Swearing and you
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Because there's no real difference between a "swear" word and any other word.
Unless you're one of those people that thinks "words are bullets" or some shit.
A word is just a sound, no real meaning until you give it one.
So "swear" words end up making it easier to chain words together into a sentance if you're talking too quickly or having trouble finding words that particular day.
Plus the whole cathartic experience that other people mentioned.
Unless you're one of those people that thinks "words are bullets" or some shit.
A word is just a sound, no real meaning until you give it one.
So "swear" words end up making it easier to chain words together into a sentance if you're talking too quickly or having trouble finding words that particular day.
Plus the whole cathartic experience that other people mentioned.
Yeah I feel the same.MelasZepheos said:
Thank you. It drives me up a wall when I see people dropping F-Bombs in front of little impressionable children...eTuners said:
Also: A lot of people are saying "It gets my point across." I can SEE that, but it's a razor's edge between getting your point across and appearing belligerent. I rely on facial expressions or tone to get my point across.
It can make some things funnier, but it can just be a "get the dumb people to laugh" button in comedy.
I'm funny, or at least my friends think so. That's how I made all of my former elementary school bullies into friends. I made them laugh while they were feeding me dirt.
Again, I have no need for it.
There's nothing wrong with swearing because swear words themselves are just a different way of saying certain things. For e.g. shit is a different way of saying crap, which is a different way of saying poop, which is a different way of saying excrements.
Fuck is a different way of saying sex, which is a different way of saying intercourse.
As you can see, people have absolutely no reason to get angry if somebody "dares" to say shit instead of poop or fuck instead of sex.
Fuck is a different way of saying sex, which is a different way of saying intercourse.
As you can see, people have absolutely no reason to get angry if somebody "dares" to say shit instead of poop or fuck instead of sex.
Yup, this pretty much sums it up. They're good expressive words. Also, words are only offensive if you choose to be offended by them, so if someone's offended by my swearing, I'd consider it to be their problem and not mine.D4zZ said:
I don't swear, it's just not part of the way I speak. Although I use some words that others might consider swear-words, like "shit", but really just when I'm talking about shit. I talk pretty much the same way my family talks.
When writing a story or a comic, I might use swearing, if it's appropriate. It's a tool to convey meaning and puctuate your words.
When writing a story or a comic, I might use swearing, if it's appropriate. It's a tool to convey meaning and puctuate your words.
Fuck.
Edit: Okay I'll add something else - I usually only swear when I'm gaming (especially online), but then I swear like a sailor. I don't know, it's probably because I get excited and don't want to control myself. In a discussion, though, I usually keep my language clean, if I want to.
Edit: Okay I'll add something else - I usually only swear when I'm gaming (especially online), but then I swear like a sailor. I don't know, it's probably because I get excited and don't want to control myself. In a discussion, though, I usually keep my language clean, if I want to.
I swear because it adds emphasis or comic effect. Penny Arcade, for example, uses cursing quite well for the latter.
I'm also a fan of creative swearing. For example, calling someone an "ass-slapping cockbag, who needs to yank their greasy, shite-sucking head out of their pucker and stop being a complete fuckbend" is much more poignant and biting then simply saying, "you're stupid". For bonus points, mix in some slang insults from other countries or obscure sex acts, and see what you can come up with.
In any case, it's just language, and we should feel the need to explore all words, not just the ones that fill us with sunshine and rainbows. Most Shakespearean insults were at least dirty as the worst offenders on Urban Dictionary, and his stuff is considered high culture now.
Frankly, I'm glad the swearing isn't censored here.
I'm also a fan of creative swearing. For example, calling someone an "ass-slapping cockbag, who needs to yank their greasy, shite-sucking head out of their pucker and stop being a complete fuckbend" is much more poignant and biting then simply saying, "you're stupid". For bonus points, mix in some slang insults from other countries or obscure sex acts, and see what you can come up with.
In any case, it's just language, and we should feel the need to explore all words, not just the ones that fill us with sunshine and rainbows. Most Shakespearean insults were at least dirty as the worst offenders on Urban Dictionary, and his stuff is considered high culture now.
Frankly, I'm glad the swearing isn't censored here.
Love that teacher.jebussaves88 said:
Anyway, I swear tons, and why the fuck not?
It's fun, it doesn't hurt anyone, it emphasises my motherfucking point, and because when people start bitching about my swearing, I can tell them to fuck off and read the fucking Constitution.
FUCK YEAH, FREEDOM!
I swear ALL the time, it's getting rather uncontrollable. But, the thing is, I just don't care. It's my most useful outlet for my intense anger (when I get it, I'm not trying to be one of these people who thinks they're always in a state of rage because it's 'cool'). And besides, if used at the right times, it can be quite funny.Nex-Falx said:
first, it was when I was a kid, and it was because adults were doing it around me all the time, and so naturally my young and impressionable mind thought "swearing = adult" so to act more adult I'd swear around other kids.Nex-Falx said:
Now, I do swear a lot, at least when not around family or parents, and the reason I do is to express anger or extremism. If something deserves more then "rrrrggggh that makes me so mad" I'll swear . . . I want the person making me that angry or thing, to know EXACTLY how angry I am.