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		alpaca128 on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open source code with profanity in comments is sta... > Much of the community considers profanity as a vulgar display of lack of intelligence and education, because why use profanity when you have a rich vocabulary? Why not use the full range of one's vocabulary?

bregma on July 6, 2023 [–]

Ten thousand bilious blue blistering barnacles that's a tremendous idea!

Or by "full range" did you mean "limit it to a few well-worn cliches"?

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