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by coldtea 973 days ago
Some do it because others are offended if they see them in full print.

Others do it because in many places you wont pass moderation without it.

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I'm more offended by having to guess which word is meant.
It doesn’t matter what the word is. It’s [expletive], it’s grawlix, it’s whatever swear word you want, in whatever language you speak.

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

I don't think I'm alone in reading "they ** up" as "they fucked up" in my head, without meaning to. So whoever would be offended, is still offended, only now they can't complain about it since the person technically didn't swear.