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Off topic from the article, I don't understand the purpose of using profanity and then censoring it. Writing things like F!@K just seems like a weird middle gro
by klinskyc 11y ago
Off topic from the article, I don't understand the purpose of using profanity and then censoring it. Writing things like F!@K just seems like a weird middle ground that loses the intensity of cursing and the professionalism of not cursing.
- publicfig 11y agoI originally titled the article with the censored version as that was the name on the page. I believe they censor it on the first page as a way around workplace filters, as there's a SFW button at the top. I think once you get into it, the language is uncensored.
- carlisle_ 11y agoI read 'intensity' as 'integrity' and I think I much the sentence that way.
- m52go 11y agoEspecially when "What the fuck are you building?" is present further in the questionnaire.
- massemphasis 11y agoFUCK is just a high entropy statement with lots of energy.
- dang 11y agoWe always unbowdlerize titles. But I don't think "f!@k" is much different from "darn" or (hmm) "dang". People have been doing this to profane words for a long time, probably for as long as profane words have existed. There's a wonderful Andy Rooney bit about not using such words because he doesn't want to burn in heck.