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by 0d311 2346 days ago
I’m not sure I really needed “fart” to be censored to “f——“. Am I out of touch with how acceptable it is to use the word fart? Am I going to accidentally offend someone?
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In the same sentence but before the quote it is not censored. I'm guessing that the censorship was part of the original quote. Given that Kant wrote in the 1700s I could see it being considered impolite at the time.
It’s a quote from 1766, so you’re only out of touch with the 18th century.

EDIT: [you’re/your]

Relax, I'm a time traveler from the future. By 3030 fart is the only acceptable word. I've taken great risk by typing this message.