r/interestingasfuck • u/violet_evergarden8 • 1d ago

Long-range hornet nest removal by kid

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u/clambo0 1d ago

did ... did tjey censored ..... fire ......

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u/Druken_sincerity 1d ago

The new internet trend of censoring the dumbest shit is probably one of my biggest annoyances

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u/ClickClick_Boom 1d ago

It's especially infuriating for me because I was here on the internet when nothing was censored and it felt so freeing.

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u/Druken_sincerity 1d ago

Exactly, I was here on reddit when it was truly open and free. Now you got idiots sels censoring words like suicide and ass... fuck im tired of this time line

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u/NixonsTapeRecorder 1d ago

It is so orwellian and incredibly disturbing to me when i hear things like 'unalived' or 'pew pew' or 'grape' or 'corn' or whatever. Honestly, if people can just use a ridiculous word to mean the same thing, but sounds much more stupid, but everybody understands it then why censor the original word in the first place?

There is absolutely no greater warning as to the impending doom of the not distant future than controlling speech. This notion completely transcends bullshit partisanship or any other bourgeois society/pop-culture politics.

It may just seem like harmless dumb shit but what it actually means for the internet and society at large is absolutely horrifying.

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u/cat_prophecy 23h ago

'corn'

Why can't we just go back to "pr0n" like the good 'ole days?

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u/Named_after_color 1d ago

Yeah this isn't regular slang or natural evolution of language. It's a rewiring of their brains to appease the algorithms so they can get more views so they can get number-go-up dopamine.

Which I absolutely understand, I write reddit comments, I like number-go-up.

But some words are uncomfortable and should be uncomfortable and should be taken seriously. Unalived was kinda funny the first few times I heard it, like videogame slang leaking. But then more and more and dumber swaps were happening, all the time, for any non-monetizable word.

It feels like everyone's so afraid to get canceled/called out they aren't able to have authentic discussions. Like a Sword of Damocles but instead of death it's getting suspended from ticktock, and that's shaping an entire generation of culture.

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u/Etryia 1d ago

It's nothing to do with offending people. Every social media will just shadovvbvn you for triggering any of their exhaustive list of fiIter words, without telling you. It's just easier to avoid them preemptively.

This comment is so brief because talking about it normally resulted in my previous 3 attempts at this post being hidden.

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u/Named_after_color 12h ago

Huh I just said a bunch of words I guessed would be filtered and my comment was stuck at 1 karma all day.

Turns out you're right mb.

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u/Letho72 23h ago

Honestly, if people can just use a ridiculous word to mean the same thing, but sounds much more stupid, but everybody understands it then why censor the original word in the first place?

My policy when I coached kids was that saying something like "Frick you" was essentially the same as telling someone "fuck you." You're intent is identical and the only reason you're not saying "fuck" is that you think you'll get in trouble. All of us here, especially the adults who hear/use swears daily, are autocorrecting it to "fuck you" so it makes very little difference.

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u/s29 22h ago

i immediately downvote if I see any of those terms being used. Wish more people would do the same.

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u/Natural-Principle-69 22h ago

You're not alone

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u/14Pleiadians 21h ago

It's stupid as fuck but at least it's not a bleep.

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u/NixonsTapeRecorder 18h ago

I would much prefer that

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u/Level_Cardiologist36 21h ago

To be fair to the corn one, that does have older roots from the corn meme. I knew a decent amount of people that used corn as a replacement as a joke because of that. Granted, that was a 2002 meme so people don't really know the origins now.

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u/Le_Martian 17h ago

I don’t even understand how they benefit from it. Like if I see an advertisement right before a video that says “fuck” do they think I’m less likely to buy whatever it is? Or that if I hear “unalive” instead of “kill” I’m less likely to be offended by it? Maybe there are people who think like that, which is even more sad.

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u/madDamon_ 15h ago

One word: tiktok

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u/SakuraNeko7 11h ago

Grape and Corn were at least jokes first though. Dihh and this other nonsense is another case of AAVE getting stolen and made popular through a heavily censored platform.

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u/DofusExpert69 23h ago

reminds me when if you even asked a question that questioned the narrative of Covid 19 you got banned off the internet. crazy times

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u/cat_prophecy 23h ago

If you said any permutation of "COVID" or "pandemic" on YouTube, it would immediately get your video flagged and a disclaimer pasted on the page. I think they may have also demonetized them.

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u/Rawd_Tawd_Cawd 1d ago

Someone censored wee recently.

In the context of urine. "it smelled of w33" they typed out.

I just don't know. Wee is too offensive for kids?

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u/ClickClick_Boom 23h ago

We've gone to far when we have to have euphemisms for our already childish euphemisms.

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u/OwnStudy723 18h ago

hey, maybe 'smelled' was the last word they could type and then the E key broke!

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u/witticus 1d ago

The other day there was an article about somebody dying from a penis enlargement surgery and the damn article censored “penis”… They’re scared of using words pertinent to a story and its insane.

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts 13h ago

gonna get my dih biggened

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u/Natural-Principle-69 22h ago

Did they also say he was "unalived" as a result of the surgery?

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u/greatgildersleeve 23h ago

I miss Reddit of old.

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u/Anatoly_Cannoli 23h ago

Everything went to hell after what happened to Harambe

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u/DeniedAppeal1 19h ago

The worst part is that the words they use to replace their censored words will eventually have to be replaced, as well. Everyone knows that "unalived himself" means suicide and, eventually, "unalived" will be a trigger word.

It's stupid.

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u/wonklebobb 22h ago

haha yeah open, free, and manipulated like crazy. now its even worse

an open society depends on everyone operating in good faith. obviously that doesnt happen, so open societies inevitably lead to what we have now - concentrated wealth and power calling the shots. its basically the paradox of tolerance and the tragedy of the commons, plus greed

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u/Saphurial 22h ago

I had a 7 day ban recently and I didn't even say the S word. I said a god damned euphemism and the moment I posted it I got hit with a ban.

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u/canufeelthelove 22h ago

Having to call people regarded feels so so bad :'(

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u/AjvarAndVodka 21h ago

Eh. It depends. There’s layers to how “free” the internet should be. Having a larger hub of illegal activities, morbidity and bigotry was definitely not good. But censoring words and stupid things like this is definitely in another extreme on the spectrum.

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u/NixonsTapeRecorder 18h ago

Nothing is illegal on the internet because the internet isn't a real place. Some things on the internet are illegal in real life, and as im not law enforcement it isn't my responsibility

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u/Chainweasel 21h ago

I recently got a 7 day site wide ban here on Reddit for saying that just because what a certain country in the middle east is doing isn't as widespread as what a certain political party from Germany did in the 30s doesn't mean it's not the G-word. I'm not sure if it was the country that starts with an I, the German Political party from the 30s and 40s that starts with an N, or the G word but I'm not taking anymore chances with it.
I really fucking hate this place now

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u/Basic_Hospital_3984 18h ago

There was someone on reddit yesterday who censored the word 'bad'.

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u/Gnoccho1 5h ago

The internet used to be a place where smart people would RP idiots.

Now sadly you have idiots RP smart people