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Comment by RaphiePS | Hacker News Reader

Why does it matter?

There are some work environments where using "shit" and "fuck" would be a turn-off -- not all places are very relaxed about that stuff.

On a more personal note, it feels immature -- titling a section "Oh shit what" just for the sake of irony dilutes the meaning of what they're conveying. The info would be equally effective without it, and it's just filler.

I know people just want to have fun, but why not save the swearing for personal blog posts rather than a large (and growing) open source project?

I agree, it's gratuitous. Anyone with a swear filter (families, corporates) can't look at the documentation, and religious organisations may feel uncomfortable.

Being open source, perhaps there's a fork opportunity for 'Bootstrap without the swearing'.

VelcroStrip?

Or keep the name Bootstrap for the fork, and rename this JockStrap?

For me, it's not so much that the profanity is offensive or anything - I have what many might consider to be a fairly dirty mouth.

It's that their usage of profanity is lame. They're trying to be cool and funny, and it's very much neither of these. If they could actually managed the be humorous with profanity, then maybe I wouldn't mind it so much but this blog post really reeks of someone who is desperately trying to be funny and yet miserably fails.

Exactly how I felt about it. Like it was written by an old sad salesman with a pasted smile.

Sounds juvenile. If I wasn't familiar with Bootstrap it'd certainly cause me pause.

It's kind of lame - sure it was cool to swear when I was a teenager, but here it's pointless.

If I'm reading a webcomic or some subreddit then fine.

Because it's gratuitous and unprofessional.

It's a huge turnoff.

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