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As an aside (and purely for my own interest) is that because you consider that word particularly offensive - or just because of the whole tone of that p.s? I a
by ErrantX 17y ago
As an aside (and purely for my own interest) is that because you consider that word particularly offensive - or just because of the whole tone of that p.s?
I ask because I'm noticing that while people seem to care less and less about "fuck" in conversation they are caring more about that word.
(this is a genuine interest by the way)
- berntb 17y agoI'd not react if someone used "fuck" as an expletive (depending on situation), but if someone called another in the discussion for "fucker", or similar. In sum: A curse is not high class, but might pass. A general insult to someone, because they disagreed, is much worse. (And I partly agree with the poster, if someone disagrees I'd like a motivated comment. A vote up/down is just frustrating; what can I learn? [Edit: But to vote up/down to show you're (dis)agreeing is the culture on HN, it seems. So I accept that.]) Disclaimer: I'm not a native English speaker, but afaik "cunt" is quite offensive.
- ErrantX 17y agoGotcha. That makes sense :-) (and yeh I agree with the rest of what you say)