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[–] 62 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Can we please stop censoring words on the internet.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago

    I kind of understand content creators doing it because they want that sweet, sweet money. But when I see people who are not getting paid ad revenue censor themselves so whatever social media platform they are on can make more money something is very wrong.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    N̴͈͇̥̞͑̈́͋ͅo̴͕̠̞̻̭̻͆̆͐̂̊ ̸̨͔̤̹̟͈͈̳͚̳̆w̸̡̢̼͓̳͍̮̠̳̹͍̎̒͛̓͐̂̐̈́͛͐̈̽͘ȇ̸̩̞̉́͆̾͗̋̆͑̓̚͠ ̷̡̱̜̫̭̃̈́̈̂̏͋̓͑̃̿͋̅͗͘͜g̸̨̛͖̝̭̹̀̈́͛̆̅̿̇͗͑̐̾̑͜o̷̬͚͙͒̿̆̀ţ̶̡͎̲̝͍̖͖̲̻̯̙̘̽̓t̶̘̜͔̿̎ả̴̛̛̞̗͇̔̋̀͌͗̓̽̎̆̇̏̾͜ ̴̧̧̤͍̬͙̤̘̘̬̹̮̥̋̇̒̉̈́̈́̎͌̉̽̚͠ͅͅc̵̰̘̼̩͑̃̈e̵̡̡̢̦͙̤̪̺̻̦̮̤͗̅̓͆̓̃ͅn̴̙̩͍͓̣̟̜̭̺͇̮̞̉̄̂͆͆͜ş̴͇̮̦͖͚̖̺͚̺̠̌̍̎̿̀̏͒͜͝o̷̟̮͓͈̜̜̜̼͐̈́̽̓̆̀͐̎̏͘ṟ̷̘̣͓͐̅̒̅̈̊͝ ̴̲̟̯̝̝̺̥̜̖̹̇̀̂̊͘ͅë̴̢̢̨̙̖̭̩̩̬̬̺͖͙́̽̋̇̓m̴̛̯̗̻͓̱̗̂͛ ̸̡͓͎͚̻̹̦̹̥͚̗̩̳͊̎̽͐͂͝w̴̨̡̨̛̬͓̹̟̟͓̙̯̠̟̞̰͂̃̿̃̏͝ē̵̫̭͚͖͕̫͕̣̑̈̊͋̈̀́̓ị̷̯̟͐̒̄̓̉̏͊̊̊̓͝͠͝ŗ̶̡̨̢͗d̶̨̙̩̳̉͒͆̓ ̶̧̫̮͋̉̑̆́́͂̔́̍̂̈͆͠ń̸͎̹͔̭̝̗̺͚͍͕͕̗̫̪͐͗̊ͅo̵̡̨̥̗̘͍͉̭̺̘͉̬̊͐̈́̌̉̂̐ͅͅw̸̖̽̓̈

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    F̴̛̘͚̰͚̮̞̙̳͉̯̀̈́͌͌͌̈́͗̾̔̆͘r̷̢̉̂̊̈́͌̊̈́́̀̎͛̚i̷͕̤͈͓̝͖̺͍͖̟͒͂̏͂͋ͅc̸̨̹̯̖̝̮͙̣̺̰̹̀͑͒͝͝ͅk̶̡̼͖͐̇͆̊͐͋͌̌̈́́̔͘

