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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by bravetraveler on Monday June 16, 2025 @06:09AM (#44288060)
> They went up, actually. "crap" skyrocketed in the last years, and the rest were more or less stable.

To their point, I would consider "crap" a lesser swear. More "fuck" or "shit" would counter-intuitively imply... certain qualities [by not being so conformist]

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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by darkwater on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:15AM (#44289215)
And what about damn then? Is that even a swear word?
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