Why “fucked” is being discussed
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Back in my day, we had enough taste not to try to turn a person’s child’s cancer diagnosis into a chance to make a political point. Be a better person - you’re talking to an act…
by hluska · Nov 4, 2026
Why on earth did he develop the technology only to spend his last years telling us how fucked we are because of it. Like it would be fucking awesome if he could try find some mo…
by inference-god · Nov 4, 2026
> LISTEN MOTERHFUCKERS. GET YOUR FUCKING AI UNDER CONTROL. WHEN ASKED TO REBOOT A SERVER IT WENT BACK ON THE SERVER, FUCKED UP MOUNTS, FUCKED UP SYSTEMD, FUCKED UP CONTAINERS, R…
by squidmaster · Nov 4, 2026
Feels like there's going to be a lot of investigation into DoD contracts et al. And I expect at least some of the greater Trump orbit fucked up severely in leaving an illegal pa…
by ethbr1 · Nov 4, 2026
I just texted this to a friend. I really do love capitalism and “corporate” and people getting rich and ra ra “America fuck yeah” but I love it in concept where that part of the…
by harmmonica · Nov 4, 2026
> NBC's last two projection errors were 2000 (Bush v Gore presidential race in Florida, which was universally just a fucked race) and 1960. The former wasn't an error. So they'v…
by deaux · Nov 4, 2026
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Fuck is a profanity in the English language. It often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but it is most commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475. In modern usage, the term fuck and its derivatives are used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, an infix, an interjection, or an adverb. There are many common phrases that employ the word as well as compounds that incorporate it, such as motherfucker and fuck off. Read more on Wikipedia