Language/swearing

3 years ago by Lodion 🇦🇺 to c/meta

I've just removed a post that had c*&t in the title. I'm not going to get into specific rules, but I don't want that language in post titles. In comments etc in context, fine. But post titles are displayed to all users without the possibility of being filtered.

Please think of others when posting.

sizz 46 points 3 years ago

Literally unaustralian.

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lodion 6 points 3 years ago

On the off change you're not joking... I believe it is unAustralian to be deliberately offensive and rude... which I consider out of context swearing (such as this) to be.

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Sternhammer 12 points 3 years ago

While Australia as a culture has a much higher threshold for swearing than most, and certainly the prudish Americans, I suppose federation means people will see the titles of Aussie.zone threads in their feeds so your decision makes sense.

At the same time I’d hate to see us get all uptight about swearing in routine discussions.

In summary: Swearing in titles: fuck no. Swearing in comments: fuck yes! :)

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lodion 9 points 3 years ago

In summary: Swearing in titles: fuck no. Swearing in comments: fuck yes! :)

Pretty much this..

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tal 4 points 3 years ago

I will wager that there are a bunch of Aussie Lemmy and kbin instances.

checks for ones with open signups

https://lemmy.perthchat.org

https://lemmyngton.au

https://lemmy.buzz

https://lemmymemes.com

https://no.lastname.nz

https://cocte.au

https://ag.batlord.org

There's probably room in Australia for both an instance with and an instance without "cunt" in titles. In fact, with the existing instances and this one, one has a sufficient number of instances to cover all permutations of policy on each of at least three profane words being permitted in titles.

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lodion 8 points 3 years ago

I'd encourage everyone to register on multiple instances and find one that feels right for them. If you don't feel at home in a place that doesn't allow the liberal uttering of "cunt" without warning, you'll be better served elsewhere.

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AnonymousLlama 4 points 3 years ago path: 0 756588 765558, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
BlondieBuff 1 point 3 years ago

That's a bloody outrage, that is. I'm gonna take this all the way to the Prime Minister!

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ParkingPsychology 12 points 3 years ago

You can swear on the internet.

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lodion 5 points 3 years ago

👍

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hitmyspot 7 points 3 years ago

How do posts marked NSFW work? Would it not make sense to require those with swear words or adult content to be marked NSFW. Those that don't wish to see would have it filtered, but it doesn't restrict the freedom of speech of others. Sometimes expletives are appropriate.

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unionagainstdhmo -4 points 3 years ago
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hitmyspot 6 points 3 years ago

They're not mutually exclusive, but I would guess there is a trend towards incivility with increased expletives.

However, there is also a use case for venting, for comedy and for absolute dog cunts, being appropriately named.

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Treevan 5 points 3 years ago
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lodion -6 points 3 years ago

Those literal characters, sure. The word they represent, no.

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Treevan 3 points 3 years ago
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lodion -5 points 3 years ago

F/C no, the rest I'm ok with. I don't want to define everything explicitly.

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Treevan 11 points 3 years ago
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Taleya 5 points 3 years ago

is cunce allowable?

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quasar 4 points 3 years ago

This does remind me of the old Kevin Wilson song.

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RoughBeastSlouching 1 point 3 years ago
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Ringmasterincestuous 3 points 3 years ago

The Tay Tay effect…

Sexy, baby..

Sexy baby…

You’re sexy baby..

You’re a sexy baby…

I think I’m getting it!!

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useless_modern_god 2 points 3 years ago

Let’s eat Grandma!

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