What ever happened with this? I hope the hot dog is OK.

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please do not censor the word reddit: the way you did that, I thought it was the other R word

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Sorry but what is the other R word? (I legit have no idea)

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3 points

Rhodesia.

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4 points

russia

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I also thought Russia, just based on the number of asterisks. Though I suppose there’s a lot of 6 letter r-words that could fit.

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I thought they meant Russia as well. Like wtf, has Lemmy gone full woke already?

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They mean “retard”. It used to be an acceptable word and now many people consider it a slur. Just wanted to give you a real answer since many people are making jokes or avoiding saying it.

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5 points

Oh Jesus, how about we don’t censor Reddit because that itself is retarded?

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I try (usually unsuccessfully) to explain to people there is a huge difference between saying something is retarded vs calling someone a retard. One of those is acceptable and the other isn’t.

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I was really expecting that to say removed instead of “retard”. I find it hard to get behind that censorship even if well intentioned. It’s extremely annoying especially when you can’t guess what was removed and it renders a sentence incomprehensible.

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Thank you. Til. I’ll avoid this situation in the future.

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Regard

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rich

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R*tard

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5 points

Redditors?

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2 points

Close enough

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Reddit is what I meant when I typed r*****. I thought maybe @moosetwin was suggesting there was some other R word he was worried about.

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