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Banned words (sopuli.xyz)
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[-] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

I was already gonna make fun of the useless red circle, you didn't need to misplace it lol

[-] AnotherPenguin@programming.dev 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

All words starting with N are banned I guess, like I use *ixOS btw

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

Niagara Falls and Nebraska. Any children whose names start with N - sorry little Neighthan, Nanceigh, and Naruto.

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[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not allowing Miku Miku Beams is reasonable tbh. Firing one of those off can level cities.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago

It says words, not phrases. So you're not allowed to use "I," "use," "by," "the," "way," or "and."

[-] wieson@feddit.org 10 points 3 weeks ago

Me utilises masonry bow, coincidentally

[-] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why use many word when few word do trick.

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

That would actually be an interesting challenge for an English class.

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

They really hate "Miku" so they added it twice

[-] 8osm3rka@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

The concept of "banned words" (other than the offensive stuff, of course) in a classroom is so funny to me. There is no way that the person who came up with that wasn't the sourest loser ever.

[-] Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago

Try teaching middle school. You’ll understand. That being said, teachers mostly do this as a joke.

[-] beneeney@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

I always assumed (hoped) these were put up as jokes by the teachers. "Dang it Jeremy that's another one for the board!" type of banter.

[-] JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 3 weeks ago

Plus kids will find a way. Our english teacher didn't want us to say 'shit', but to use 'sugar' instead.

There was a lot of 'bullsugar' and similar in that class.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

yeah this just basically "come up with a bunch new things that'll annoy us"

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[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

I remember one of my teachers banning "doh!". It didn't last very long.

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[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like they banned how to use image editing software as well.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

This must be out of date, there's no big back or turning Ohio or anything. Not even a "ACkShuLly it's GNU...."

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My kid and his friends didn't make up big back?? This list is old? Fuck. I'm at that point... I know nothing.

[-] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

I don't not use Arch, by the way

[-] nodiratime@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Stattdessen nutze ich Bogen.

[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

I manhandle Manjaro.

[-] 17lifers@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

noo not miku miku beam >.<

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[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Hubi@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

All the words that start with n are banned

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Noooooooo!!!!

Oh, sorry....

Ooooooooooo!!!!!!

[-] goatinspace@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

I don't use Ubuntu, by the way.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

I use Ubuntu just to trigger people.

[-] sanderium@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

I use Arch to trigger elitists

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Linux version of "I went to college ^outside of^ Boston"

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Most colleges are outside of Boston, classmate!

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

I use neither Arch nor Ubuntu, btw

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 6 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

"N-words" plural? I can imagine edgy students going out of their way to avoid all words starting with that letter as a result of that rule, just to be difficult.

The sign itself lacks words starting with that letter other than the rule which bans it, and the separate quoting of one word that has one in it somewhere suggests they're allowed as long as they're unspecified on the list (otherwise that entry would have been omitted), so it's entirely possible to misinterpret.

On the other hand, avoiding all words starting with that letter seems like a fun idea, but will people even be able to tell? And it's surprisingly hard to express some concepts without it.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

it says n words they're allowed to have one

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

i see what you're up to here. you've created your whole post without words that start with that particular letter. i do disagree that it's hard to express yourself without it however; it's perfectly possible, i'd say simple, actually, to completely erase the letter from your vocabulary. i'm able to get by perfectly well without a sole use of it, all with perfect legibility. yes, i'd go as far as to say that it's probably close to the bottom of the list of letters ~~when~~ if ordered by value. get rid of it, i say. to optimize the alphabet is to get our speech closer to the speed of thought. after that, we ~~can~~ will start to chip at the big boys; your time has come, S!

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

when

can

Almost. You did well, but it's too hard for me, except maybe for short phrases like this, which, regardless, still requires effort well above my comfort. It's the sixth most used letter by some measures. Seek out the typesetters' placeholder phrase where the first "word" has it as last (sixth), place, before the successor "SHRDLU", which show the order of the most used letters of, uh, latter-day British? Oof. Edit: Modified to avoid a superfluous usage.

This hurts, so it's time for me to stop.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

foul language and N-words

All of them? 🤔

How you gonna teach English without being able to teach nouns?

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

How you gonna teach English without being able to teach ~~nouns~~ words which describe people, places or things?

FTFY, you dirty n-word user you.

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Mikuru beam desu.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I like how foul language etc is halfway down the list

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They say there are multiple but failed to say which is prohibited, so I will avoid all words that use that letter.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

red ellipsoid

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Italian brain rot really got me tho. Tung tung tung tung tung... Sahur!

[-] MelloniDev@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago
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