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Let It Out (a.k.a. SwearBot 2007)

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Have you ever just had one of those days, or maybe it was just a moment, where you get so frustrated you just want to scream? This is meant to be a hypothetical question because I know we've all been there. Maybe it is because the cat peed on the chair again, you computer isn't doing what you tell it to*, or you've made the same mistake that you always make even though you swear you will never make it again. Well, when it happens to me, I sometimes want to swear. Who knows where the urge comes from? I'm not incredibly proud of it, however I rarely audibly swear in such instances because you never know when there might be tender ears around.

Anyway, I had this thought: what if I created a forum for such an outlet but somehow buffered it, so readers wouldn't get an earful* but it could still fulfill the desire for an outlet. Plus, by expressing your frustration in a non-intrusive way, hopefully it will encourage others to sympathize with you and send out positive energy to help alleviate said frustration.

With that in mind, I've created the SwearBot 2007. Enter your swears (as unPC as you want. No one will see the untranslated version), exclamations, derisions, or complaints. Press "Translate". Presto! Now you have a squeaky clean outlet that you can paste into an e-mail, print out and put on the office refrigerator, or paste into the comments of this very blog.

(P.S. I promise the next post will be a follow up to "The Next Adventure")

Wednesday December 19 2007

File under: misc, coding

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on Wed 19th Dec, 2007 11:02 am PST Wren said:
One part beta testing and one part venting: #*@ %#$ #_*X !% #^$%?_&^ X?%?#^X&. &_^X %% s******g ^% #?# a*********.
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on Wed 19th Dec, 2007 03:46 pm PST jenelle said:
man, this is so much more satisfying than kicking the dog. oh wait. no it isn't. where'd spot go?
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on Wed 19th Dec, 2007 06:34 pm PST Go! Turtle aka Disapeared Into Seattle said:
Now if you could make it so only the swears themselves were translated in sentences you may have an invention that almost rivals troothicks.
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