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Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)'s avatar

When I was a young child, I asked my mom, "Is it okay to say fuck it?" She said no, that's not nice to say. Then I asked, is it okay to say, "God Bless?" She said, yes, that's okay. For a couple of months, I used the latter expression in a tone that expressed the first. :)

It's the thought that matters.

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Me Stuff's avatar

Haha. Love that!

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Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)'s avatar

Which is why I do not allow cussing on my site. If someone is "intelligent," they can articulate. Also, when I was five and was told I was too young to understand something, I said, "Sir, if you are so smart, why don't you tell me in a way that even I would understand it?" It turns out that's one of the utterances attributed to Einstein (for whom I never cared), too. :)

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Tereza Coraggio's avatar

This is one of the most hilarious things I've ever read. Thanks to the Diva Deep Dive for sending me into the plunge. On one of my posts where I was distinguishing between cussing and slurs (no words left to describe it that haven't been misappropriated by the woke crowd), ArtemisForestFairy wrote:

"As for Cursing, we do it copiously. (there is a book about it called "Holy sh*t" which is why i do so) I made a game of it. called troll. the insult must be accurate, descriptive and contain only one curse word. the one that makes your adversary laugh in sheer admiration of the glory of it wins. (too many curse words at once and they loose their impact and potency and are a sure sign of low intellect and lack of creativity.) we value creative dialogue a great deal, but it must be true. no ad hominem (yes i made them learn the trivium and logical fallacies)."

Isn't that fabulous? Wish I'd thought of it.

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Ray Horvath, "The Source" :)'s avatar

Cussing expresses frustration in a situation, where one cannot do a thing.

It is also a thought-stopper...

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R!CKYRANTS's avatar

Fuck yeah you're a genius.

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Gypsy Queen's avatar

Indeed I am fucking brilliant.

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Monica's avatar

Very funny!!! I have sent it to my foul-mouthed (or highly intelligent???) daughter lol.

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Me Stuff's avatar

I hope she ducking loves it! Haha.

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DSKlausler's avatar

Couple of things here:

In casual conversation, story telling even, cussing may add tremendous color - and HUMOR!

In my limited experience, I find that the UK folks overuse "fuck", thus diminishing its potential power. I do, however love their use of "shite" and especially "wanker".

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