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by sandworm101 1513 days ago
The ultimate litmus test for such filtering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke

And a favorite tech blog/news website that is often blocked:

https://torrentfreak.com/

2 comments

The canonical joke is the complaint about substring censorship:

"There are three English football teams that always fall victim to overzealous censorship: Arsenal, Scunthorpe and Manchester Fucking United."

or.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_My_Dad_Says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$h*!_My_Dad_Says

The later (TV-Show) is actually based on the former (twitter feed) but couldn't retain the name in the US. It would probably have been perfectly fine as is in the UK.

> $h*!

I never understand that kind of (often self) censorship where the meaning is intentionally left clear. It could be malicious compliance with keyword-based filters but people do it voluntarily even in places where no such filters exist.

As a racing fan, Dick Trickle [0] (retired NASCAR driver) is also a fun name.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle