Fuck knows, fuck you, and merry fucking Christmas.
In seriousness though: no idea. It's nice though, not every sentence needs an f-bomb or a c-nuke. They're just helpful and/or satisfying sometimes.
Fuck knows, fuck you, and merry fucking Christmas.
In seriousness though: no idea. It's nice though, not every sentence needs an f-bomb or a c-nuke. They're just helpful and/or satisfying sometimes.
Literally loses it's meaning and usefulness when overused as well
I don't swear often because that makes it so much more satisfying when I do. It's like rationing out my favourite snacks.
Also it makes you sound much more intelligent when you can express yourself with other words. It forces you to utilize your vocabulary.
It makes me laugh when some people give certain words magical powers. They are just fucking words for Christ's sake.
They're not "magical", they just have meaning and connotations.
But certain words DO have power, even if it's just power attributed by others it's still power, and it's really naive to think they don't.
Given the way humanity works, words generally do and should have power ("profane" or otherwise). If they don't, what's the point?
On profanity, to me it's a set of special words to break out for emphasis. If I just casually use them, then they lose value as emphasis. If those words were just as mundane as others, what would be the point of their existence?
Agreed.
Consensus? This your first day on internet or what?
Why the fuck not?
Squid_Slime, you are fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute.
I try to ease up on the c word when I think I might be replying to an American because I'm aware it has pretty hideous connotations over there.
Just use ankle for Americans, it’s less offensive to them and most of them are about three feet lower than a cunt anyways.
Meh, I save my swears for special occasions, for when I want to make it clear shit is real.
Otherwise metaphors more plum than the violets of Persia do me fine. (That's actually a simile.)
You may often be understood quite well even without using harsh language in every fucking sentence.
Infact, refraining from using harsh language increases the impact of it when you actually need to for some god damned reason.
So please, consider using some bloody restraint, and only curse when you actually shit ass need to.
I hope that this comment has cleared it up for you, have a lovely new year!
Cursing all the time is like yelling all the time. It loses its effect. That said, If you're going to swear, don't fucking censor your words. It's just stupid.
Because its fucking rude to curse you shitheaded little twat!
<3
The common "curse" words like "shit" and "fuck" are pretty impersonal. They can signal an escalation, but are typically pretty minor. They don't even do that when the speaker is like "I just took a huge shit. Don't go in there for a while"
Other words, like racial slurs and anti-queer stuff, invoke more history and violence. If someone calls someone an asshole that's probably not that big a deal. If they call someone a n-word f-gay-slur, there might be a hate crime about to happen.
So I don't use those words. I don't want to bring the stuff they import into the scene.
People who are the typical recipients of the slurs using them themselves is a related topic I'm not very qualified to speak on, and I wouldn't try to police their language.
What the fuck do you care cunt?
I don't focken feel like it, ya cunt.
are you one of them australian fockers?
It can be ~~totally~~ tonally jarring. I swear all the time, but if I threw some swears in my comments from my history then the messages behind them would be weakened.
**** censorship
Every other word (not literally) out of my mouth is a curse word, so much so that I feel less of a need to use them here. Plus every-once-and-a-while peeps take my rando opinions far too seriously. So, (to compensate), I try to be more polite than I would when actually speaking
Cursing and not cursing will both get you pretty much no reaction here.
But... if you self censor curse words with f*** or s***.... some lemmings lose their $#!+!
Step one: instead of "Ass," say "Buns" Like "Kiss my buns" or "You're a buns hole" Step two: instead of "Shit," say "Poo" As in "Bull-poo," "Poo-head," and "This poo is cold" Step three: with bitch, drop the 'T' 'Cause "Bich" is Latin for generosity! Step four: don't say "Fuck" anymore 'Cause "Fuck" is the worst word that you can say So just use the word, "M'kay!"
Someone, somewhere in the fediverse, is going to see a bunch of "removed" and wonder what this comment says lol
There's not really much need for swearing in most comments/posts I come across on lemmy/kbin, so I'm not surprised it's uncommon.
I don't see a problem with bringing out the occasional swear word for particular emphasis or humour, but when someone can't write regular posts/comments without cursing it's pretty likely they're just a kid trying to be edgy on the internet.
You are frequenting an incredibly select number of communities.
Also, discussions tend to be more respectful here than on low bars like reddit, so crutches like swearing don't come into play as much.
In my case, my f****** speech to text won't f****** write out the c*** d*** c*** swear words, which I think is hilarious.
For me, it's just uninteresting and pointless, and detracts from when I might use them for emphasis, if they are used all the time.
I also find a lot of popular media leans on vulgar as the entire end game. Like a comedy where the only attempt at being funny is saying words you're not "supposed" to stay. Use your language as you wish, but you better have something more to bring to the table than a willingness to say "dirty" words.
Admittedly, it's not as much a thing as it used to be. With media not caring much about language anymore, it stopped even in theory being funny by itself, but there was a time in the 80s and 90s where a number of personalities were nothing but swearing in contexts they weren't "supposed" to, and it was so boring.
So that carries forward to why I don't bother to swear, because I found it so unimaginative then and that stuck with me.
honestly less arguments
Hell if I know
For me personally, I got into a lot of drawn out arguments on Reddit. I said some LGBTQ performers doing a performance that involved a cross was “child friendly” and for 8 months I still got messages from pearl clutching conservatives calling me a pe**. Here, I try to limit my hot takes to 24 hours of engagement, and I try to be more respectful.
Also, I’d like to think that there is a better class of people here than on Reddit. So, I act accordingly. I like my new home. It’s not totally full of assholes yet, and I don’t fancy creating any.
I love casual profanities, fuck that.
I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit. -- Mel Brooks
The fuck would i care if people fucking swear or not, as long as you don't fucking target your fucking swear at others then you be fucking damn sure no one will fucking have any fucking problem with your fucking swear.
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