Louis C.K. has my opinion on the word pretty well covered.
Anyway, it's just a word and the context of how it's used is more important than the word itself.
What do you think of the word "******"? [LOTS OF CURSE WORDS AHOY]
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I don't use it unless I'm trying to bum a cig off of a friend. Considering how often uncouth mouth-breathers throw it around I'm pretty sure alot of them don't really know what it means, either.
Hell, it took me years to figure out what fudgepacker means. Ooooh, packing fudge, I get it. So yeah, it's a curse word used by people when a simple "dumbass" won't suffice. It's meant to be a true curse word in that you use it when you're trying to be mean and not just playful.
Hell, it took me years to figure out what fudgepacker means. Ooooh, packing fudge, I get it. So yeah, it's a curse word used by people when a simple "dumbass" won't suffice. It's meant to be a true curse word in that you use it when you're trying to be mean and not just playful.
When I was growing up someone would use the word when another person was "being a ******". It wasn't a gay slur to us until about the 7th grade. Even then it wasn't used as one though. Louis C.K. once put it something like this:
I should probably stop there. But that was from Louis C.K.'s special "Chewed Up"
"******" and "fag" also refer to a bundle of kindling or a cigarette (mainly in the UK). But my opinion of the words is much like my opinion of the swastika, which has religious significance in Hinduism and Buddhism:
I don't care what the older meaning is, there's far too much resentment to use it in polite company. Try waiting a couple centuries before using it.
And if you use it for its bigoted purpose, then you should be lucky that it's a felony for me to castrate you, because I would be completely justified in stopping you from passing your ignorance and stupidity to the next generation, but you're not worth the prison time, you prick.
I don't care what the older meaning is, there's far too much resentment to use it in polite company. Try waiting a couple centuries before using it.
And if you use it for its bigoted purpose, then you should be lucky that it's a felony for me to castrate you, because I would be completely justified in stopping you from passing your ignorance and stupidity to the next generation, but you're not worth the prison time, you prick.
Ok, that first part, I think I'd direct you to Mr Stephen Fry's response to such logic.Erana said:
For the second, that's simply subjective, some people may think ****** is a riveting and hilarious insult, and that's up to them. You should really treat gay people with the same general sense of context as you do with straight people in that people can generally realise when something is said in jest and when it is said in earnest.
Finally, the last point makes you sound dreadfully arrogant.
One day I was watching The Simpsons, so, yeah.
That's what I always think about when I hear "******".
That's what I always think about when I hear "******".
To me in all honesty, I find the word offensive regardless of context. I apologize, but this is one of those words that I can't really see myself using in a non-comedic context and even then it still rubs me the wrong way.Daystar Clarion said:
I don't know, it just seems insensitive is all.
And this is coming from someone who makes Racial, Religious and Tragedy jokes.
Secondly I think it may be because of how alot of society has an initial reaction to verbally castigate those who use the word.
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Hmm that's what it seems to mean alot now adays given the context of the CoD players.Luna said:
Give it some time, maybe the context and meaning will finally expand to a definition which addresses unlikable people in general
Hell, the word DORK used to mean Whale Penis
To my mind it's a general insult, for the most part. It would seem to be a far more potent term in the States than it is in the UK, though. I think '****' is seen as a lot more of a sexist thing over there too, actually, which has always baffled me a little.
Hehehe, that had me rolling around for a couple of minutes.neonsword13-ops said:
Once, I was playing MW2 on PC, and I was apparently hosting. Supposedly people were lagging a bit. Normally when that happens and I host, I'll leave. It's a manners/karma thing. But when someone asks you to leave by saying "host you're a fucking ****** go die" my response is going to have to be "now see, if you'd said 'host please leave' I'd have left. But because you insist on being rude, no, I won't leave." Petty? yes. Satisfying? yes.
That story out of the way, whenever I encounter people using the word ******, I assume they're referring to the bundle of sticks, and respond to them as such. for the lulz.
That story out of the way, whenever I encounter people using the word ******, I assume they're referring to the bundle of sticks, and respond to them as such. for the lulz.