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Would it be so vulgar and inappropriate to spell out "asshole" in the title? I find this "a-hole" masquerade just silly.
by znowi 13y ago
Would it be so vulgar and inappropriate to spell out "asshole" in the title? I find this "a-hole" masquerade just silly.
- l0gicpath 13y agoSome consider it profanity. It doesn't bother me reading a post with a few s' or f' words. I myself tend when the point I'm making calls for it to write a few. However, some really go over the top and it becomes irritating to read either both ways whether it's spelled out or masqueraded. So I guess it's a personal preference.
- DanielBMarkham 13y agoThat's a tough one. I wouldn't for my business blogs, but my business readers are mostly corporate types. I'm slipping a "damn" or a "hell" in every now and then, but that's about all. For HN, I'm moving much more towards using "fuck" and the rest. The crowd is 20-something, and they still think if you say fuck every other word that you must be saying something worthwhile. So no, I think he did it right. But I were just writing for my HN buds, I wouldn't be so cute.