alt Hacker NewsI guess you are not from the generation of texters. This how languages work we used to use * as a way to avoid getting censored it over time became a way to curse or give emphasis.
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Sounds like a generational thing.
I grew up texting. But in the 90s any profanity filters could just be turned off in settings.
Am I, with around 30, in this generation? Putting * in words seems like self censorship to me. Still, might have a cultural component. German here.
Is that a cultural/national thing instead of an age thing?
I've never had texts censored by texting providers, they're not supposed to read texts in the first place (at least around here).
I’ve been texting since it was first a thing (sms on Nokia phones) and no one I knows does this. We just say shit, fuck, and crap.
stop feeding nonsense to the masses
I'm definitely from the generation of texters and there was never any censorship going on with SMSs... yours must be a cultural or regional thing.