TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoOccurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: linux@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1211arrow-down1imageOccurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over timelemmy.worldTheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareanar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoNever understood why ‘damn’ is a swear word. Is it a religious thing?
minus-squareOmega@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoit relates to damnation and is basically short for ‘i sentence you to eternal damnation/hell’ It lost all of its flare when being condemned to hell became a casual thing (eg. ‘go to hell’)
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoIt’ll never stop being funny to me how in the US it’a apparently considered pretty bad and even gets censored while here in germany it’s one of those child friendly swears that you expect kindergarten kids to say.
Never understood why ‘damn’ is a swear word. Is it a religious thing?
it relates to damnation and is basically short for ‘i sentence you to eternal damnation/hell’
It lost all of its flare when being condemned to hell became a casual thing (eg. ‘go to hell’)
It’ll never stop being funny to me how in the US it’a apparently considered pretty bad and even gets censored while here in germany it’s one of those child friendly swears that you expect kindergarten kids to say.