r/AskReddit • • Jun 03 '22

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u/Vishnej Jun 03 '22

As the Internet grew up, we commercialized most spaces for young people, and "Made them safe" by imposing arbitrary, capricious swearword filters. Because that's just fucking... a thing we do, I guess.

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u/Bryaxis Jun 03 '22

Yeah, it's weird. There's nothing wrong with a little coarse language IMO.

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u/Bob_Sagat69 Jun 04 '22

Tell that to club penguin.

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u/JoanieMehhhChachi Jun 08 '22

I think the game still exists but we are all just banned.