ll feel disproportionate and rude.

    • Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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      One of the most interesting words in the English language is the word “fuck.”

      It can be used as:

      As a transitive verb: “John fucked Mary.”

      As an intransitive verb: “Mary was fucked by John.”

      As a noun: “Mary is a fine fuck.”

      As an adjective: “Mary is fucking beautiful.”

      It can be used as a greeting: “How the fuck are you?”

      Surprise: “FUCK! You scared the shit out of me.”

      Anxiety: “The day is really fucked.”

      It can even be used as nearly every word in a sentence: “Fuck the fucking fuckers.”

    • PizzaLamp25@lemmy.world
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      My English teacher had a short lesson on this word. Can use it anywhere in every possible way. “Fucking fuck is fucked.” “What the fuck is that fucking fuck.” And be grammatically correct. Told the class “It’s an amazing word and wish we can use it normally, but don’t tell anyone I taught you this.”

      Dude was strict too, so in his honor I say fuck everyday casue fuck it! Why the fuck not. Don’t like it, fuck you. It’s a fucking word, for fuck’s sake… fuck.