Can you share the details of your solution? I can imagine all sorts of uses for this, like replacing the names of certain politicians with blight on humanity.
Can you share the details of your solution? I can imagine all sorts of uses for this, like replacing the names of certain politicians with blight on humanity.
Serious question since I don’t remember if it was answered in the previous post. Why do you want to filter profanity? I really enjoy reading colorful language and I often get a kick out of new...
Serious question since I don’t remember if it was answered in the previous post. Why do you want to filter profanity? I really enjoy reading colorful language and I often get a kick out of new words or funny usage. Not that I swear a lot myself, I just really enjoy reading others doing it.
Previous post has some post-locked editing to provide context, but in short they just don't like it. You do and that's fine, they don't which is also fine. Unfortunately, most responders went on...
Previous post has some post-locked editing to provide context, but in short they just don't like it. You do and that's fine, they don't which is also fine.
Unfortunately, most responders went on the same sort of off-topic discussion of trying to convince OP that they shouldn't do XYZ to filter words they don't want to see, others just tried to answer the question.
I just really like to know how things work. Since profanity makes me laugh, I’m curious what makes it annoying enough to other people that they want to block it. I’m not trying to convince anybody...
I just really like to know how things work. Since profanity makes me laugh, I’m curious what makes it annoying enough to other people that they want to block it. I’m not trying to convince anybody of anything, I’m just curious.
I struggle to understand this, too, but in my efforts to understand I've discovered that some people are raised in families/cultures where swearing can get you punished. Sometimes quite hard. If...
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I struggle to understand this, too, but in my efforts to understand I've discovered that some people are raised in families/cultures where swearing can get you punished. Sometimes quite hard. If you imagine that a person is conditioned to feel discomfort whenever they hear or read a swear word, I could understand why they would want to avoid it.
Personally, I applaud OP's attempts to resolve the problem for themselves instead of calling for all things to be censored for everyone. It takes great insight and resolve to acknowledge something as your problem and deal with it yourself.
I think it would be better for them if they worked out how to become comfortable with the words that discomfort them (rather than try to hide from them), but that's their call to make; and it doesn't affect me or others, so I'm content to sympathise with them and hope that their situation improves soon.
This is patronizing. You hope that their situation improves soon? What in the world? Lol, they aren’t unwell or going through unfortunate or tough times — they simply have a preference which...
I think it would be better for them if they worked out how to become comfortable with the words that discomfort them (rather than try to hide from them), but that's their call to make; and it doesn't affect me or others, so I'm content to sympathise with them and hope that their situation improves soon.
This is patronizing. You hope that their situation improves soon? What in the world? Lol, they aren’t unwell or going through unfortunate or tough times — they simply have a preference which differs from your own and the majority. One harmless, incredibly inoffensive, innocuous, benign idiosyncrasy which they have worked to find a solution in accommodating, and then happily and generously shared with the rest of us in the hopes that we might find some use for it, as well.
So, no need to speculate on the state of their mental health (and, yes, stating you believe someone would be better off not hiding from something you find personally abnormal due solely to your own experiences definitely falls into this category) or pity them for what you personally deem their inadequacies (well wishes all around!; perhaps a ‘Get Well’ card and a balloon should be sent to the poor dear!). They are words, for goodness’ sake, words! Preferences of speech!
Between this comment section and the last, it would seem tildes isn’t as into personal freedom of expression* as one would originally assume.
*I can already feel the ‘But they’re censoring me!’ crowd ready to come screech-crawling out of the woodwork, so here’s a preemptive ‘No-thank-you-very-much, I’m off to do something else today, but feel free to mumble discontentedly amongst yourselves’.
I think their point is, profanity is all around us, so while it’s great that they have found a way to reduce their discomfort in one small zone of reality (text based web browsing), it would also...
I think their point is, profanity is all around us, so while it’s great that they have found a way to reduce their discomfort in one small zone of reality (text based web browsing), it would also be great if they managed to reduce their discomfort in the rest of the world.
That's precisely my point. Thanks. I regret that the other commenter found my comment offensive (although I wouldn't take it back), but I can't find the right words to explain myself further at...
That's precisely my point. Thanks. I regret that the other commenter found my comment offensive (although I wouldn't take it back), but I can't find the right words to explain myself further at present, so I shan't bother for now!
