Comic Strips

which one feels more vulgar or offensive?

"fuck"

"****"

I love it when the tough guy alpha male MAGAts on various social media are so bad they self-censor words they know will get them banned.

Conversely, I hate how so many types of social media are self-censoring words because they're trying not to lose views according to an algorithm. It demeans the terrible severity when someone talks about rape by calling it 'grape', for instance. 'Unalived' is the most fucking ridiculous one.

Now f**k off, or I'll unpleasant you!

I really dislike the sound they use for censoring. It's so annoying. Plus, why make it so loud? I think they genuinely do it to make it seem worse and grab your attention.

Another thing I hate is when the subtitles are censored but not the audio. That's actually pretty ableist if you think about it. They should match. If the audio is censored, censor the subtitles. If the audio is uncensored, don't censor the subtitles. It infantilizes people who are hard of hearing as if they can't handle a swear.

I always find it funny how in other countries, there isn't so much a stigma for kids being exposed to cursing and swearing in something like cartoons. I have always hated how music even has to be censored to appease the—let's face it—minority (probably religious) who happen to like everything else about the song except for language they deem unworthy. The artist expresses themselves with honesty. If you can't handle that, tough shit. Listen to a podcast or Kidsbop. FFS

The internet being censored is one of the most incredibly ridiculous things to happen in our lifetime. Nothing missed the point harder than corporate internet. Even that's an oxymoron.

F~~uc~~k'n A.

I always found it funny when I see a censored middle finger on TV in the US. It's like they are drawing more attention to it by censoring it. And everyone knows what's behind the pixelation. It's so pointless.

I know, I feel bad. One of the favorite things I used to say back in the frumpin' day was "Dude, it's the internet, you can cuss here".

Then slowly over the years, site after site after site after site after site started implementing rules against profanity. Not even in a somewhat sane, reasonable, or consistent way either. Which made it all the worse.

And now, annoying as it is for me personally, I just bite my t0%#$#gue and move on.

Still find it incredibly ridiculous that you can get banned from a certain R-word site for using the R-word, but calling someone or referring to them as a "cocksucker" is apparently perfectly acceptable.

I feel the same about trigger warnings where the warnings are more triggering than the content. The ridiculous ones have petered somewhat, but at its peak you'd see stuff like

TW: mental health, suicide, self harm, narcissistic abuse

Post: I feel sad today :( my mum is telling me to clean and she doesn't get me

How else am I supposed to say bri*ish?

Honestly, same.

These memes with little strips of white over a word or letter are so cringe, it makes me feel awkwardness for others policing their own language.. online

Well, yeah. Censoring isn't everywhere because people complained, it's because advertisers complained.

With an audio track I feel like a well timed bleep can actually make a scene funnier. Doesn't work as well if you're trying to play it serious though.

When it comes to text censoring isn't worth it IMO, at least the type where you blank out part of the word or use a derivative. Everyone can still tell what word you meant so if it was important enough to include then use the actual word. If it wasn't that important then you don't need to write the word you're worried about in the first place - there are other words that can be used for insults or emphasis.

I so identify with this lady.

It is annoying. You know what you wanted to write. We know what you wanted to write. The algorithm know what you wanted to write. And if you're so inclined, your god/gods knows what you wanted to write.

If you write "f*ck this sh!t", you've offended exactly the same number of people you would have with "fuck this shit". Stop acting like a posing saint and just say what you're saying anyway.

And don’t get me started on people who say ‘ahh’

I actually like censored swear words in written text. At least when they are censored enough that you can't tell what the swearword is, but you know the intention behind it.

Deliberate misspellings are obnoxious though

Okay, but when they censor words on Metalocalypse they use guitar rifts and I enjoy that over the actual profanity.

All we got out of it is that joke, where a character says a bunch of profanities and is being bleeped for 30 seconds. But that's been used to death already.

We always told our kids that if we heard them saying something hurtful, they were going to get in trouble, whether or not they used a cuss word. If they used a cuss word in a way that wasn't hurtful, we didn't care. The caveat being that lots of other adults, including many teachers, do care, so they should watch their audience.

By the same token, if they were singing a song or quoting someone that used a cuss word, we'd rather they say the word than self-censor it. If everyone know what word you mean, what's the point?

they are called grawlixes in comics. i wonder if the artist used asterisks to avoid this conversation or because they didn't know.