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The US has a serious problem with saying normal things like fuck, cunt and shit. I find it extremely offensive to hear beeps in series and even the verge author

The US has a serious problem with saying normal things like fuck, cunt and shit. I find it extremely offensive to hear beeps in series and even the verge author self censors his article. Fucking stop being hypocrites.

nkrisc 7y ago
You're offended by the beeps? Well now you now how the people offended by those words feel. Edit: People seem to think I'm offended by those words. I'm not.
- teh_klev 7y ago
  They're just words. You can always turn the TV off. See also: https://youtu.be/78OevDyH7-Y?t=187 https://youtu.be/78OevDyH7-Y?t=187
  - nkrisc 7y ago
    I'm not offended by words. I was just talking about other people. Some people are offended by words, some are apparently offended by others being offended.
    - teh_klev 7y ago
      > I'm not offended by words Then why defend people who are offended by words? That's their problem, not yours. > some are apparently offended by others being offended. O_o
      - nkrisc 7y ago
        I just thought it was unusual that someone would complain about being offended by the beeps that hide the words that other people are offended by. So I pointed out that they must know how the people they're complaining about feel when they hear those words, since they have to hear something (beeps) that they're offended by. Those while thing was hypocritical and goofy.
teh_klev 7y ago
Twitter seems to filter through the prism of US standards of speech. Woe betide you if you're Scottish and use the word cunt. In Scotland there's quite a lot of nuance in the usage of cunt. In fact I go so far as to say that the use of "profane" language is a bit of an art form in Scotland, but sadly not appreciated by our Facebook and Twitter overlords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI
- dragonsngoblins 7y ago
  Ditto in Australia. In fact we even have a saying about it: "Australia: where you call your mates cunt and you call cunts mate". Obviously context and tone play a lot into it and both "cunt" and "mate" can be friendly or threatening/derogatory depending on delivery and circumstance, but I imagine it would be remarkably difficult for people who aren't immersed into Australian culture to figure out which is which based on text alone
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nkrisc 7y ago

You're offended by the beeps? Well now you now how the people offended by those words feel. Edit: People seem to think I'm offended by those words. I'm not.

teh_klev 7y ago
They're just words. You can always turn the TV off. See also: https://youtu.be/78OevDyH7-Y?t=187 https://youtu.be/78OevDyH7-Y?t=187
- nkrisc 7y ago
  I'm not offended by words. I was just talking about other people. Some people are offended by words, some are apparently offended by others being offended.
  - teh_klev 7y ago
    > I'm not offended by words Then why defend people who are offended by words? That's their problem, not yours. > some are apparently offended by others being offended. O_o
    - nkrisc 7y ago
      I just thought it was unusual that someone would complain about being offended by the beeps that hide the words that other people are offended by. So I pointed out that they must know how the people they're complaining about feel when they hear those words, since they have to hear something (beeps) that they're offended by. Those while thing was hypocritical and goofy.

teh_klev 7y ago

Twitter seems to filter through the prism of US standards of speech. Woe betide you if you're Scottish and use the word cunt. In Scotland there's quite a lot of nuance in the usage of cunt. In fact I go so far as to say that the use of "profane" language is a bit of an art form in Scotland, but sadly not appreciated by our Facebook and Twitter overlords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI

dragonsngoblins 7y ago
Ditto in Australia. In fact we even have a saying about it: "Australia: where you call your mates cunt and you call cunts mate". Obviously context and tone play a lot into it and both "cunt" and "mate" can be friendly or threatening/derogatory depending on delivery and circumstance, but I imagine it would be remarkably difficult for people who aren't immersed into Australian culture to figure out which is which based on text alone

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