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A nice counter may be a font that uses ligatures to replace benign impotent words with their more forceful and blunt equivalents.
by kitotik 6y ago
A nice counter may be a font that uses ligatures to replace benign impotent words with their more forceful and blunt equivalents.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoOr that undoes self-censoring like fk or a$$. I mean come on, who thinks that actually "protects" the reader or whyever they do it?
- mtrower 6y agoKind of curious, isn't it? It gets around filters, but I assume that's not what you're talking about. I imagine some people have psychological aversions to "filthy" words like this; and that seeing such substitute words is less uncomfortable for them. That does, however, beg the question: if the intent is to avoid giving offense, why not avoid the word in the first place?