I disagree with tslarm. I mildly prefer not to have f-bombs in otherwise-calm articles that I might link people to, but it’s not a detraction from my understanding and enjoyment. “Forking”, “goram”, “effing”, “bloody”, and the like get the point across a little less forcefully, but a lot more acceptably.
I don’t like asterisks—they break the reading flow and don’t change the way people hear it in their heads. Just use the word if you think it’s the right word. At the root, there’s a lot of value in your writing, and I want you not to spend a lot of time on this particular decision.
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect any change unless my reaction turns out to be common.
As for what to do, personally I am fine with uncensored swearing (which I would prefer to asterisked swearing, which in turn I would prefer to word substitution). But I also think you’re a good enough writer to convey the same emphasis or emotion without any swearing or substitutions.
IMO, F*** or F!#@, I feel like it has more impact that way. Since it means you went out of your way to censor yourself, and it’s not just a verbal habit, as would be the case with either fuck or a euphemism.
Among my friends group, Good Place is close to correctly-weighted. Some don’t care for it, but recognize it’s uniqueness, some find it worthwhile simply for the shop names and side-jokes, and many of us absolutely love it, even though we don’t get much value from re-watching it. IMO, the surprisingly effective AI defense mechanism was sufficient genius to outweigh any other flaws.
Others can let me know if this is common, and what I should do instead of it is. F***? Just don’t censor at all? Skip word entirely?
Eh, I disagree. Just to give one datapoint in the opposite direction.
I disagree with tslarm. I mildly prefer not to have f-bombs in otherwise-calm articles that I might link people to, but it’s not a detraction from my understanding and enjoyment. “Forking”, “goram”, “effing”, “bloody”, and the like get the point across a little less forcefully, but a lot more acceptably.
I don’t like asterisks—they break the reading flow and don’t change the way people hear it in their heads. Just use the word if you think it’s the right word. At the root, there’s a lot of value in your writing, and I want you not to spend a lot of time on this particular decision.
Thank you for keeping profanity out of your articles.
I prefer not censoring – by you – but I don’t mind what you’re doing now really.
I think your emotions are useful information and profanity is sometimes a perfect vehicle for them.
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect any change unless my reaction turns out to be common.
As for what to do, personally I am fine with uncensored swearing (which I would prefer to asterisked swearing, which in turn I would prefer to word substitution). But I also think you’re a good enough writer to convey the same emphasis or emotion without any swearing or substitutions.
IMO, F*** or F!#@, I feel like it has more impact that way. Since it means you went out of your way to censor yourself, and it’s not just a verbal habit, as would be the case with either fuck or a euphemism.
(Mildly prefer skipping the word, but also I like it as-is.)
The Good Place is overrated; prefer to skip word entirely unless you really really need it. (Which is sometimes.)
Very open to different word handling, but strongly disagree with this take. Good Place is underrated.
Among my friends group, Good Place is close to correctly-weighted. Some don’t care for it, but recognize it’s uniqueness, some find it worthwhile simply for the shop names and side-jokes, and many of us absolutely love it, even though we don’t get much value from re-watching it. IMO, the surprisingly effective AI defense mechanism was sufficient genius to outweigh any other flaws.
FWIW I find it quite annoying/confusing too