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Whether swearing sounds childish is a cultural convention, particularly in the case of such a mild swear as “shit.” My experience is that it is not something th
by bee_rider 2y ago
Whether swearing sounds childish is a cultural convention, particularly in the case of such a mild swear as “shit.” My experience is that it is not something that carries this baggage you describe for the typical person. Of course we’re both commenting from inside our bubbles.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoI think you completely missed my point. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41820447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41820447
- CooCooCaCha 2y agoThese are cultural conventions and they also help enforce the status quo by pushing us to use less impactful language.
- bee_rider 2y agoI guess I did miss your point, I thought by “we” you meant us currently in this conversation here, instead of some other hypothetical situation. In that case, sure, it would be good to have a sanitized named to describe the thing. Enshittification seems to have found resonance with the folks who engage with tech often, so I think it is a good term for us as. But maybe something like “abusive platform cash-in” would be a better name in other contexts.
- wk_end 2y agoNeither here nor there, but in my cultural context (Anglo-Canadian, middle millennial) “shit” is usually considered one of the most vulgar swear words (second only to “fuck”) outside of the slurs.
- dijksterhuis 2y agoas a brit living in scotland, there are much worse swearwords. we use them on a daily basis here. vulgarity and or beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- amaccuish 2y agoQuite, not sure why american puritanism needs to be exported.