I'm not the above commenter and I'm not sure I'd say I find it funny as much as I certainly don't mind it and on some occasion might make use of colorful language myself. As to the why on that,...
I'm not the above commenter and I'm not sure I'd say I find it funny as much as I certainly don't mind it and on some occasion might make use of colorful language myself.
As to the why on that, then. There's a means for emphasis, definitely. If it's something beyond a generic standard "fucking", "fucker" et Al, the creativity can oftentimes be amusing. And the occasional contra to the subject is something that'd I'd consider more of an invitation (in the same way other socio-cultural actions might give certain reactions) than a reason to stop it either for myself or others.
I wonder how this utility deals with The Scunthorpe Problem
That turned into Sexpletivehorpe Problem lmao
I read that as "Sex-pletive" which feels like it makes a whole new issue.
Imagine if the addon did the filtering recursively. You would have one word just constantly changing.
that's actually hilarious
Can you share the details of your solution? I can imagine all sorts of uses for this, like replacing the names of certain politicians with
blight on humanity.Change word
AItonewest hypeshit tech.I'm not even old, I am just jaded from birth.
Serious question since I don’t remember if it was answered in the previous post. Why do you want to filter profanity? I really enjoy reading colorful language and I often get a kick out of new words or funny usage. Not that I swear a lot myself, I just really enjoy reading others doing it.
Previous post has some post-locked editing to provide context, but in short they just don't like it. You do and that's fine, they don't which is also fine.
Unfortunately, most responders went on the same sort of off-topic discussion of trying to convince OP that they shouldn't do XYZ to filter words they don't want to see, others just tried to answer the question.
I just really like to know how things work. Since profanity makes me laugh, I’m curious what makes it annoying enough to other people that they want to block it. I’m not trying to convince anybody of anything, I’m just curious.
I struggle to understand this, too, but in my efforts to understand I've discovered that some people are raised in families/cultures where swearing can get you punished. Sometimes quite hard. If you imagine that a person is conditioned to feel discomfort whenever they hear or read a swear word, I could understand why they would want to avoid it.
Personally, I applaud OP's attempts to resolve the problem for themselves instead of calling for all things to be censored for everyone. It takes great insight and resolve to acknowledge something as your problem and deal with it yourself.
I think it would be better for them if they worked out how to become comfortable with the words that discomfort them (rather than try to hide from them), but that's their call to make; and it doesn't affect me or others, so I'm content to sympathise with them and hope that their situation improves soon.
This is patronizing. You hope that their situation improves soon? What in the world? Lol, they aren’t unwell or going through unfortunate or tough times — they simply have a preference which differs from your own and the majority. One harmless, incredibly inoffensive, innocuous, benign idiosyncrasy which they have worked to find a solution in accommodating, and then happily and generously shared with the rest of us in the hopes that we might find some use for it, as well.
So, no need to speculate on the state of their mental health (and, yes, stating you believe someone would be better off not hiding from something you find personally abnormal due solely to your own experiences definitely falls into this category) or pity them for what you personally deem their inadequacies (well wishes all around!; perhaps a ‘Get Well’ card and a balloon should be sent to the poor dear!). They are words, for goodness’ sake, words! Preferences of speech!
Between this comment section and the last, it would seem tildes isn’t as into personal freedom of expression* as one would originally assume.
*I can already feel the ‘But they’re censoring me!’ crowd ready to come screech-crawling out of the woodwork, so here’s a preemptive ‘No-thank-you-very-much, I’m off to do something else today, but feel free to mumble discontentedly amongst yourselves’.
I think their point is, profanity is all around us, so while it’s great that they have found a way to reduce their discomfort in one small zone of reality (text based web browsing), it would also be great if they managed to reduce their discomfort in the rest of the world.
That's precisely my point. Thanks. I regret that the other commenter found my comment offensive (although I wouldn't take it back), but I can't find the right words to explain myself further at present, so I shan't bother for now!
I'd say start with your side.
Specifically, why do you find profanity funny?
I'm not the above commenter and I'm not sure I'd say I find it funny as much as I certainly don't mind it and on some occasion might make use of colorful language myself.
As to the why on that, then. There's a means for emphasis, definitely. If it's something beyond a generic standard "fucking", "fucker" et Al, the creativity can oftentimes be amusing. And the occasional contra to the subject is something that'd I'd consider more of an invitation (in the same way other socio-cultural actions might give certain reactions) than a reason to stop it either for myself or others.