diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index 91e224a6dbf39043d3da605a5120c1c2302bb94b..d419763b15904d773440d459caa9214b0240aadb 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ function gui_canvas_delete_line(cid, tag) {
     if (line !== null) {
         line.parentNode.removeChild(line);
     } else {
-        gui_post("canvas_delete_line: something is fucked up because the line doesn't exist");
+        gui_post("canvas_delete_line: something is borked because the line doesn't exist");
     }
 }
 
@@ -3311,7 +3311,7 @@ function gui_graph_htick(cid, tag, y, r_x, l_x, tick_pix, basex, basey) {
         y1: y - basey,
         x2: l_x - tick_pix - basex,
         y2: y - basey,
-        id: "fuckoff" + y
+        id: "tick" + y
     });
     var right_tick = create_item(cid, 'line', {
         stroke: 'black',
@@ -3467,7 +3467,6 @@ exports.file_dialog_callback = function(file_string) {
 }
 
 function gui_gatom_dialog(did, attr_array) {
-    gui_post("fuck tits");
     dialogwin[did] = nw_create_window(did, 'gatom', 265, 540, 20, 20, 0,
         0, 1, 'white', 'Properties', '', 0, null, attr_array);
 }
diff --git a/pd/src/g_editor.c b/pd/src/g_editor.c
index 8cc9fa06bdb17824646a1252d93f463dd131d711..0202f26e6b12e35620102815e1da26efab866642 100644
--- a/pd/src/g_editor.c
+++ b/pd/src/g_editor.c
@@ -5584,7 +5584,6 @@ void canvas_menuclose(t_canvas *x, t_floatarg fforce)
         {
             if (!glist_istoplevel(g) && g->gl_env)
             {
-post("opening up the motherfucker x%lx", g);
                 /* if this is an abstraction */
                 vmess(&g->gl_pd, gensym("menu-open"), "");
             }
@@ -5592,12 +5591,10 @@ post("opening up the motherfucker x%lx", g);
             {
                 /* is this even necessary? */
                 canvas_vis(g, 1);
-post("fuck you canvas_vis x%lx", g);
             }
             //vmess(&g->gl_pd, gensym("menu-open"), "");
             if (!glist_istoplevel(g) && g->gl_env)
             {
-post("farging...");
                 /* if this is an abstraction */
                 //sys_vgui("pdtk_canvas_menuclose .x%lx {.x%lx menuclose 2;}\n",
                 //     g, g);
@@ -5608,7 +5605,6 @@ post("farging...");
             }
             else
             {
-post("dildo");
                 //sys_vgui("pdtk_canvas_menuclose .x%lx {.x%lx menuclose 2;}\n",
                 //     canvas_getrootfor(g), g);
                 gui_vmess("gui_canvas_menuclose", "xxi",
diff --git a/pd/src/s_inter.c b/pd/src/s_inter.c
index 5f6f4c6bbc9722adbfb02506bc79ae64560be2c0..a6ad312b111cda779b231cb383ef918822d3be1b 100644
--- a/pd/src/s_inter.c
+++ b/pd/src/s_inter.c
@@ -1319,9 +1319,6 @@ int sys_startgui(const char *guidir)
                 }
             }
 #endif
-
-            fprintf(stderr, "fuck %s", sys_guicmd);
-
             execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", sys_guicmd, (char*)0);
             perror("pd: exec");
             _exit(1);