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    O̴͙͈͈͓̪͔̭̩̟̼̗͍͖͂̿̽̆̈̍̑̇̏̒ṇ̶̨̟̗̻̬͈̜̠̫̠͚̊̄͌͗͂̈̓l̵͉̘̍̽͘͠y̸̡͔̺̱̼͇̯͐͌̀̈́́͆̽͌̈́̑͂̈́̏͜͝͠ ̴̢̢͓̖̖̪̦͉̘̫̣̜͎̿̾͑̐̑͋̈̚̚ḇ̷̨̣̭̯̼̦̗̻͐̌̉̐̒͑̾͘͝ͅe̶̛̫̲͕̮̐͋̔́͂́̉c̷̹̝̠͕͓̾́̾̒͌͊͌̽̿̽̒͝͝͠ą̵̛̯̹̱̫͓̬͈̼̲̱̌͊̉̆͂́̌̈u̷̧̨̯̮̝̯̙̤̪̺̹͐̓̓̀̌͘͜s̴͕̪͕͈͒̽̋̊̿̌̐́ė̷̥̣̭̖̫̮̗̹̭́̈́̂̉̊̑̅͑̆̋̒̒̂͝ ̵̤̞̘̺̻̈̀̈́̚͠ŷ̷̨͇̼̼̬͙̙̰͕̹͔̎͂̑̿̆̓̈̃̈̏̅͠͝ō̸͙̬̣͇̥̗͖̟̫u̵͉͉͚͉̪̳͗̿̉͑̔͋̆̀͘͝ ̴̫̖͕̼́̃̂̋̾͋͊͆̃͌̓͠͝͠ȁ̸̧̤̪͙̻͚͈͕̥̺̙̼̟͓̍s̸̨̛̛̛̤̭̤͕̺̳̜͕̙̰͈̮͋͊̎͐̌̔k̶̠͉̣̱̦̮͚̹͖̄̾͂̀̒̽̂e̷̘͈̦̭̋̆̉ď̴̡̂̄͌͊̂̌̀ ̴̭̱͚͓͌ṕ̸̖̱̘̲̯͓̲̙̤̥̬̫̟̒̏̃̔̓̚͜ơ̵͖̔͗̑́̿̒͊̈̌̑̀̒͠l̶̡̫̯̯̙̲̹̦̬̪̤̓̀̿̈́͝͠ͅͅi̴̮͌̋͑̕ͅt̵͚̙̺͓̜̀̏͂̄̽͛͛͑̈́̚͝͠ȩ̴̨̢̥̣̥̬͙̣̜͕͈̅̔͛͌͛̍͆̽̓ͅḻ̶̙̮̭̜̤͕͕͙̯̒̆̌̀̈́̾̓̑͊̉̉́͠͝ͅy̵̜̮̲̣͕̬̜̿̔̈̋̀̓͆

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    It has its own terms for a very good reason.

    It's relative to the boat, so that if you are standing on deck and looking back everyone knows what you mean and not if you are talking about your reative left or the boats.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago*

    Port was also initially Larboard, but it turns out when shouting a direction from the other side of a boat, having two similar sounding terms for opposite directions often results in crashing said boat, so it was changed in the mid 1800s.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So you just collectively agree that left is the ships left while you're on the ship.

    Problem solved.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The left is always the ship's left, just like the left side of a car is always the left side of a car.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can't remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.

    I don't use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven't forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn't mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.

    E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say "a lot."

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”

    That reminds me of the old joke:

    A widow was holding a funeral for her husband, when a man asked if he could say a word. "Of course" said the widow, so he stood up and exclaimed "plethora!". The widow replied "thanks, that means a lot".

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Let's name them something edgy and disruptive. How about calling all four sides "X".

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    And what the fuck kind of speed measurement is "knots"?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    Hey watch your mouth, you can't just erase me!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    As. Long as no one fucks with poop deck. Don't you take my poop deck away.

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  • Yeah, the theater gets stage left and stage right, so why not.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Port has the same number of letters in it as "left". Starboard does not have the same number of letters in it as the word left.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I can never remember which is which. Is there some easy way to recall which is left and which is right?

    (Same goes for red and green light on the sides.)

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "left" and "port" have the same number of letters. Conveniently, they're also the same direction (while facing forward on the boat).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    “Red Right Returning”

    When two ships approach each other bow-on (that’s the front of the ship), each will see the red running light to their right. Which if my spatial reasoning hasn’t failed me, means that they’re on the left (port) side of the ship.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I was once on a boat where that stairs thingy was on its left side. The port is where you get on the boat, and the stairs thingy is how you get on the boat. The stairs thingy is on the left, so port is left. Works every time.

    I give you my permission to use this mnemonic device however you see fit. You're welcome.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    As long as no one brings up "larboard", it's fine!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Which side would we tie up to the dock?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well, you Left the Port to sail...

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