Post #718814

2026-03-09 21:47 UTC

Getting really sick, and really tired, of all these blanked out words on #YouTube. Profanity is one thing, I can understand little children not being subjected to that although I&#39;m sure it can still fly pretty thick on even first or second grade playgrounds these days. I&#39;m talking about bad triggering words. Things like gun, kill, rape, shoot, molest, murder, drugs, specific names of drugs, etc. i&#39;m a big boy. I just graduated from diapers to pull-ups yesterday. But I digress. Here&#39;s an idea. put disclaimers at the beginning of videos. Stop censoring us who don&#39;t have a problem with words like that. If you&#39;re triggered by words like that, maybe don&#39;t watch the videos? Go back to your cute babies and kittens. Or better yet. Give those of us who pay for YouTube premium the option to have videos that are completely uncut and uncensored. The same things we see on the platform these days, but no censorship, and no trigger word blackouts. There are options to view and listen to raw and uncut and uncensored content on lots of other platforms. Give us YouTube viewers that choice too.

Replies (6)

@mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca 2026-03-09 23:10

@Cam Yeah, it's pretty annoying. I can figure out what words trigger me and I'll avoid them. I don't need an overseer to do it for me.

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@technocounselor@caneandable.social 2026-03-10 00:46

@Cam @mcourcel Oh yeah, it’s even worse on TikTok. You will get banned for saying those words. You have to use unalive for kill, and machine for Gunn. It’s so stupid.

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@tardis@tardis.pw 2026-03-10 21:29

@Cam It's do to YouTube's monetising policies. Swear words, no money for that person who spent hours making a video. Simple as that. Whether we get annoyed or not, what is even the point? Why get annoyed when you can't immediately and directly change something? Just ignore and move on, or at least be indifferent to it and still enjoy the video. That's just my take on it, and I've seen it for years now.

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@HunterXWorld@mstdn.social 2026-03-10 21:41

@Cam Agreed. If I hear someone say "unalive" (or worse, "sewer slide") ever again, it'll be too soon.

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@cubic@vee.seedy.cc 2026-03-10 21:54

@Cam And if they're not bleeped out, they're newspeaked. See unalive, suer-slide, grape etc. Certain things trigger me emotionally, but I won't go crying on the internet because a video sent me into an attack. I'll just skip past the specific part(s) or just not watch the video. Evil Among Us is a great example of how to get this shit right. He puts a content warning at the start of the video and puts chapter marks around parts that might upset or cause distress to viewers. No need for censoring or word replacement.

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@Mitmee_Pie@tweesecake.social 2026-03-10 22:09

@soundshadow87 @Cam I agree with this completely. Some of the stuff they senser is just plain weird, and it's almost comical to hear some youTubers try to avoid words they're apparently not allowed to say any more. It seems that there are an awful lot of people out there who are way too sensative, easily offended, triggered, or whatever. I don't want to diminish anyone's genuine issues, but if they can't function just from hearing a word? That's just very sad and messed up.

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