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I find it funny an article on swearing is going to be discussed on a site where the general users will deride you and hold you as unprofessional for swearing on

by mhurron 10y ago

I find it funny an article on swearing is going to be discussed on a site where the general users will deride you and hold you as unprofessional for swearing on it. Perhaps we should have an article on the healing power of humour next.

ludamad 10y ago
Not all therapeutic things are fit for use in technical discussion :)
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onion2k 10y ago
While HN is publicly searchable I don't imagine many people will swear. It's not only the users here that could read them; it's anyone who Googles your username.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  That would be true if the words "fuck" and "shit" were not considered swear words :). See also: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=pastWeek&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byPopularity&prefix=....
psykpsyk 10y ago
Oh, but the morons around here think that using TFA, The Fucking Article , to refer to the link posted is A-OK. Such moronic dissonance...
UlyssesSKrunk 10y ago
>general users will deride you and hold you as unprofessional for swearing on it. The fuck is up with that bullshit anyway?
Qantourisc 10y ago
We could test the bullshit assumption right here.
- Qantourisc 10y ago
  Well this comment wasn't down-voted, so it IS possible to swear. (When appropriate of course)
JustSomeNobody 10y ago
There's a time and a place for everything. I may not respond to you if you say, "Hey, hand me that fucking thing right there." instead of, "Hey, hand me that RS-232 cable." I simply don't have time or the give a crap to try and translate. This is not an extreme example. It happens.
- matwood 10y ago
  Time and place is key. Swearing is just another tool to express an emotion. A bug report comes in and you find and fix it in 5 minutes, "Hey I fixed that bug, fix is going out." A different bug report comes in that you stay up 24 hours finding and fixing, "Motherfucker! I finally found and fixed that issue that was fucking with our payment system. Have I mentioned that programming is fucking horse shit? I'm going to sleep now."
soylentcola 10y ago
I've never seen anyone derided for tossing in the occasional expletive when describing extreme frustration, anger, joy, or other strong emotional reaction. I think it's more just generally "dumb" and thoughtless swearing (or insulting/degrading comments directed at another commenter) that are frowned upon.

by mhurron 10y ago

ludamad 10y ago

Not all therapeutic things are fit for use in technical discussion :)

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onion2k 10y ago

While HN is publicly searchable I don't imagine many people will swear. It's not only the users here that could read them; it's anyone who Googles your username.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
That would be true if the words "fuck" and "shit" were not considered swear words :). See also: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=pastWeek&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=fuck&sort=byPopularity&prefix=....

psykpsyk 10y ago

Oh, but the morons around here think that using TFA, The Fucking Article , to refer to the link posted is A-OK. Such moronic dissonance...

UlyssesSKrunk 10y ago

>general users will deride you and hold you as unprofessional for swearing on it. The fuck is up with that bullshit anyway?

Qantourisc 10y ago

We could test the bullshit assumption right here.

Qantourisc 10y ago
Well this comment wasn't down-voted, so it IS possible to swear. (When appropriate of course)

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

There's a time and a place for everything. I may not respond to you if you say, "Hey, hand me that fucking thing right there." instead of, "Hey, hand me that RS-232 cable." I simply don't have time or the give a crap to try and translate. This is not an extreme example. It happens.

matwood 10y ago
Time and place is key. Swearing is just another tool to express an emotion. A bug report comes in and you find and fix it in 5 minutes, "Hey I fixed that bug, fix is going out." A different bug report comes in that you stay up 24 hours finding and fixing, "Motherfucker! I finally found and fixed that issue that was fucking with our payment system. Have I mentioned that programming is fucking horse shit? I'm going to sleep now."

soylentcola 10y ago

I've never seen anyone derided for tossing in the occasional expletive when describing extreme frustration, anger, joy, or other strong emotional reaction. I think it's more just generally "dumb" and thoughtless swearing (or insulting/degrading comments directed at another commenter) that are frowned upon.