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Sorry if this is well off topic, but what is the word you've censored in your penultimate paragraph?

> g**mn ad platforms

I can't for the life of me figure it out. At first I thought you meant "gaming" because of pointless "gamificiation" (no, I don't want to collect a gem and get virtual rewards for "streaks" every time I tune my guitar to encourage me to engage with your app every day) but that doesn't quite fit, nor does "Google"

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I can't understand why people self-censor them; I mean you didn't figure out goddamn, but it's insulting to believe people can't parse what f*k or s*t refers to.

Swearing is allowed on here, you won't get banned. And we're all adults here, we won't be shocked or offended by bad language.

Alternatively, don't swear at all, there's plenty of other ways to express yourself. But don't do this shitty middle-ground bleeping things out bit, we're not stupid.

My favourite kind of useless censorship is things like "st*pid cunt"

It's the mark of a progressive Australian!

I think its goddamn ;)

Maybe it's gee gosh golly darmn?

Ah well I feel a bit daft now, not sure how that didn't cross my mind

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