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Why has someone done a half-arsed scribble on this? It just draws attention to the word "fucking", which is still clearly readable underneath. If it's some kind of censorship designed to avoid offending people, it's just drawn more attention to the swear.
Not a clue :) perhaps the person who posted it originally wanted the weight of the word, but imagined they were lessening the impact of the swear for those who would find it offensive?
 
Why has someone done a half-arsed scribble on this? It just draws attention to the word "fucking", which is still clearly readable underneath. If it's some kind of censorship designed to avoid offending people, it's just drawn more attention to the swear.
Perhaps because they wanted the impact of the word but didn't want their post to be the deleted by the social media algorithm.
 
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