Hey everyone. Here’s a friendly reminder to be mindful of our rules. Particularly rule 1:

  1. Be Respectful

Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

We deal with enough hate and vitriol in real life. It will not be tolerated here as well. Please report any offending comments and we’ll nip it in the bud as soon as we can.

Let’s keep this as a friendly little community where we can make stupid, stupid jokes.

  • lath@lemmy.world
    0·
    4 months ago

    Well shit! So no fucking around anymore? What about Australians? Are they still allowed to go “cunt” this and “cunt” that? I think it’s part of their cultural identity and forcing them to stop might harm them on an emotional level.

    And what about the Polish? Or was it Poles? I forget. Anyway, “kurwa bobr” is an international sensation. We cannot censor it without it being called abuse and attracting a different kind of "kurwa"s posts.

    Insults that are part of one’s cultural identity should be protected. And as such, I propose that the mod team should sacrifice a small amount of time in their day to learn culturally appropriate swear words from languages across the globe and share them with the rest of the users so that we may all know the socially acceptable way of insulting one another in a polite and friendly fashion.

    A pleasant non-fucking day to you all. (They say abstinence makes the heart grow fond)

    • kaerypheur@lemmy.world
      1·
      14 hours ago

      Although you may think that swear words and swearing are part of some regional culture, I believe that this behavior should not be normalized, especially because it blurs the boundaries and communication styles between human beings.

      • lath@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 hours ago

        I don’t think that swear words and swearing are part of some regional culture, I think they’re part of culture at a universal level. Or even multiversal if you’re into that…

        And they are normalized, have been from the start. It’s the attempt at excluding them that’s been struggling on and off.

        Hell, I still remember old ladies frightening children with priests cutting off their tongues for swearing, which is all kinds of fucked up in itself. But that was “normal” for them at the time.

        I’d think that kind of behaviour would mess up communication styles more than someone using a vulgarity as an exclamation point.