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The magazine was created to shock the public, but I posted it because I think it is interesting as a historical artifact. In 2022, nobody is likely to call the
by thomassmith65 4y ago
The magazine was created to shock the public, but I posted it because I think it is interesting as a historical artifact. In 2022, nobody is likely to call the police over the four letter words, but some people still find naughty language obnoxious.
There's a line I love in a book review by George Orwell:
"When I first opened Tropic of Cancer and saw that it was full of unprintable words, my immediate reaction was a refusal to be impressed."
My self-censorship of the title was also an attempt, and maybe a misguided one, to signal that my posting the link is not some feckless attempt at being edgy.
- mdp2021 4y agoI find it delightful that you call "naughty" (ex 'naught') expletives, which are born for expressing drastic positivity.
- mdp2021 4y ago> my immediate reaction was a refusal to be impressed Do not get confused: of course in front of the sensational you will oppose "a refusal to be impressed". But you are supposed, as an adequately mature individual, to have well developed filters¹ - exercised since day one of the spark of insight. We cannot assume that you use language sensationally, childishly. It cannot be the default. ¹Edit: I replaced with 'filters' the formerly used 'control', which may sound too active (there is of course no need for active contrast, against common agents, in the mature individual).