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by eigenspace 599 days ago
That's definitely true, but I think you're also likely also just not understanding that in some cultures, there really are taboo words that are not considered okay to say under really any context.

Again, think of how radioactive "the N-word" is in all but the most radical of english speaking circles nowadays. Other languages have things like this with different histories and reasons.