Yarhaarrharrr ye facist curr

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    13 days ago

    I feel like the days of pearl clutching over profanity are on their way out. There is always a time and a place for it, but I grew up hearing “fuck” come out of my drunken relatives every other word. My parents didn’t say it, and they didn’t let me say it, but the only real weight the word ever had was that it was cool and exclusive to adults.

    One of the biggest culture shocks I had when moving from the US to Canada was how much more laid back everyone is up here over profanity in general. Almost everyone uses it, very few people (save for maybe the elderly) get uppity when they hear it, and I’ve heard it used freely on FM radio many times. I still think it’s trashy to fly a FUCK TRUDEAU flag or decal on your car for everyone to see, but nobodies up here clutching pearls. They just think you’re a dick.

    Not sure why it’s still such a big deal in many parts of the US.

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      What’s interesting is, traditionally in language, once forbidden words got ran out, there were still other bad words left to enter the lexicon. “Damn” used to be a genuine curse. My grandfather survived WWII and proudly told be people of all the bombs he dropped, he never dropped the F-bomb.

      What’s next? There’s no new forbidden words. Nothing left in the back of the store. Our ability to run through words outpaced our ability to make bad ones.

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        12 days ago

        My grandfather survived WWII and proudly told be people of all the bombs he dropped, he never dropped the F-bomb.

        I killed a lot of people, many probably innocent, but I’m a good person cause I never swore!

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          12 days ago

          Not quite. It’s that he was flying a plane and being shot at 6 days a week, and yet still didn’t need to jump up to a new bad word. Whatever he already knew is the language he used.

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    11 days ago

    I was just upvoting while noticing the insane upvote count. Very good to see so many like-minded people. Also fuck those who downvoted.

  • bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml
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    13 days ago

    Just because we’re pirates doesn’t mean we don’t have standards! Fucking YARRRGH me mateys!