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    "title": "Cursing as \"Competence\" Signal",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2016-10-24 16:01:32 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote><p>My days, nobody cursed in public except for gang members and those who wanted to signal that they were not slaves: traders cursed like sailors and I have kept the habit of strategic foul language, used only outside of my writings and family life. Those who use foul language on social networks (such as Twitter) are sending an expensive signal that they are free \u00e2\u0080\u0093 and, ironically, competent. You don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t signal competence if you don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take risks for it \u00e2\u0080\u0093 there are few such low risk strategies. So cursing today</p></blockquote>\n<p>(A counterpoint to the previous post.) Source: <em><a href=\"https://medium.com/@nntaleb/how-to-legally-own-another-person-4145a1802bf6\">How To Legally Own Another Person \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Medium</a></em></p>\n"
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