Noticed not many people use curse words.

So… why the fuck not?

  • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    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.

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    10 months ago

    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!

  • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    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.

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      10 months ago

      I’m an American and I throw cunt out often enough. I’m from Jersey though and we curse a bunch, and I also was in the Marines, where we cursed a lot. It’s where I picked up the phrase cunt hair, as in the unit of measurement.

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        10 months ago

        Ah, Finnish army also has (or at least had) that unit of measurement, “pillukarva”, literally pussy hair.

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          10 months ago

          Is karva related to the Polish kurwa? I’m American and you guys are close to each other in my uneducated estimation, and so I feel like there’s gotta be something there right? And oldest profession is an old word.

          Merry Christmas, and thanks for the new word.

          • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            10 months ago

            I doubt. Karva is just any hair, except hair on head (facial hair is still karva though it has also specific words too).
            Animal hair can also be karva, but only when it’s “fallen off” such as dog or cat hair sticking your clothes

          • Lnrdrople@suppo.fi
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            10 months ago

            It sounds similar, but karva is hair. Finnish and Polish are pretty far apart as far as European languages go. Merry Christmas!

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      10 months ago

      there’s a subset of women here that go absolutely berserk if you call them a cunt in certain contexts. besides them though, its just another curse word here. use it as you please. pretty fun to say sometimes. and if you say it with an aussie accent, you have a free pass to say it whenever you want

    • LilB0kChoy@midwest.social
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      10 months ago

      Just use ankle for Americans, it’s less offensive to them and most of them are about three feet lower than a cunt anyways.

    • Aviandelight @mander.xyz
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      10 months ago

      American here. I try to remember that other folks outside the US don’t have the same negative association we do with that word. It certainly helps ease the stigma I have for it when it’s said in good fun in a conversation. I still can’t bring myself to say it or write it often though.

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    10 months ago

    I don’t swear often because that makes it so much more satisfying when I do. It’s like rationing out my favourite snacks.

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    10 months ago

    Because one of the luxuries of conducting discourse by post is that you have time to choose words that are more suited for your specific intention. When speaking, saying “fucking” is often simply a replacement for “uhh”. At least, it is for me.

    How a sentence with swearing is perceived is wildly unpredictable. For example, “science: it works bitches” was a comic and tshirt by Randall Munroe. Not for a second when he wrote that did the sexist interpretation of “ladies, start trusting science” enter his head. I’m not saying that is a lesson in not swearing. I’m just saying swears tend to have loads of meanings, and they are hard to use unambiguously. In art, ambiguity is often key though. I am against censorship.

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      10 months ago

      When speaking, saying “fucking” is often simply a replacement for “uhh”.

      Fucking what now?

      Oh wait…

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    10 months ago

    It makes me laugh when some people give certain words magical powers. They are just fucking words for Christ’s sake.

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      10 months ago

      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.

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        10 months ago

        Agreed. Words are what made us different than animals and words describing abstract ideas made us better than other primates. Words are maybe the strongest power we have

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      10 months ago

      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?

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    10 months ago

    I see swearing as a spice to be used sparingly in our conversations. You don’t want to overdo it, else they lose their effect, you want them there for a purpose or to accentuate a point. I’m not offended by swear words and curse pretty frequently through the day, but in written communication I try to be a bit more thoughtful with how I apply the shit.

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    10 months ago

    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.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    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.)

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    10 months ago

    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!”

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    10 months ago

    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.

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        10 months ago

        I assume there is, but the asterisks make me laugh every time, like when Aubrey plaza has her mouth blanked out every time she swears at Scott Pilgrim

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      10 months ago

      Check out the fucking cunt whose fancy fucking transcription software turns out to be a steaming pile of bullshit that won’t even pick up basic fucking words like cum guzzling knob goblin.

      eta: Merry Fucking Christmas.

    • supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, no idea what OP expected.

      My two cents is that swearing with people you don’t know might lead to misunderstandings, so probably it would be best to keep that shit to a minimum.